Vocational Rehabilitation Agency, Georgia 6 days ago Post Date
GVRA The Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency operates five integrated and interdependent statutory programs that share a primary goal - to help people with disabilities to become fully productive members of society by achieving independence and meaningful employment.
Our programs impact both employers and job seekers.
Our bottom line is to tailor our services to fit your needs.
And our promise to you is consistent professional service with responsive and responsible follow-up.
Summary/Objective Under broad supervision, the position will work with assigned schools to provide quality communication to assist students transitioning from high school to employment and participating in pre-employment and/or vocational rehabilitation services.
The position will monitor counseling and vocational services based on students' needs and employment goals; evaluate students' progress in attaining goals and objectives; and schedule attendance for IEP, faculty, and educational meetings.
The individual will ensure vocational rehabilitation services are provided to individuals with disabilities to facilitate competitive and integrated employment outcomes.
Monitor vocational counseling and guidance to determine eligibility for services and monitor the planning, developing, implementation, and management of a vocationally focused plan for employment for eligible individuals resulting in successful employment outcomes.
Essential Functions Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Provides information to educate schools, teachers, agencies, vendors, and potential customers about rehabilitation services.Reviews and interprets education information for the counselor assigned to the school and facilitate flow of paperwork from schools to the intake unit.Travel within the assigned district to meet with individuals, providers, partners, and other outreach.Coordinates Pre-Employment Transition services across the district.Monitors counselor caseload to ensure proper transition service delivery.Attends Individual Education Plan (IEP) meetings as appropriate within the district.Develop and maintain relationships with schools and school systems in the district.Provides instruction and/or guidance to deliver services, such as self-advocacy, job exploration, workplace readiness training, and counseling on post-secondary opportunities.Monitor providers on service delivery through completion of Pre-ETS observations.Coordinate transition fairs as a district.Work to write and/or vet curriculum used by providers and transition counselors for delivery in Pre-ETS services.Consistently monitor data and develop strategic initiatives to increase the number of Pre-ETS services delivered and the number of PTS cases transferring to vocational rehabilitation cases.Other Duties Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.
Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Technical Capacity.Personal Effectiveness/Credibility.Organizational skills.Thoroughness.Flexibility.This job operates in a professional office environment.
This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as laptop computers and smartphones.
Physical Demands While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
The employee must occasionally
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