Vocational Rehabilitation
Vocational rehabilitation helps disabled workers get back to work after a remunerative injury or the onset of an occupational disease. Vocational Rehabilitation provides a broad range of services to assist, find or maintain employment for eligible individuals with disabilities. The best rehabilitation includes individual vocational appraisal, planning, and support that makes the best use of rehabilitation resources and maximizes worker-employer outcomes. Vocational Rehabilitation programs take an lively leadership role in advocating for the rights of individuals with disabilities, removing the physical and attitudinal barriers which often confront them.
The goal of vocational rehabilitation is to help clients return to work in a timely and safe manner. Vocational Rehabilitation Services can also assist employees who are already in work but who are experiencing difficulty maintaining employment. Vocational Rehabilitation services for family members of an applicant or client if necessary to allow the client to accomplish an employment outcome. Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors provide support services wanted to keep individuals employed.