State of Maryland

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SKILLED SERVICE BARGAINING UNIT: F OVERTIME ELIGIBLE NCP

A Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist II is the full performance level of work in rehabilitation services in the Maryland State Department of Education’s Division of Rehabilitation Services. Employees in this classification assess clients’ needs and design and implement rehabilitation services that may include personal and vocational counseling, training, and job placement. Employees in this classification do not supervise.

Employees in this classification receive general supervision from a Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist Supervisor or other designated administrator.

Positions in this classification are evaluated using the Classification Job Evaluation Methodology. The use of this method involves comparing the assigned duties and responsibilities of a position to the job criteria found in the Nature of Work and Examples of Work sections of a class specification or a class description.

The Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist I and Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist II are differentiated on the basis of the degree of supervisory control exercised by the supervisor over these employees. The Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist I performs duties under close supervision and the Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist II performs the full range of duties under general supervision. The Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist II is differentiated from the Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Specialist in that the Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Specialist functions as a specialist in a particular area.

Applies the policies, procedures, laws, regulations and directives governing the provision of rehabilitation services;

Interviews clients to explain services, establish goals and develop plans for employment;

Assesses client needs and determines the process for development of comprehensive individualized rehabilitation programs;

Coordinates client access to and use of other federal, State and local programs and services;

Develops alternative funding sources for clients based on the services needed and their financial status;

Trains clients in job seeking skills;

Determines eligibility for rehabilitation services under applicable federal regulations;

Prepares comprehensive reports and completes required documents for individual clients receiving rehabilitation services;

Visits employers to analyze job components to determine essential job functions and the knowledge, skills and abilities required;

Manages caseload and determines necessary procedures to monitor client progress;

Assesses the need for assistive technology services and modifications to home or work settings to allow clients to seek and maintain employment and independence;

Provides career counseling and job placement services for clients;

Provides education and consultant services to employers on rehabilitation issues;

Administers standardized performance tests and interprets test findings relative to developing options for employment goals;

Performs other related duties.

Education: Possession of a Bachelor's degree.

Experience: Two years of professional experience in a behavioral or social science-related field or one year of professional experience as a Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist I providing rehabilitation counseling or vocational evaluation services to clients with physical or behavioral disabilities, or teaching services to clients with partial or total visual impairment.

Note: A master's degree and one year of experience in a behavioral or social science-related field may be substituted for two years of the required experience.

Class descriptions broadly define groups of positions used by various State departments and agencies. Position descriptions maintained by the using department or agency specifically address the essential job functions of each position.

This is a Skilled Service classification in the State Personnel Management System. All positions in this classification are Skilled Service positions. Some positions in Skilled Service classifications may be designated Special Appointment in accordance with the State Personnel and Pensions Article, Section 6-405, Annotated Code of Maryland.

This classification is assigned to Bargaining Unit F, Social and Human Service Professionals classes. As provided by the State Personnel and Pensions Article, Section 3-102, special appointment, temporary, contractual, supervisory, managerial and confidential employees are excluded from collective bargaining. Additionally, certain executive branch agencies are exempt from collective bargaining and all positions in those agencies are excluded from collective bargaining.

Employees in this classification are eligible to receive overtime compensation. An employee who works more than the normal workweek is entitled to be compensated for that overtime, as provided by the State Personnel and Pensions Article, Section 8-305.

This classification is one level in a Non-Competitive Promotion (NCP) series. NCP promotions are promotions by which employees may advance in grade and class level from trainee to full performance level in a classification series. In order to be non-competitively promoted to the next level in a NCP series, an employee must: 1) perform the main purpose of the class, as defined by the Nature of Work section of the class specification; 2) receive the type of supervision defined in the class specification and 3) meet the minimum qualifications of the classification.

May 21, 2024

Director, Division of Classification and Salary