Rehabilitation Counselor

The Rehabilitation Counselor position is located in the Mental Health Service, within the Vocational Rehabilitation services, of the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare system (VAGLAHS). The assigned Rehabilitation Counselor works with persons who experience functional impairments and disabilities associated with mental health.

VA Careers - Mental Health Professionals: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOMintJXa3Y Duties include, but are not limited to: Providing personal adjustment counseling, therapeutic vocational rehabilitation interventions, and case coordination services. Using recovery-oriented, evidence-informed, and evidence-based clinical vocational rehabilitation modalities to aid patients with mild to severe disabilities, such as multiple medical or physical, psychosocial, psychological, or neurological barriers. Conducting vocational rehabilitation assessments using medical records, pertinent disability documentation, observation and interviews with patients and their support systems to generate personal, vocational, and educational histories. Consulting with interdisciplinary teams to enhance coordination of care, ensure medical clearance, and provide for optimal timing of further interventions. Providing psychoeducational and/or psychotherapeutic groups to facilitate effective job search skills, employer-desired soft skills, work, and life skills fostering independence and recovery. Devising solutions to reduce and/or eliminate barriers and meet patient's placement needs. Providing job development, customized employment, job carving, job coaching, job accommodation, advocacy, and adaptation services to patients and to educate and support employers as well as school or education stakeholders. The Mental Health - Vocational Rehab program helps Veterans with disabilities and mental health challenges achieve employment, independence, and personal goals through recovery-oriented vocational counseling, assessment, and support services. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00a-4:30p Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized Telework: Not Authorized Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 000000

You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Must be proficient in written and spoken English. Subject to background/security investigation. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

IMPORTANT: A transcript with the conferred date must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.