Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor

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🌽 Illinois – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote

💵 $62k - $85k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🛋️ Counselor

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Alight Solutions

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10,000+ employees

🤝 B2B

🏥 Healthcare

☁️ SaaS

💰 $22.5M Post-IPO Secondary - Alight Solutions on 2023-08

B2B • Healthcare • SaaS

Alight Solutions is a leading benefits administration provider that delivers health, wealth, leave, and related HR point solutions for large organizations and their employees. The company helps manage benefits administration and human capital-related processes for enterprises, serving many of the world’s largest organizations and over 30 million people. Alight also emphasizes product and technology roles, corporate sustainability, total rewards, and a focus on transforming lives and organizations by maximizing health, financial and work wellbeing.

📋 Description

• Support employees unable to work due to disability, illness, or injury • Promote optimal vocational functioning on a permanent or temporary basis • Assess functional abilities and vocational data to determine alternative work options and employability • Conduct employee interviews for vocational assessment purposes • Perform comprehensive file reviews, vocational assessments, and transferable skills analyses using vocational software and the Dictionary of Occupational Titles • Determine alternative occupations matching claimants’ skills, aptitudes, and physical and mental abilities • Perform triage reviews for return-to-work opportunities • Co-manage return-to-work claims according to employer business requirements • Contact healthcare providers and employers to facilitate transitional work release and secure accommodations • Document activities, transferable skills, alternative occupations, work expectations, return-to-work barriers, and accommodations or modifications • Coordinate external vocational services, including ergonomic assessment, career exploration, job development, and placement • Work with vendors and state vocational rehabilitation agencies • Consult with claims teams and managers on file direction and conduct three-point contact as needed • Participate in sales presentations or client implementations as needed • Arrange referrals for physical, psychological, neuropsychological, academic, and vocational evaluations and standardized testing • Identify employment barriers and develop strategies and transitional return-to-work plans • Organize and update personal, vocational, eligibility, and medical records, correspondence, service documentation, and employee contacts

🎯 Requirements

• M.A./M.S./M.Ed. in Rehabilitation Counseling from a Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE) • Current certification as a Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) by the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC) • Three+ years of experience employed as a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor • Knowledge of medical terminology, disability claims, insurance industry practices, Social Security Disability and ADA laws • Proficiency in various TSA and LMS based programs • Ability to develop customized individualized rehabilitation programs for LTD claimants • Ability for exertion of up to 10 pounds • Ability to perform sedentary work involving sitting, walking, or standing • Ability to travel for client meetings • Exceptional communication, organizational, customer service, and analytical skills • Efficient multitasking and adaptability in task management • Ability to handle time-sensitive tasks promptly and prioritize work independently • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision • Ability to collaborate effectively within a diverse team • Work authorization in the United States without requiring current or future visa sponsorship

🏖️ Benefits

• Health, dental and vision coverages starting Day One • Wellbeing programs • Retirement plans with contribution matching • Generous time off • Parental leave • Continuing education • Career growth opportunities • Flexible working arrangements wherever possible • Competitive total rewards package • Continuing education and training • Potential with a growing worldwide organization