REHABILITATION COUNSELOR-ENTRY/REHABILITATION COUNSELOR Print (https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/louisiana/jobs/newprint/5006242) Apply  REHABILITATION COUNSELOR-ENTRY/REHABILITATION COUNSELOR Salary $2,978.00 - $5,360.00 Monthly Location Hammond, LA Job Type Classified Job Number RCEC-210590-071425HC Department LWC-Office of Workforce Development Opening Date 07/17/2025 Closing Date 7/27/2025 11:59 PM Central + Description + Benefits + Questions About this Job Rehabilitation Counselor-Entry / Rehabilitation Counselor Office of Workforce Development / Louisiana Rehabilitation Services Division: Hammond Office / Baton Rouge Region Location: Hammond, LA Announcement: RCEC-210590-071425HC The Office of Workforce Development (OWD), is a key division of the Louisiana Workforce Commission, managing programs in workforce training, job placement, apprenticeships, and business engagement. Through collaboration with local boards, educational institutions, and industry partners, OWD aims to improve economic mobility for job seekers and ensure Louisiana employers have the skilled talent they need, contributing to the state’s economic growth. Louisiana Rehabilitation Services (LRS)assists persons with disabilities in their desire to obtain, maintain, or advance in competitive integrated employment and achieve independence in their communities by providing rehabilitation services and working cooperatively with businesses and other community resources. Mission We are dedicated to empowering Louisianans to achieve self-sufficiency, supporting businesses with skilled talent, fostering a thriving workforce, and strengthening our communities across the state. Vision Every individual is provided with the skills and opportunities needed to pursue meaningful and fulfilling careers, and every employer thrives with access to a highly skilled workforce. This is a counselor position responsible for performing casework in a caseload utilizing skills and techniques, which enable a person with a disability to successfully interface with his/her total environment in the community and obtaining, maintaining, and advancing in employment. For more information, please visit this website link: Louisiana Rehabilitation Services - Louisiana Workforce Commission (https://www.laworks.net/WorkforceDev/LRS/LRS\_Main.asp) 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. Minimum Qualifications A bachelor’s degree plus one year of experience in rehabilitation services, social services, administrative services, therapy services, or nursing; OR A bachelor’s degree in a rehabilitation field, a social sciences field, social work, education, nursing, health and human services, speech therapy, or business administration; OR A master's degree. Job Specification The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be foundhere. Job Duties and Other Information Job Duties: + Schedules interviews in order to assess functional limitations and vocational potential of possible rehabilitation consumers with intellectual/developmental disabilities, learning disabilities, visual impairments, epilepsy, spinal cord injuries, personality disorders, traumatic brain injury, hearing impairments, diabetes, orthopedic impairments, etc. + Accumulates and interprets general physical, psychological, specialized medical, and vocational evaluations in order to understand the various aspects of disabilities, to include significant consequences, complications, functional problems, transferable skills, and social implications. Determines eligibility for rehabilitation services after reviewing comprehensive medical and psychosocial evaluations. + Coordinates consumers' plan of rehabilitation to include agreements providing vocational guidance and counseling, training programs, and other needed services, utilizing available resources to achieve maximum rehabilitation. Maintains knowledge of accommodations/technology to remove or eliminate barriers to employment. + Interacts with the consumer to assess his/her needs and problems to determine the best solution vocationally and socially, and assists the consumer with improving interpersonal skills, understanding the labor market, and achieving successful employment. Aids consumers in securing employment consistent with their vocational goal. + Provides counseling to consumers, family members, and significant others in relation to the vocational plan, services provided, and the expected outcome. Maintains adequate caseload flow and organization. + Schedules supervisory meetings with the consumer, returns phone calls, processes mail, and is responsible for the appropriate expenditure of public funds. + Maintains an extensive network of employer contacts and labor market information to assist consumers in achieving employment. + Meets with professionals from other agencies, the private sector, and educators, and maintains working knowledge of a wide array of resources necessary to meet all the needs of a consumer during the rehabilitation process. Develops and maintains a professional working relationship with vendors, employers, and other agencies. Serves as supervising counselor for schools, facilities, local agencies, and/or other rehabilitation programs. Assists in training and orienting new employees to the practices and procedures of providing rehabilitation services. + Other duties as assigned, and travel to be performed as needed. Position-Specific Details: Appointment Type: 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. Career Progression: 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 is filled will be determined by the qualifications of the candidate selected. This position offers 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 links below to learn more about each job level: REHABILITATION COUNSELOR-ENTRY (https://apps01.civilservice.louisiana.gov/onestopjobinfo/DisplayJobSpec.aspx?JobCode=134960) REHABILITATION COUNSELOR How To Apply: No Civil Service test scoreor assessment is required in order to be considered for this vacancy. 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 application 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. *Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumeswill 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 a background check. The Louisiana Workforce Commission is an equal employment opportunity employer and SAMEagency, which 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 Contact Information: For further information about this vacancy contact: Heather Courville hcourville@lwc.la.gov 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 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 02 Explain your rating by providing specific and relevant examples in the box below. 03 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 04 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. 07 Do you have experience serving individuals with disabilities that result in their employment? + Yes + No 08 Do you have experience with caseload management? + Yes + No Required Question Employer State of Louisiana Address For agency contact information, please refer to the supplemental information above. 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