How do they match: Rehabilitation Counselors

  • Case Manager
  • Disability Program Navigator
  • Employment Case Manager
  • Employment Services Case Manager
  • Vocational Case Manager
  • Vocational Rehabilitation Manager
  • Vocational Rehabilitation Case Manager

  • Counsel individuals to maximize the independence and employability of persons coping with personal, social, and vocational difficulties that result from birth defects, illness, disease, accidents, aging, or the stress of daily life. Coordinate activities for residents of care and treatment facilities. Assess client needs and design and implement rehabilitation programs that may include personal and vocational counseling, training, and job placement.

  • Manage budgets and direct case service allocations, authorizing expenditures and payments.
  • Collaborate with community agencies to establish facilities and programs for persons with disabilities.
  • Confer with clients to discuss their options and goals so that rehabilitation programs and plans for accessing needed services can be developed.
  • Confer with physicians, psychologists, occupational therapists, and other professionals to develop and implement client rehabilitation programs.
  • Participate in job development and placement programs, contacting prospective employers, placing clients in jobs, and evaluating the success of placements.

  • Manage organizational or program finances.
  • Collaborate with other professionals to develop education or assistance programs.
  • Develop working relationships with others to facilitate program activities.
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of counseling or educational programs.
  • Refer individuals to educational or work programs.