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REHABILITATION DISTRICT SUPERVISOR

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REHABILITATION DISTRICT SUPERVISOR

Salary

$4,470.00 - $8,044.00 Monthly

Location

Houma, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

RDSUP-199915-091024CM

Department

LWC-Office of Workforce Development

Opening Date

09/13/2024

Closing Date

9/20/2024 11:59 PM Central

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Supplemental Information

Rehabilitation District Supervisor

Office of Workforce Development

Division: Louisiana Rehabilitation Services (LRS)

Location: Terrebonne Parish

Announcement: RDSUP-199915-091024CM

Position Information:

This position may be filled as either a Probational or a Job Appointment (open to all qualified applicants); a Promotion (open to all statewide classified and agency-wide permanent status employees); or by Detail to Special Duty. Current permanent status, classified employees may be required to accept a Probational appointment if selected. If filled as a Job Appointment, there is a possibility that this position may be converted to a Probational Appointment should funding become available.

No Civil Service test score or assessment is required to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their applications to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

*Resumes WILL NOTbe accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

All applicants selected for employment must submit to drug screening and background checks.

The Louisiana Workforce Commission is an equal employment opportunity employer and SAME agency that serves as a model employer for the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities • TDD# 800-259-5154

For further information about this vacancy contact:

Connie Muse

CMuse2@lwc.la.gov

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

A baccalaureate degree plus three years of professional level experience in social services, teaching, counseling, human resources, nursing, recreation therapy, music therapy, physical therapy, art therapy, rehabilitation instruction, rehabilitation evaluation, or worker's compensation dispute resolution, two years of which must have been in rehabilitation counseling.

SUBSTITUTIONS

A baccalaureate degree in rehabilitation counseling will substitute for the one year of required general experience.

A master's degree in any field will substitute for the one year of required general experience.

Specialized and advanced degrees will only substitute for the one year of required general experience.

NOTE:

There is no substitution for the degree.

NOTE:

Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.

Job Concepts

Function of Work:

To provide direction to and to assist professional Louisiana Rehabilitation Services staff within a specific geographic area in the provision of vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with a wide variety of severe disabilities to improve the quality of their lives and to help them achieve their goal of an employment outcome.

Level of Work:

Supervisor.

Supervision Received:

Broad review from the Rehabilitation Regional Manager.

Supervision Exercised:

Direct-line over Rehabilitation Specialists, Rehabilitation Counselors, Rehabilitation Facility Supervisors, and clerical staff and may include Rehabilitation Evaluators and lower-level facility managers or supervisors.

Location of Work:

May be used by state agencies with rehabilitation counseling functions.

Job Distinctions:

Differs from Rehabilitation Counselors by the responsibility for line supervision of staff and program operation.

Differs from Rehabilitation Regional Manager by lack of responsibility for community rehabilitation programs and services within an entire region.

Examples of Work

Supervises subordinate staff in local offices, state community rehabilitation programs and area offices within a regional area.

Serves as agency liaison in mediating complaints between the agency, consumers and businesses and prepares reports on findings and makes recommendations for remedial action.

Consults with and gives assistance to professional staff regarding complex and specialized rehabilitation cases on individuals with severe disabilities to include psychiatric, deaf, blind, substance abuse, individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, etc.

Provides expertise and serves as a primary resource regarding specialized programs, community rehabilitation programs, job development , job placement strategies (i. e., job opportunity workshops) for the employment of individuals with severe disabilities, etc. Serves as supervising counselor for and resource individual to training institutions.

Provides various training to include initial training of new staff on agency policies and procedures in the provision of services to clients, orientation training on counselor skills, relative in-house and field training on a regular basis, etc.

Holds scheduled management meetings with subordinate staff to discuss agency matters such as policy and procedure changes, technology advances, area labor market data, agencies marketing plan, etc.

Assists professional staff with overall planning and case management. Conducts random case reviews with counselors to assure appropriate services are provided to clients and to assure that casework is within federal, state, and agency guidelines.

Evaluates performance of staff, assists with setting goals, and develops appropriate work plans.

Counsels staff and recommends appropriate disciplinary action based on previous remedial action taken and consequences of action.

Prepares reports of factual statistical data in regard to production, service delivery, and caseload management.

Collaborates with a variety of other agencies, business, industry, civic groups, agency supervisors, and public officials to develop a community partnership for developing and obtaining employment for individuals with disabilities.

Serves on committees, task forces, and panels as agency representative.

Makes public presentation to business and industry groups, community and civic organizations, and schools and human resource programs to develop referral sources, explain incentive programs such as on-the-job training, and promote employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities.

Conducts interviews, participates on interview panels, conducts reference checks, and makes recommendations for selection of new personnel, reallocations, promotions, etc. subject to the review and approval of the Rehabilitation Regional Manager.

Responsible for conducting and coordinating services with training programs, vendors, etc. Coordinates and conducts public forums and public hearings.

May serve as assistant to and act in the absence of the Rehabilitation Regional Manager and performs other duties as delegated.

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

• New Year's Day

• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

• Mardi Gras,

• Good Friday,

• Memorial Day,

• Independence Day,

• Labor Day,

• Veteran's Day,

• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

* Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

• Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your_Retirement_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

• Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

• Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

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  Describe your years of experience in Rehabilitation Counseling?

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  Do you have any supervisory experience?

• Yes

• No

  Required Question

Agency

State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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