Job Description

Job Title: REHABILITATION COUNSELOR-ENTRY/REHABILITATION COUNSELOR

Company: State of Louisiana

Job Description

Supplemental InformationRehabilitation Counselor-Entry/Rehabilitation Counselor
Office of Workforce Development
Division: Louisiana Rehabilitation Services (LRS)
Location: Shreveport, La
Announcement: RCE/C-208032-040425CMPosition 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.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 links below to learn more about each job level: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 NOT be 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# 800-259-5154For further information about this vacancy contact:
Connie MuseMinimum QualificationsMINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
A bachelor’s degree plus one year of experience in rehabilitation services, social services, administrative services, therapy services, or nursing; ORA bachelor’s degree in a rehabilitation field, a social sciences field, social work, education, nursing, health and human services, speech therapy, or business administration; ORA master’s degree.Job ConceptsFunction 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 WorkPerforms 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 to make a difference through 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 atParental Leave – Up to six weeks paid parental leave
More information can be found atHolidays 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 GovernorState 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 (

). LASERS has provided this to give you more detailed information about their system * Teacher’s Retirement System of Louisiana (
), * Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (
), among others

Expected Salary: $2978 – 5360 per month

Location: Shreveport, LA

Job Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2025 06:36:19 GMT