Rehabilitation Counselor - Cedar Rapids
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Rehabilitation Counselor - Cedar Rapids

Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services (IVRS) is recruiting to fill a Rehabilitation Counselor position at our IowaWorks 1025 Kirkwood Pkwy, SW, Cedar Rapids, IA office. Overview: Provide counseling and comprehensive rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities. Develop individualized plans for employment for individuals with disabilities and communicate with others to identify needs, develop partnerships, and counsel. Responsibilities of the position are as follows, with additional duties as assigned:

As a Rehabilitation Counselor you will identify and provide Pre-Employment Transition Services to potentially eligible students and connect appropriate individuals with disabilities to services. Interview applicants and applicant's support team, and contact various sources to procure medical, psychological, social, and educational information and help explain rights, responsibilities, and scope of services to individuals with disabilities. In this role you will analyze disability information and determine applicant eligibility or ineligibility and complete eligibility certification and analyze disabilities and determine Significance of Disability classifications. Rehabilitation Counselors also provide counseling and guidance to assist the eligible individual identifying the primary employment factors; explore short-and long-term goals; research and explore various options and explore the pros and cons of these options to make an informed choice leading to long-term, sustainable employment. The successful candidate will delegate research on employment needs to team staff and develop employment plans that address disability issues, barriers to employment, interests, preferences, abilities, and accommodation needs to maximize the potential of the individuals served. Rehabilitation Counselors will follow and interpret federal regulations in all decision making and apply policies consistently to all cases. In addition, you will also:

• Provide and/or coordinate services needed to achieve the employment goal.
• Work collaboratively with a team to achieve statewide, agency, and office goals for serving individuals with disabilities.
• Consult and provide technical assistance to community rehabilitation providers and other stakeholders who facilitate employment services.
• Document case notes in a timely manner, providing an adequate rationale for purpose, decisions and next steps.
• Enter services and other required supporting documentation into the case management system.
• Review case management system for completeness and accuracy.
• Work collaboratively with a team on case management tasks to meet required time frames and compliance standards.
• Develop partnerships and consult with businesses and industries about strategies and services to create opportunities for on-the-job training, work-based learning opportunities, and/or job placement that allow individuals with disabilities to work at maximum potential.
• Provide education and training to businesses about disability inclusion and network with apprenticeship programs and other resources to advance individuals with disabilities in employment.
• Carve jobs in competitive integrated employment that match individual abilities and employment plan goals. Collaborate with the Iowa Workforce Development Business Engagement Team, and other resources for job development and employer development.
• Provide counseling to individuals with disabilities on employer expectations and business needs and identify necessary reasonable accommodations to enhance individuals' ability to perform work.
• Travel statewide to schools, rehabilitation facilities, businesses, and other community locations. Participate in staff meetings, committees, conferences, training, and other activities.

The successful candidate must be able to pass a criminal background check conducted by the Iowa Department of Public Safety. The current Rehabilitation Counselor pay grade is 28. For Rehabilitation Counselor positions with a bachelor's degree, the position will be capped at 85%. Agency Overview Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) is a state agency committed to providing employment services for individual job seekers and to connect employers to available workers through our IowaWORKS partnership. IWD continually strives to improve processes and align the organization to provide effective, demand driven products and services. IWD staff in Des Moines consists of administrative services, disability determination services, information technology, labor market information, unemployment insurance services, vocational rehabilitation services, and workforce services. The agency also maintains a statewide delivery system of IowaWORKS Centers and satellite and expansion offices where both employers and job seeking Iowans can receive workforce assistance.

Benefits: Joining the IVRS team and becoming a State of Iowa employee comes with a range of valuable benefits, including:

• Excellent health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Generous paid time off, including nine paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave with no cap on sick leave accrual.
• Prepare for the future with the IPERS retirement package, as well as an additional optional deferred compensation retirement plan.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for medical and dependent care.
• Free Life and Long-term Disability Insurance with the option of purchasing additional coverage.
• Employee Assistance Programs and Discount Programs for support.

Hours of work: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm. If you're looking for a career with a well-respected organization that values its employees and customers, you've come to the right place! Our agency uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees.

Minimum Qualification Requirements Applicants must meet at least one of the following minimum requirements to qualify for positions in this job classification:

• Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a degree in a human-services-related field; and a total of one year of graduate-level education and/or full-time work in professional vocational rehabilitation counseling services or human services field, where twenty-four semester hours of accredited graduate college or university coursework in rehabilitation counseling, human resources, school counseling, mental health counseling, social work, psychology, education, or a closely-related field equals one year of full-time experience.
• Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a degree in any field; and a total of twenty-four semester hours of accredited graduate college or university coursework in rehabilitation counseling, human resources, school counseling, mental health counseling, social work, psychology, education, or a closely-related field.

Additional Qualification Requirements Travel may be required for positions in this class. Employees must arrange transportation to and from assigned work areas.