REHABILITATION EVALUATOR--ENTRY

SS411 $35,734 - $64,314
Creation Date: 06/29/1987
Change Date: 10/20/2025

FUNCTION OF WORK:
Assemble, administer, analyze, and interpret assessment data into an accurate vocational picture of the consumer to be used as a foundation for program planning and will assist in determining service needs in order to render the consumer employable.

LEVEL OF WORK:
Entry

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:
Close from a Rehabilitation Manager or Supervisor. May receive functional supervision from a Rehabilitation Evaluator or Rehabilitation Evaluator- Master.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:
Functional supervision over support staff.

JOB DISTINCTIONS:
Differs from a Rehabilitation Evaluator by lack of independent responsibility.

CORE COMPETENCIES:
IDENTIFIED BY STATE CIVIL SERVICE, CORE COMPETENCIES ARE THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND BEHAVIORS BASED ON THE WORK TASKS OUTLINED IN THE EXAMPLES OF WORK. MORE INFORMATION ON THE SCS COMPETENCY MODEL CAN BE FOUND HERE.

Communicating Effectively	Focusing on Customers	Influencing Others
Learning Actively	Leveraging Technology	Making Accurate Judgments
Thinking Critically	Using Data

EXAMPLES OF WORK:
EXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED.

Interviews consumers, evaluates medical/educational/personal data, and makes appropriate selections of vocational evaluation instruments based on an accurate assessment of the consumers capacities, functional limitations and technological accommodation needs.

Conducts an initial, comprehensive assessment of the consumer to include educational history, work history, barriers to employment, basic skill capabilities, aptitude and work skills, family situation, attitudes toward work, behavioral patterns, supportive service needs, and interests for careers and training.

Analyzes the data and determines appropriate employment goals based on local labor market information and consumer interests.

Adapts and documents assessment administration techniques to accommodate a variety of functional limitations and assures reliable evaluation results for the consumer.

Conducts interdisciplinary team conferences to identify the needs of persons with disabilities and develops assessment strategies as appropriate with close supervision.

Assists persons with disabilities in understanding and participating in diagnostic and psychometric assessment procedures.

Develops a body of knowledge about disabilities and the effects of disabilities upon work-related functions and activities of daily living including, but not limited to, the following disabilities: traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, neuromuscular and neurological diseases, chronic psychiatric diagnosis, individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, deafness, blindness, etc.

Documents findings with supervisory review to integrate and synthesize performance and behavioral data and communicates this information to the consumer and others through verbal and written reports which include recommendations of appropriate vocational choices and independent living.

Consults with physicians, psychologists, educators, employers, family members, rehabilitation counselors and other professionals for the purposes of obtaining and providing information about an individual's social and vocational potential.

Develops a body of knowledge of labor market trends, employment opportunities, Department of Labor publications, work incentive programs, etc. to guide consumers through the process of choosing a realistic, achievable employment goal.

Counsels consumers who have unrealistic employment goals or who become belligerent when presented with choices that are contrary to their desires.

Utilizes current technologies to include basic computer abilities, etc. to adapt assessment methods to accommodate individual disabilities, and to compile and analyze data.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
A bachelor's degree plus one year of experience in rehabilitation services, social services, human resources, education, therapy services, or nursing; OR

A bachelor's degree in a rehabilitation field, a social sciences field, social work, education, nursing, health and human services, or speech therapy; OR

A master's degree.