REHABILITATION COUNSELOR-ENTRY/REHABILITATION COUNSELOR

State of Louisiana; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 44,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Louisiana Works seeks a Rehabilitation Counselor-Entry to perform casework and help individuals with disabilities achieve and advance in employment across statewide locations in Louisiana.

The role requires a bachelor's degree (or master's) with relevant experience and travel as needed. The Office of Workforce Development oversees programs to improve economic mobility and connect job seekers with employers, with emphasis on inclusive, competitive employment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus one year of experience in rehabilitation services, social services, administrative services, therapy services, or nursing.
• Bachelor's degree in a rehabilitation field, social sciences field, social work, education, nursing, health and human services, speech therapy, or business administration.
• A master's degree.

Responsibilities

• Schedules interviews to assess functional limitations and vocational potential.
• Determines eligibility for rehabilitation services after reviewing evaluations.
• Coordinates plan of rehabilitation including guidance, training, and services to achieve employment.
• Maintains knowledge of accommodations/technology to remove barriers to employment.
• Interacts with consumers to assess needs and determine vocational solutions.
• Provides counseling to consumers, family members, and others about the vocational plan and outcomes.
• Maintains caseload flow and organization.
• Schedules supervisory meetings and manages communications and public funds.

Education

Bachelor's degree + 1 year experience in rehabilitation services or related fields

Bachelor's degree in rehabilitation field / social sciences / social work / education / nursing / health and human services / speech therapy / business administration

Master's degree

Job description

Division: Louisiana Rehabilitation Services

Location: Statewide, LA

Louisiana Works transforms lives and drives prosperity by putting people at the center of everything we do. We provide one seamless door where individualized solutions create new possibilities, proving that when government works for people, Louisiana works for everyone.

Learn more about Louisiana Works.

Vacancies are located in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Houma, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Alexandria, Shreveport and Monroe areas.

About This Job

Office of Workforce Development

Division: Louisiana Rehabilitation Services

Location: Statewide, LA

Louisiana Works transforms lives and drives prosperity by putting people at the center of everything we do. We provide one seamless door where individualized solutions create new possibilities, proving that when government works for people, Louisiana works for everyone.

Learn more about Louisiana Works.

Vacancies are located in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Houma, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Alexandria, Shreveport, and Monroe areas.

The Rehabilitation Counselor-Entry / Rehabilitation Counselor position is responsible for performing casework within a caseload, utilizing skills and techniques that enable a person with a disability to successfully interface with their total environment in the community and obtain, maintain, and advance in employment. Travel may be required for this position and must be performed as needed.

The Office of Workforce Development (OWD) is a key division of Louisiana Works managing programs in workforce training, job placement, apprenticeships, and business engagement. Through collaboration with local boards, educational institutions, and industry partners, OWD aims to improve economic mobility for job seekers and ensure Louisiana employers have the skilled talent they need, contributing to the state’s economic growth.

Louisiana Rehabilitation Services (LRS) assists persons with disabilities in their desire to obtain, maintain, or advance in competitive integrated employment and achieve independence in their communities by providing rehabilitation services and working cooperatively with businesses and other community resources.

Competencies

• Building and Supporting Teams: The ability to combine one's actions and efforts with others to work toward achieving a common goal.
• Driving Results: The ability to set and pursue goals, maintain focus amid competing demands, and deliver results.
• Focusing on Customers: The ability to understand and meet the needs, preferences, and experiences of internal and external customers.

Minimum Qualifications

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.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

Job Duties

• Schedules interviews to assess the functional limitations and vocational potential of possible rehabilitation consumers.
• Determines eligibility for rehabilitation services after reviewing comprehensive medical and psychosocial evaluations.
• Coordinates consumers' plan of rehabilitation to include agreements providing vocational guidance and counseling, training programs, and other needed services, utilizing available resources to achieve maximum rehabilitation.
• Maintains knowledge of accommodations/technology to remove or eliminate barriers to employment.
• Interacts with the consumer to assess his/her needs and problems to determine the best solution vocationally and socially, and assists the consumer with improving interpersonal skills, understanding the labor market, and achieving successful employment.
• Provides counseling to consumers, family members, and significant others in relation to the vocational plan, services provided, and the expected outcome.
• Maintains adequate caseload flow and organization.
• Schedules supervisory meetings with the consumer, returns phone calls, processes mail, and is responsible for the appropriate expenditure of public funds.
• Maintains an extensive network of employer contacts and labor market information to assist consumers in achieving employment.
• Other duties as assigned. Travel may be required.

Position Specific Details

Location: Statewide, LA

Appointment Type: Probational / Job Appointment / Promotional / Detail to Special Duty

Career Progression Group: Rehabilitation Counselor-Entry / Rehabilitation Counselor

Compensation

Rehabilitation Counselor-Entry: $ 21.04 Hourly Rate / $ 3,646.93 Monthly Rate

Rehabilitation Counselor: $ 23.25 Hourly Rate / $ 4,030.00 Monthly Rate

Contact

Heather Courville

[e-mail]

Equal Opportunity Statement

Louisiana Works is an equal employment opportunity employer and SAME agency, which serves as a model employer for the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.

Benefits

Insurance Coverage: More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave – Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found at https://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

• New Year's Day
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
• Mardi Gras,
• Good Friday,
• Memorial Day,
• Independence Day,
• Labor Day,
• Veteran's Day,
• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
• Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement

State Of Louisiana Employees Are Eligible To Participate In Various Retirement Systems (based On The Type Of Appointment And Agency For Which An Employee Works). These Retirement Systems Provide Retirement Allowances And Other Benefits For State Officers And Employees And Their Beneficiaries. State Retirement Systems May Include (but Are Not Limited To):

• Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video to give you more detailed information about their system
• Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),
• Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others