Vocational rehabilitation consultant vs rehabilitation counselor

Differences between vocational rehabilitation consultant and rehabilitation counselor duties and responsibilities

Vocational rehabilitation consultant example responsibilities.

• Collaborate with institutions of higher learning and local organizations to help assign veterans achieve independent living and academic success.
• Facilitate vocational assessments and support vocational rehabilitation program development to best facilitate occupational analysis on long-term disability.
• Provide occupational definitions and transferable skills analyses to assist claims team in determining liability for disability claims.
• Analyze clients for the following: transferable skills, employment readiness, appropriate placement opportunity and labor market availability.
• Ensure early identification of disability rehabilitation candidates and develop appropriate rehabilitation plans.
• Review files to ensure CARF standards are meet.
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Rehabilitation counselor example responsibilities.

• Collaborate with institutions of higher learning and local organizations to help assign veterans achieve independent living and academic success.
• Develop and manage multidisciplinary rehabilitation center.
• Organize and implement individualized rehabilitation programs.
• Supervise CRC and LMHC students for practicum and internships at site.
• Provide individualized counseling to psychiatric patients, resulting in their social development.
• Interview, evaluate interests/aptitudes and transferable skills in order to optimize occupational exploration and customize formal training programs.
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