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REHABILITATION COUNSELOR ENTRY/REHABILITATION COUNSELOR

Salary

$2,978.00 - $5,360.00 Monthly

Location

Shreveport, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

RCE/C-202775-112024CM

Department

LWC-Office of Workforce Development

Opening Date

11/20/2024

Closing Date

11/30/2024 11:59 PM Central

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• Benefits

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Supplemental Information

Rehabilitation Counselor-Entry/Rehabilitation Counselor

Office of Workforce Development

Division: Louisiana Rehabilitation Services (LRS)

Location: Shreveport, La

Announcement: RCE/C-202775-112024CM

Position Information:

This position may be filled as either a Probational or a Job Appointment (open to all qualified applicants); a Promotion (open to all statewide classified and agency-wide permanent status employees); or by Detail to Special Duty. Current permanent status, classified employees may be required to accept a Probational appointment if selected. If filled as a Job Appointment, there is a possibility that this position may be converted to a Probational Appointment should funding become available.

No Civil Service test scoreis required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

AN IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL POSSESS THE FOLLOWING COMPETENCIES:

• Displaying Expertise: The ability to exhibit specialized skills or knowledge gained from experience or training

• Focusing on Customers: The ability to serve the needs of those who support and/or rely on the services provided.

• Networking:The ability to intentionally develop or maintain relationships with internal partners, external partners, and professional contacts.

This position participates in a Career Progression Group (CPG)and may be filled as a Rehabilitation Counselor-Entry or Rehabilitation Counselor at which the vacancy filled will be determined by the qualifications of the candidate selected. This position is an opportunity to advance within this job series. The actual starting salary depends on the education and experience of the selected applicant.

Please click on the below links to learn more about each job level:

Rehabilitation Counselor-Entry (https://apps01.civilservice.louisiana.gov/onestopjobinfo/DisplayJobSpec.aspx?JobCode=134960)

Rehabilitation Counselor

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their applications to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

*Resumes WILL NOTbe accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

All applicants selected for employment must submit to drug screening and background checks.

The Louisiana Workforce Commission is an equal employment opportunity employer and SAME agency that 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 • TDD# 800-259-5154

For further information about this vacancy contact:

Connie Muse

CMuse2@lwc.la.gov

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

A baccalaureate degree plus one year of professional level experience in social services, teaching, counseling, administrative services, nursing, recreation therapy, music therapy, physical therapy, art therapy, rehabilitation instruction, rehabilitation evaluation, worker's compensation dispute resolution, or job placement/job development involving persons with disabilities.

SUBSTITUTIONS:

A baccalaureate degree in rehabilitation counseling, vocational evaluation/assessment, social services, social work, psychology, sociology, counseling, guidance and counseling, family and child counseling, education, vocational education, deaf or blind education, rehabilitation education, rehabilitation teaching, nursing, mental health, human services/resources, business administration, speech therapy or biomedical engineering will substitute for the one year of required experience.

A master's degree in any field will substitute for the one year of required experience.

NOTE:

There is no substitution for the degree.

NOTE:

Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.

Job Concepts

Function of Work:

To provide eligible rehabilitation consumers with beginning professional, counseling, guidance, training, vocational alternatives, and placement services resulting in gainful employment and/or self-sufficiency.

Level of Work:

Entry.

Supervision Received:

Close from a Rehabilitation District Supervisor and functional from a Rehabilitation Counselor, Rehabilitation Counselor- Master or Specialist.

Supervision Exercised:

May have direct-line over Rehabilitation Counselor Associate or support staff.

Location of Work:

May be used by state agencies with rehabilitation counseling functions.

Job Distinctions:

Differs from Rehabilitation Counselor by type of supervision received and lack of independence of action.

Examples of Work

Performs rehabilitation casework at a beginning professional level with supervisory review utilizing newly acquired knowledge, skills and techniques to enable a disabled individuals with disabilities (i.e. learning disabled, epilepsy, personality disorders, mood disorders, serious burn victims, orthopedic impairments, individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, traumatic brain injured, etc.) to successfully interface with his or her total environment - both social and vocational.

Assesses functional limitations and vocational potential of eligible rehabilitation consumers, interpreting psychological and specialized medical information, and utilizing comprehensive vocational evaluations assessments, with supervisory review.

Counsels consumers, family members, significant others, etc. relative to physical restoration, implications of prognosis, and social/psychological adjustments to facilitate independence, and arranges for ancillary services as needed.

Provides counseling, guidance, training, vocational alternatives, and placement services, with supervisory review, to achieve the consumers individualized rehabilitation goal, adhering to all state and federal laws and regulations, and agency policies and procedures.

Conducts less complex psychosocial evaluations with supervisory review aimed at assessing rehabilitation problems and needs manifested in various disabilities.

Develops knowledge base of medical aspects of disabilities to include significant consequences and complications, functional problems and social implications.

Utilizes acquired rehabilitation knowledge in the technical formulation and monitoring of contractual agreements for individualized plans based on each consumers specific disability, interests, skills and goals, with supervisory review.

Assists in conducting workshops, and provides individual counseling to assist consumers with improving interpersonal skills, understanding the labor market, and achieving gainful employment and/or self-sufficiency.

Develops knowledge of various therapeutic modalities to remove or accommodate disabilities to the extent possible utilizing physical/mental restoration, adaptive devices, etc.

Interprets medical and psychological information utilizing acquired knowledge of physical and mental capabilities, medical aspects of disabilities, significant consequences and complications, functional problems, and social implications.

Collaborates and consults with other agencies, health professionals, educators, vocational evaluators, and community leaders to achieve each consumers plan of rehabilitation.

Develops and maintains knowledge of labor market information to assist consumers with job placement. Confers with public and private employers to establish job opportunities for consumers. Aids consumers in securing employment consistent with their goal.

Maintains required documentation of casework activities and ensures confidentiality of case information.

Supervises work of paraprofessional staff in completion of caseload support duties critical to the successful rehabilitation of consumers. Evaluates performance and provides guidance.

Attends training to develop and maintain knowledge and skills which requires in-state travel, to include overnight stays, and may require out-of-state travel.

Performance of duties involves field travel which requires possession of a valid drivers license unless a reasonable accommodation is made.

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

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 athttps://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 (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your_Retirement_System.mp4) 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

  01

  Do you have experience serving individuals with disabilities that result in their employment?

• Yes

• No

  02

  Do you have experience with caseload management?

• Yes

• No

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  Rate your ability to display expertise based on our definition: The ability to exhibit specialized skills or knowledge gained from experience or training.

• • 1= I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable displaying expertise

• • 2= I have limited experience or require assistance to display expertise

• • 3= I can display expertise

• • 4= I can display expertise and help others improve their ability to display expertise

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  Explain your rating by providing specific and relevant examples in the box below.

  05

  Rate your ability to focus on customers based on our definition: The ability to serve the needs of those who support and/or rely on the services provided.

• • 1= I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable focusing on customers

• • 2= I have limited experience or require assistance to focus on customers

• • 3= I can focus on customers

• • 4= I can focus on customers and help others improve their ability to focus on customers

  06

  Explain your rating by providing specific and relevant examples in the box below

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  Rate your ability to network based on our definition: The ability to intentionally develop or maintain relationships with internal partners, external partners, and professional contacts.

• • 1= I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable networking

• • 2= I have limited experience or require assistance to network

• • 3= I can network

• • 4= I can network and help others improve their ability to network

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  Explain your rating by providing specific and relevant examples in the box below.

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Agency

State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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