Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist

Veterans Health Administration; Murfreesboro (TN); On-site; USD 75,000 - 97,000; Full time

Job summary

Veterans Health Administration in Murfreesboro, TN seeks a Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist to guide clients with severe mental illnesses toward competitive employment. You will conduct intake assessments, develop individualized plans, and coordinate with patients, staff, and employers to remove barriers to work.

The role emphasizes ADA-compliant job analyses, community resources, and long-term placement support.

Qualifications

• Education transcripts required with your application.
• If using foreign education, provide a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript.
• This federal vacancy may require verification of qualifications per VA policies.

Responsibilities

• Provides vocational rehabilitation services in line with current theory and methods, including Intake Assessment, Columbia Suicide Screening, Employment Readiness, and disability assessment.
• Assesses disabilities and develops plans to overcome employment barriers.
• Maintains day-to-day contact with employers, placement personnel, or other placement resources; negotiates accommodations for veterans with disabilities.
• Matches clients to jobs and arranges long-term support to help keep them employed.
• Develops Transitional Work Experience, Supported Employment program training, and guides program implementation.

Skills

Intake Assessment

Suicide Screening

Employment Readiness

ADA concepts

Community resources

Job analysis

Employer liaison

Rehabilitation planning

Training guidance

Job description

• Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

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.

Key Responsibilities

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 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

Requirements & Education

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/.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $74678 - $97087/yr.

What security clearance is required?

This position requires a Other security clearance.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-11-12.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.