General Responsibilities

Qualifications

• Performs appropriate assessments necessary to determine strengths and vocational needs.
• Conducts necessary interviews with client, family, and others necessary to the assessment process.
• Determines relevant conditions, standards and requirements that must be considered when planning or delivering services.
• Works with local employers to develop jobs within the service area for assigned clients.
• Develops and maintains close relationships with employers.
• Develops and procures work placements for referred individuals.
• Learns job tasks or work placements for referred individuals.
• Develops Individual Rehabilitation Plans for clients based on assessment and the client’s needs.
• Develops the Individual Rehabilitation Plan in conjunction with the treatment team.
• Monitors, evaluates and updates plan based on client’s changing needs.
• Works with employers to prepare job sites.
• Works with the employers and their employees to help them understand reasonable expectations for clients place in working environments within their companies.
• Learns the job by completing a job analysis.
• Provides training for the client to assist them in a successful work experience.
• Provides training to prepare individuals for job placement.
• Provides referrals and follow-up to those individuals pursuing training in college, technical colleges, or Adult Basic Education courses needed to become more marketable.
• Assists other treatment team members in understanding the
• Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) System, Supportive Employment, Individual Placement Services (IPS), Ticket to Work (TTW), etc.
• Trains the selected individual in the work placement position until client-trainee reaches a satisfactory level of performance.
• Ensures that satisfactory performance occurs in the situation until the individual is successfully transferred to follow-up and support, or is placed in another setting.
• Provides on-going support to individuals placed in jobs.
• Assists in the process of fading. Either directly provides follow along or transfers responsibility to other members of the treatment team.
• Attends scheduled conferences on individuals, providing appropriate input.
• Maintains close working relationships with the supervisors at the work sites.

• Develops and maintains an awareness of community resources.
• Provides linkage with other agencies in the community, to meet clients’ identified needs.
• Develops new resources in the community.
• Provides education to the community (e.g., employers, families, etc.) through presentations and day-to-day contacts about employment supports.

• Meets the productivity requirements budgeted for the position.

• Completes Individual Service Notes (ISNs) to ensure accurate data collection for billing and service for client care tracking system.
• Completes and maintains all program required documentation.
• Completes attendance reports, PTO requests, travel vouchers, staff development requests, self-performance evaluations, etc., accurately and efficiently in accordance with agency policies and procedures.

• Actively participates in the Center’s Staff Development Program by fulfilling identified items on the Individual Employee Development Plan (IEDP.)
• Participates in multi-disciplinary team meetings, full staff meetings, etc. as assigned.
• Attends Bloodborne Pathogen/TB/Infection Control training at employment and annually thereafter.
• Attends conferences, workshops, meetings, in-services, etc. to enhance professional knowledge and development according to the need identified on the IEDP.
• Participates in the clinical supervision program as appropriate.
• Assists with development of volunteers.

• Performs other duties as assigned.