Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor

Amazing Opportunity and Great Place to Work!

Are you an experienced Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor with knowledge and expertise within absence management for an employer.

Our Story

At Alight, we believe a company’s success starts with its people. At our core, we Champion People, help our colleagues Grow with Purpose and true to our name we encourage colleagues to “Be Alight.”

Our Values

Champion People – be empathetic and help create a place where everyone belongs.
Grow with purpose – be inspired by our higher calling of improving lives.
Be Alight – act with integrity, be real and empower others.

It’s why we’re so driven to connect passion with purpose. Alight helps clients gain a benefits advantage while building a healthy and financially secure workforce by unifying the benefits ecosystem across health, wealth, wellbeing, absence management and navigation.

With a comprehensive total rewards package, continuing education and training, and tremendous potential with a growing global organization, Alight is the perfect place to put your passion to work.

Join our team if you Champion People, want to Grow with Purpose through acting with integrity and if you embody the meaning of Be Alight.

Learn more at careers.alight.com.

About the Role

This role is to provide support for employees who are unable to work. This can be due to disability, illness, or injury. The focus is on promoting their optimal vocational functioning, whether on a permanent or temporary basis. You will assess functional abilities and vocational data to assess alternative work options and employability.

Responsibilities

• Conducting interviews with employees for the purpose of obtaining information for vocational assessment purposes.
• Leveraging advanced skills to perform comprehensive file reviews. This includes vocational assessments, and transferable skills analyses with vocational software and the Dictionary of Occupational Titles. Determine appropriate alternative occupations that match claimants' skills, aptitudes, and physical/mental abilities.
• Performing triage reviews per employer-based triage report specifications to review for return-to-work opportunities.
• Co-managing claims related to returning to work as per employer business requirements. This will include reaching out to healthcare providers and employers. This is done to facilitate transitional work release and secure accommodations.
• Documenting activities and providing transferable skills and alternative occupations. This may include work/production expectations, barriers for return to work and necessary accommodations/modifications.
• Coordinating external vocational services such as ergonomic assessment, career exploration, job development, and placement. This involves working with vendor vendors or state vocational rehabilitation agencies.
• Consulting with claims teams …