The Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist is responsible for assigned duties from the Compensated Work Therapy/Transitional Work Experience/Supportive Employment within TVHS. The employee recruits, interviews, completes assessments, and selects suitable clients with severe mental illnesses for competitive supported employment.
Duties include, but are not limited to the below: Provides of vocational rehabilitation services consistent with current theory and methods to include the following: Intake Assessment, Columbia Suicide Screening, Employment Readiness, North Eastern Program Evaluation Assesses disabilities and development of plan to overcome the barriers to employment created by the disability.
Communications with and provision of direction for all customers and stakeholders of the program, including patients, staff, and local an agencies. Analyzes jobs and modifying duties consistent with ADA concepts. Maintains day to day contacts with potential employers, placement personnel, or other likely placement resources and negotiates appropriate accommodations for veterans with disabilities. Utilizes community resources and work incentives.
Keeps alert for job and small business opportunities. Educates patients on implications of return to work on benefits. Recruits, interviews, selects suitable clients with severe mental health illnesses for employment. Interacts with and maintains a working relationship with other professionals. Provides training and guidance on the implementation of the program. Serves as the local authority in the analysis, developmental and implementation of program projects.
contact and work creatively with community employers, working knowledge of a broad range of occupations, ability to identify client strengths, interest, skills and needs. Matches clients to jobs, and arrange long-term support to help keep clients employed. Makes difficult treatment decisions, modifies and utilizes the most effective treatment approach to effectively provide rehabilitation services to patient with substance abuse or psychiatric disorders.
Develops the Transitional Work Experience, Supported Employment best practice training offering at the CWT/TWE/SE Program. You will provide training and guidance on the implementation of the Support Employment initiative to other programs within TVHS. Advises the Program Coordinator of conditions of the Supported Employment Program implementation. Serves as the local authority in the analysis, development and implementation of Supported Employment projects.
Work Schedule: 7:30 - 4:00pm, Monday - Friday Telework: Ad-Hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist/PD700280 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized
A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. 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/.
matthew.kale@va.gov · 828-318-7817
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $74678 – $97087/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-09-03.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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