This position is located within the Mental Health service line and works directly with the Compensated Work Therapy (CWT) program. The Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor provides vocational assessments, counseling and work-based rehabilitation services to Veterans. The CWT is a therapeutic work program designed to help Veterans develop or restore work skills, work tolerance and productive habits in preparation for competitive employment.
Duties, include but not limited to: Provides personal adjustment counseling, therapeutic rehabilitation interventions, and case coordination services. Uses evidence-informed and evidence-based modalities to aid Veterans with severe disabilities, such as physical, psychosocial, psychological, or neurological barriers, integrate successfully into the community.
Serves Veterans who have myriad barriers to overcome and achieve competitive employment, educational, and independent living goals. Uses effective counseling skills to promote self-awareness, adjustment to disability, enhanced job retention and successful integration to the community.
Conducts psychosocial assessments using medical records, pertinent disability documentation, observation and interviews with Veterans and their support systems to generate personal, vocational, and educational histories.
Selects, administers, and interprets vocational and other psychometric instruments to evaluate abilities, transferrable skills, functional capacity, labor market analyses, aptitudes, interests, values, preferences, and overall work resilience and synthesize into an interpretive data report. Administers Measurement Based Care instrument to track progress throughout treatment and adjust goals and services as needed.
Consults with interdisciplinary teams to enhance coordination of care, ensure medical clearance, and provide for optimal timing of further interventions. Develop patient-centered treatment plans utilizing Specific, Measurable, Agreed upon, Realistic, and Time-based (SMART) goals and provides ongoing assessment of Veteran's progress. Procures and manages transitional work agreements from community, state, and federal agencies.
Monitors worksite compliance with agreements to ensure Veterans are appropriately trained and evaluated consistent with industry standards. Provides psychoeducational and/or psychotherapeutic groups to facilitate effective job search skills, employer-desired soft skills, work and life skills fostering independence and recovery. Provides disability education and program-specific training to staff and stakeholders.
Provides professional recommendations and guidance regarding the career development processes and job analysis methodology to determine essential functions of jobs, worksite modifications and/or alternative vocational goals given the work history and residual functional capacities of individuals with disabilities. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm. Subject to change based on Agency Needs. Telework: Ad-Hoc, to be determined by the service line.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement # 54381F Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
ROBERTA.ADAMS@VA.GOV · 601-201-6500
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $73939 – $96116/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-10-05.
This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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