vocational rehabilitation specialist
Posted on March 28, 2024
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March of Dimes Canada
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*Employment Specialist (Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist - Assessment and Planning)*
*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 six 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:
* *Purpose:* Champion equity. Empower ability.
* *Vision:* An inclusive, barrier-free society for people with disabilities.?
* *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 *industry-leading 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 *marchofdimes.ca/careers*.
*This Opportunity: *
We are looking to hire 1 full-time Employment Specialist (Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist ? Assessment and Planning)
35 Hours per week
*Roles and responsibilities:*
* Accept referral and review the client documentation as provided by the referral source
* Create and maintain case files and service plans that are current and reflective of clients? evolving needs
* Provide services to individuals with disabilities and are challenged by employment barriers
* Assist clients to identify realistic employment options through vocational assessment and exploration
* Conduct transferable skills analysis and labour market research
* Create resumes and cover letters tailored to client?s needs and employment objectives
* Support job placement services including job development, client and employer needs analysis, job site analysis and job accommodation and coordination of on the job supports
* Provide employment and motivational counseling
* Appropriate use of case management/IT systems ie. CaMS
* Case manage services to ensure timely and cost effective service delivery
* Complete required service reports
* Achieve quality service standards for client satisfaction, timely delivery of service and employment outcomes
*Qualifications and experience:*
* Bachelors Degree or Community College diploma in social services
* Registered Rehabilitation Professional certification (RRP) or Registered Vocational Professional (RVP), Return to Work Disability Manager (RTWDM) or eligible to obtain RTWDM an asset
* Minimum of three years? experience working in Vocational Rehabilitation with people with disabilities
* Sensitivity to issues/barriers that people with disabilities experience
* Familiarity with current methods of vocational rehabilitation, career c
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LocationOttawa, ON
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SalaryNot available
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Terms of employment
Full time
- Start date
Starts as soon as possible
- vacancies
1 vacancy
- Source
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