Vocational Counselor

Position Summary:  Serves as a liaison between clients and employers by providing job preparation, job development and retention services to clients undergoing social reintegration

Educational Requirements:  B.A. in Social Work or related field; M.A. in Rehabilitation Counseling 

Special Skills:  Knowledge of the principles and practices of vocational counseling; knowledge of available community resources, laws and regulations regarding the rehabilitation of clients; strong people skills to provide excellent internal and external customer service

Position Duties:

• Analyzes information from interviews, educational and medical records, and consultation with clinicians to assess client’s ability, need, and eligibility for services
• Provides employment counseling, career exploration, and labor market exploration to determine suitable employment goals
• Develops strategies to return rehabilitated clients into the workforce by learning personalities, education and work experience, skills, and interests
• Identify appropriate return to work options and/or barriers to ensure a smooth transition back into employability
• Develops an individualized Plan for Employment to determine measure outcomes
• Access client information, maintain case records, and perform other functions within the scope of vocational counseling, including but not limited to, mock interviews, resume writing skills, job search other workforce evidence-based workforce readiness techniques.
• Maintains customer confidence and protects operations by keeping client information confidential; following established confidentiality policy and procedures; maintaining professional boundaries with clients
• Maintains inter- and intradepartmental work flow by fostering a spirit of cooperation
• Other duties as assigned

CORE COMPETENCIES  

Demonstrates Dependability:  

• Arrives to work on time according to agency policies 

• Uses leave time according to agency policies

• Completes documentation/paperwork and projects within deadlines 

Demonstrates Flexibility & Initiative:  

• Assumes additional responsibilities and a willingness to assist colleagues 

• Works different shifts when necessary 

• Recommends program changes and improvements 

Demonstrates Teamwork:  

• Maintains an overall work attitude of cooperation and professionalism in all interactions with agency staff and  community professionals 

• Attends and participates in required staff meetings and agency-wide committees 

• Receptive to direction and feedback from supervisor 

Demonstrates Professionalism: 

• Conducts self in professional manner with colleagues, peers, and persons served 

• Recognizes the rights of clients; and will protect privacy of persons served at all times by following agency, State, and Federal mandated privacy procedures and regulations  

• Adheres to agency Code of Ethics at all times 

• Complies with all agency policies and procedures, laws and regulations under which the agency operates.