Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist

2 weeks ago


Victoria, British Columbia, Canada March of Dimes Canada Full time

Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist - Customized Employment - Full Time

You'll feel great about a career with March of Dimes Canada
At March of Dimes Canada,
our collective work matters.

As a leading national charity backed by a history of more than 70 years of impact, we're dedicated to being Canada's leading service provider, resource, and advocate, empowering people with disabilities to live and thrive in communities nationwide.

You'll be joining a team made up of more than 2,000 professionals that's
dedicated to solving big challenges and creating real change for people with disabilities in communities across our country.

They're at the center of all we do, and we make a real difference in their lives every day. It matters to us because
the need is urgent — and it's growing.

More than eight million people with disabilities in Canada experience challenges like poverty, discrimination, indignity, and isolation. These are the barriers that you'll help tear down. Together, with your vital contributions, we'll keep moving the dial on the challenges people with disabilities face.

Our work is deep and wide — and you'll always find it deeply rewarding — which is why we pull together to make change happen.

Our collective efforts are rooted in our
Purpose,
Vision, and
Mission, which inform how we drive all our work forward:

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Purpose: Champion equity. Empower ability.
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Vision: An inclusive, barrier-free society for people with disabilities.
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Mission:To be Canada's leading service provider, resource, and advocate, empowering people with disabilities to live and thrive in communities nationwide.

Whether starting or advancing your career with us, you'll feel great knowing that you're:

  • Contributing to our important mission
    :creating real change for people with disabilities:
  • Joining a
    leading national charity with a history of impact and a future full of possibility
  • Enjoying
    industryleading employment incentives and benefits:
  • Supported in your
    professional growth, development, and success:
  • Included in our
    empathetic and supportive work culture
Learn more about why we're a great employer at
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This Opportunity:

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a
Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist - Customized Employment at WorkBC.

WorkBC is a BC government program that connects job seekers and employers - helping people find jobs, explore career options, and improve their skills, and helping employers find the right talent and grow their businesses.


Roles and responsibilities:

  • Accept referral and review the client plan/documentation as provided by the referral source.
  • Work with adults who have disabilities and are challenged by employment barriers to identify barriers to employment, strategies to overcome them, and, where appropriate, refer to additional services for further assistance and/or diagnostic assessments.
  • Provide employment and motivational counselling.
  • Deliver Customized Employment services, including completion of Discovery Assessment and Employment Profile, Job Carving and onsite Job Coaching to assist job seekers to achieve sustainable employment.
  • Liaise with employers for the purpose of Job Development, in order to find paid employment for job seekers with disabilityspecific barriers to entering the workforce.
  • Case manage services to ensure timely and costeffective service delivery.
  • Complete required service reports.
  • Achieve quality service standards for client satisfaction, timely delivery of service, and employment outcomes.
  • Travel will be required as related to Discovery, Job Development, Job Coaching and Sustainment Services.
The Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist - Customized Employment may be required to work some evenings and weekends.

Qualifications and experience:

  • Post-Secondary Certificate, Diploma or Degree relevant to providing services to people with disabilities.
  • Working towards or holding an associated relevant professional certification (i.e., Certified Career Development Practitioner (CCDP), Registered Rehabilitation Professional (RRP), or Certified Vocational Rehabilitation Professional (CVRP)).
  • Minimum of two years' experience working in Employment Services/Vocational Rehabilitation with people with disabilities.
  • Sensitivity to issues/barriers that people with disabilities experience.
  • A combination of education and WorkBC experience may be accepted.
  • Demonstrated experience in:
  • Assessing complex client needs in specialized areas, such as physical limitations, developmental disabilities, mobility skills, and cognitive, social, and emotional barriers.
  • Interpreting clinical assessments.
  • Delivering customized employment, job coaching, and job development services.
  • Familiarity with current methods of career counselling, vocational rehabilitation, including assessment, service


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