DOE/VR VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SUPV - SES - 48004764

Requisition No: 877091 

Agency: Department of Education

Working Title: DOE/VR VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SUPV - SES - 48004764

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 48004764 

Salary:  $4,853.33 Monthly 

Posting Closing Date: 06/21/2026 

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DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION
LOCATION: PALMETTO (MANATEE COUNTY)
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION  SUPERVISOR
Position Number: 48004764
Minimum Hiring Salary: $4,853.33

Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) is a federal-state program that helps people who have physical or mental disabilities get or keep a job. VR is committed to helping people with disabilities find meaningful careers.  Our Mission is "to help people with disabilities find and maintain employment and enhance their independence." Our Vision is "to become the first place people with disabilities turn when seeking employment and a top resource for employers in need of qualified employees."

To be contacted for an interview:

• Meet the Minimum Requirements below
• Complete the application entirely, including all employment history following your highest level of education.
• On the application, be prepared to explain employment gaps exceeding 3 months. Explain employment gaps as added employment with acceptable reasons such as being a student, unemployed, caretaker, etc.
• Review your application, making sure all blank fields under each employer are completed.

Job Description:

This is a vocational rehabilitation professional position responsible for managing, evaluating, training, hiring, facilitating and providing technical assistance to a vocational rehabilitation unit (cost center) to ensure the provision of vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities in order that they may attain or maintain employment.  The incumbent of this position will access client information, maintain case records, produce correspondence and perform other automated functions within the position's responsibilities.

As a supervisor, the incumbent must communicate with, motivate, provide or coordinate training, and direct the work of his/her subordinates. In addition, the employee must complete timely performance appraisals, develop timely and accurate work plans, and timely approve monthly timesheets and attendance and leave requests for each position under his/her direct report.  The incumbent has the authority to make hiring recommendations as well as disciplinary recommendations.

 KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

Knowledge of the theories and practices of vocational rehabilitation counseling.

Knowledge of the professional ethics relating to rehabilitation counseling.

Knowledge of the principles and techniques of effective communication.

Knowledge of the methods of compiling, organizing and analyzing data.

Knowledge of interviewing techniques.

Ability to supervise people.

Ability to determine work priorities, assign work, and ensure proper completion of work assignments.

Ability to train others.

Ability to utilize problem-solving techniques.

Ability to develop and monitor programs and program effectiveness and to recommend policy and procedural changes.

EXAMPLES OF WORK

Evaluates the work and quality of casework to ensure that team members work in partnership with eligible individuals to attain a quality employment outcome.  Communicates plans and prioritizes strategies using community resources and comparable benefits to achieve employment outcomes.  Manages and coordinates financial resources to ensure effective and efficient provision of services according to state and federal regulations and policies. Ensures accuracy of data from the unit team.  Plans, devises, develops, and collaborates with community partners, including employers, to assure the appropriate use of financial resources and comparable benefits.

Evaluates staff performance by monitoring the quality of rehabilitation outcomes.  Provides technical assistance, identifying and analyzing internal and external problems; offers alternative solutions and strategies with individual and/or team involvement.  Facilitates team process improvement to achieve customer independence.  Develops and optimizes unit team and individual goals which are consistent with Vocational Rehabilitation's mission through individual and group teaching, coaching, counseling, evaluating, role modeling and participation in Area quality assurance activities.

 ***Information contained in responses to Qualifying Questions concerning education, experience, knowledge, skills and/or abilities must also be disclosed on the State of Florida Employment Application. ***

Minimum Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree plus not less than 3 years of paid or unpaid experience consisting of:

direct work with individuals with disabilities in a setting such as an independent living center

direct service for advocacy activities that provide such individuals with experience and skills in working with individuals with disabilities

direct experience as an employer

direct experience as a small business owner or operator

direct experience in self-employment

experience in human resources

experience in recruitment

experience in supervising employees

experience in training

experience in other activities that provide experience in competitive integrated employment environments

STATE OF FLORIDA EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

• State of Florida Retirement - 3% Employee Contribution Required
• 10 Paid Holidays annually
• 176 Hours of Paid Annual Leave – anniversary date
• 104 Hours of Paid Sick Leave – anniversary date
• Health Insurance for Individual or Family Coverage
• Life Insurance – State pays premium for $25,000 basic term life insurance for full time employee
• Additional supplemental insurances available such as dental, vision, etc.
• Tax Deferred Medical and Child Care Reimbursement Accounts available

Benefits information can be found on the following websites:

Insurance Benefits: http://www.myflorida.com/MyBenefits 

Background Screening Requirement:

It is the policy of the Florida Department of Education that applicants for employment undergo level 2 employment screening in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, Florida Statutes, as a condition of employment or being permitted to serve as a volunteer.

All applicants for employment or to volunteer who are selected for an interview will be provided with the Consent to Background Screening form for level 2 screening, the Affidavit of Good Moral Character, and the Notice of Rights. The leading candidate for employment or to volunteer will be required to execute the Consent form and Affidavit, report to a designated location, and submit fingerprints for level 2 screening.

No applicant for a designated position will be employed or permitted to volunteer until the level 2 screening results are received, reviewed, and approved by the Department.

Level 2 background screening shall include, but not be limited to, fingerprinting for statewide criminal and juvenile records checks through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, and federal criminal records checks through the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and may include local criminal records checks through local law enforcement agencies. 

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace. 

Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or the People First Service Center (1-877-562-7287). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation. 

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act. 

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.