Rehabilitation Service Specialist
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Job Description
Rehabilitation Service Specialist providing a wide range of rehabilitation services to Canadian veterans. Collaborating with families and professionals to create tailored rehabilitation plans.
Responsibilities:
- Determine required rehabilitation assessments to further assess Participant’s capacity for improvement and clarify rehabilitation needs and coordinate as required
- Ensure services and plans are needs-based, goal-oriented and align to program mandates of improving the six functional domains of well-being and reduce/eliminate barriers to re-establishment and are safe, cost-effective and of high quality
- Develop thorough Rehabilitation Plans for program Participants in consultation with the Participant, their family/caregiver, Rehabilitation Service Professionals (RSPs) and the Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) Case Manager
- Act as the service integrator, collaborating equally with medical, psycho-social and vocational RSPs delivering services to participants
- Empower Participant to problem-solve by exploring options of community-based interventions and resources to achieve desired outcomes
- Identify barriers or risk factors contributing to suboptimal outcomes and pro-actively develop and implement strategies
Requirements:
- A bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Counselling, Rehabilitation, Social Sciences, Health Services, Human Services, or a related field and one of the following: a health professional designation; or Certified Vocational Rehabilitation Professional (CVRP or a CVRP-F)
- A minimum of (3) year experience in the direct provision of medical, psycho-social or vocational rehabilitation services (or a combination thereof)
- Experience working with persons living with mental or physical health problems creating barriers in life.
- Employment conditional on obtaining federal security clearance – Reliability Status.
- Ability to travel across the region as required
- Bilingual (French / English) is considered an asset
- Experience working with employers, community resources, and training institutions
Benefits:
- Comprehensive and flexible health and dental benefits
- RRSP Matching program of 2.5% base earnings
- Coverage for your credential or designation fee
- Ongoing learning and development opportunities
- Generous time-off policies that promote work/life balance













