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155860

REHABILITATION COUNSELOR

SS413     $40,914 - $73,632
Creation Date: 06/03/1991
Change Date: 01/01/2025

FUNCTION OF WORK:
To independently provide eligible rehabilitation consumers with professional counseling, guidance, training, vocational alternatives, and placement services resulting in gainful employment and/or self-sufficiency.
LEVEL OF WORK:
Experienced
SUPERVISION RECEIVED:
General from a Rehabilitation District Supervisor and functional from a Counselor-Master or Specialist.
SUPERVISION EXERCISED:
Direct-line over Rehabilitation Counselor Associate or support staff and functional supervision over Counselors-Entry.
JOB DISTINCTIONS:
Differs from Rehabilitation Counselor-Entry by independent performance of duties and functional supervision over Counselors- Entry.

Differs from Rehabilitation Counselor-Master in level of work, level of independence and responsibility, and lack of requirement of master's degree.
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.

Displaying Expertise	Driving Results	Focusing on Customers
Following Policies and Procedures	Managing Performance	Networking
Pursuing Professional Development	Thinking Critically

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

Independently performs complex rehabilitation casework at a professional level utilizing knowledge, skills and techniques to enable individuals with disabilities (i.e. learning disabled, epilepsy, personality disorders, mood disorders, serious burn victims, orthopedic impairments, individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, traumatic brain injured, etc.) to successfully interface with his/her total environment - both social and vocational.

Independently counsels consumers, family members, significant others, etc. relative to physical restoration, implications of prognosis, and social/psychological adjustments to facilitate independence, and arranges for ancillary services as needed.

Assesses functional limitations and vocational potential of eligible rehabilitation consumers, interpreting psychological and specialized medical information, and utilizing comprehensive vocational assessments, obtaining supervisory input when necessary.

Provides counseling, guidance, training, vocational alternatives, and placement services to achieve the consumers individualized rehabilitation goal, adhering to all state and federal laws and regulations, and agency policies and procedures.

Conducts comprehensive psychosocial evaluations aimed at assessing rehabilitation problems and needs manifested in various disabilities.

Maintains current knowledge base of medical aspects of disabilities to include significant consequences and complications, functional problems, and social implications.

Performs rehabilitation tasks involving serious consequences and requiring technical knowledge in the formulation of contractual agreements for individualized plans based on each consumers specific disability, interests, skills and goals.

Conducts workshops, and individual counseling sessions relative to assisting consumers with improving interpersonal skills, understanding the labor market and achieving gainful employment and/or self-sufficiency.

Maintains knowledge of various therapeutic modalities to remove or accommodate disabilities to the extent possible utilizing physical/mental restoration, adaptive devices, etc.

Interprets medical and psychological information utilizing knowledge of physical and mental capabilities, medical aspects of disabilities, significant consequences and complications, functional problems, and social implications.

Collaborates and consults with other agencies, health professionals, educators, vocational evaluators, and community leaders to achieve each consumers plan of rehabilitation.

Maintains knowledge of labor market information to assist consumers with job placement. Confers with public and private employers to establish job opportunities for consumers. Aids consumers in securing employment consistent with their goal.

Maintains required documentation of casework activities and ensures confidentiality of case information.

Supervises work of paraprofessional staff in completion of caseload support duties critical to the successful rehabilitation of consumers. Evaluates performance and provides guidance.

Attends training to maintain and upgrade knowledge and skills which requires in-state travel, to include overnight stays, and may require out-of-state travel.

Performance of duties involves field travel which requires possession of a valid driver's license unless a reasonable accommodation is made.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
One year of experience in rehabilitation counseling plus one of the following:

A bachelor's degree plus one year of experience in rehabilitation services, social services, administrative services, 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, speech therapy, or business administration; OR

A master's degree.
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