Vocational Case Manager

Monitor and record clients' progress to ensure that goals and objectives are met.

Collaborate with clients' families to implement rehabilitation plans, such as behavioral, residential, social, or employment goals.

Locate barriers to client employment, such as inaccessible work sites, inflexible schedules, or transportation problems, and work with clients to develop strategies for overcoming these barriers.

Collaborate with community agencies to establish facilities and programs for persons with disabilities.

Prepare and maintain records and case files, including documentation such as clients' personal and eligibility information, services provided, narratives of client contacts, or relevant correspondence.

Confer with clients to discuss their options and goals so that rehabilitation programs and plans for accessing needed services can be developed.

Develop rehabilitation plans that fit clients' aptitudes, education levels, physical abilities, and career goals.

Arrange for on-site job coaching or assistive devices, such as specially equipped wheelchairs, to help clients adapt to work or school environments.

Participate in job development and placement programs, contacting prospective employers, placing clients in jobs, and evaluating the success of placements.

Arrange for physical, mental, academic, vocational, and other evaluations to obtain information for assessing clients' needs and developing rehabilitation plans.

Confer with physicians, psychologists, occupational therapists, and other professionals to develop and implement client rehabilitation programs.

Develop and maintain relationships with community referral sources, such as schools or community groups.

Analyze information from interviews, educational and medical records, consultation with other professionals, and diagnostic evaluations to assess clients' abilities, needs, and eligibility for services.

Manage budgets and direct case service allocations, authorizing expenditures and payments.

Develop diagnostic procedures to determine clients' needs.