AGENCY: Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration
ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: ZY-14-MG-1242278-BU
SALARY RANGE: $57,982.00 to $75,376.00 / Per Year
OPEN PERIOD: Monday, October 27, 2014 to Tuesday, November 18, 2014
SERIES & GRADE: GS-0101-11
POSITION INFORMATION: Full Time – Agency Employees Only
PROMOTION POTENTIAL: 11
DUTY LOCATIONS: 1 vacancy in the following location: Orlando, FL
WHO MAY APPLY: All VA Employees
SECURITY CLEARANCE: Public Trust – Background Investigation
SUPERVISORY STATUS: No
JOB SUMMARY: Vacancy Identification Number (VIN) 1242278
OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln’s promise – “To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan” – by serving and honoring the men and women who are America’s Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate care to Veterans?
Officially established in October 2006, the Orlando VA Medical Center is one of the Top 100 Companies in Central Florida for working families. The Orlando VA Medical Center includes a 120-bed Community Living Center and a 60-bed Residential Rehabilitation Program, located at the Lake Nona Campus, Outpatient Clinics in Orlando (Lake Baldwin), Viera and Daytona Beach and four Community Based Outpatient Clinics located in Clermont, Kissimmee, Leesburg, and Orange City. A new inpatient facility is currently under construction in southeast Orange County and is expected to open in 2015. The new 65-acre medical campus will have 134-inpatient beds and provide acute care, complex specialty care, advanced diagnostic services, a large multispecialty outpatient clinic, and administrative and support services.
The Orlando VA Medical Center strictly prohibits discrimination on the basis of age, race or color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, culture, language, physical or mental disability, socioeconomic status, sex, sexual orientation, and gender identify or expression. http://www.vacareers.va.gov/
TRAVEL REQUIRED: Occasional Travel. Requires 5% or greater travel to various locations in the community to conduct Veteran outreach efforts.
RELOCATION AUTHORIZED: No
KEY REQUIREMENTS:
- You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job.
- Subject to a background/suitability investigation.
- Designated and/or random drug testing may be required.
- Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- Must possess a Valid State Driver’s License
DUTIES: The Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor position is located within the Mental Health Service, Compensated Work Therapy (CWT) Program at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Orlando, FL. The primary purpose of this position is to provide services to disabled veterans residing in the Orlando area. The incumbent provides a wide range of rehabilitation counseling and case management services to disabled veterans whose employability is impaired by physical, mental, emotional or other disabilities. Duties include but are not limited to:
- Solicits and develops employment opportunities for Veterans suffering from mental and physical illness.
- Oversees and places patients to various transitional work and/or competitive employment positions.
- Arranges suitable placement of more severely disabled Veterans who require individualized treatment plans.
- Conducts follow-up and follow along services on these placements.
- Provides job coaching, job accommodation and adaptation services to clients and their employers.
- Assesses client’s vocational interest, aptitude and abilities through clinical tests, interviews, observations, etc.
- Provides individual and group counseling to address personal adjustment and problem solving.
- Provides consultation on vocational rehabilitation to interdisciplinary treatment team and other clinical staff.
- Provide educational experience to psychology staff, trainees, etc.
- Performing other related duties as assigned.
Work Schedule: The candidate must be willing to work weekends and irregular work hours. The candidate must be willing to be placed, detailed or temporarily assigned to other related services and /or locations if necessary within the Orlando VAMC system. Every effort will be made to try to keep their clinical work at the site for which they were hired to work. The candidate may need to provide clinical services off tour and will be required to receive critical messages no matter where or when your primary site and tour are.
Promotion Potential: Position is at full performance level.
Position Description Title/PD#: VRC 675-06999-0
Relocation expenses are not authorized for this position. This position is covered in the bargaining unit.
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