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AI for Rehabilitation Counselors

Robert MacKelfresh

By Robert MacKelfresh

Founder, Automation Squad

Counsel individuals to maximize the independence and employability of persons coping with personal, social, and vocational difficulties that result from birth defects, illness, disease, accidents, aging, or the stress of daily life. Coordinate activities for residents of care and treatment facilities. Assess client needs and design and implement rehabilitation programs that may include personal and vocational counseling, training, and job placement.

Rehabilitation Counselors · O*NET 21-1015.00 · Job Zone 4 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database

Automation coverage

13 of 28tools on this list have an AI solution available today

Counted by matching the tools this occupation is documented as using against a corpus of 226,452 AI products, MCP servers, skills and connectors. Where a tool has no match, we say so rather than inventing one.

AI you can use for this job

34 matched to the tools rehabilitation counselors use. Showing 24.

The tools this job actually uses

28 documented for this occupation. Showing 28, hot technologies first. A filled dot means an AI solution exists for it.

  • Microsoft Excelhot
  • Microsoft Office softwarehot
  • Microsoft Outlookhot
  • Microsoft PowerPointhot
  • Microsoft Wordhot
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader
  • Budgeting software
  • Chart Links
  • Client information database software
  • Data input software
  • Electronic medical record EMR software
  • Email software
  • Encryption software
  • Fanatic Software Informant
  • Global positioning system GPS software
  • Microsoft ActiveSync
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer
  • Microsoft Mobile Explorer MME
  • Microsoft Office Mobile
  • Microsoft Office Outlook
  • Netscape Navigator
  • Scheduling software
  • SkillTRAN Job Browser Pro
  • SkillTRAN OASYS
  • Test interpretation software
  • Virus protection software
  • Web browser software
  • Word recognition software

What this job involves

17 documented tasks, most important first. Showing 17.

  1. Prepare and maintain records and case files, including documentation, such as clients' personal and eligibility information, services provided, narratives of client contacts, or relevant correspondence.
  2. Confer with clients to discuss their options and goals so that rehabilitation programs and plans for accessing needed services can be developed.
  3. Develop rehabilitation plans that fit clients' aptitudes, education levels, physical abilities, and career goals.
  4. Locate barriers to client employment, such as inaccessible work sites, inflexible schedules, or transportation problems, and work with clients to develop strategies for overcoming these barriers.
  5. Monitor and record clients' progress to ensure that goals and objectives are met.
  6. Participate in job development and placement programs, contacting prospective employers, placing clients in jobs, and evaluating the success of placements.
  7. Analyze information from interviews, educational and medical records, consultation with other professionals, and diagnostic evaluations to assess clients' abilities, needs, and eligibility for services.
  8. Collaborate with clients' families to implement rehabilitation plans, such as behavioral, residential, social, or employment goals.
  9. Develop and maintain relationships with community referral sources, such as schools or community groups.
  10. Maintain close contact with clients during job training and placements to resolve problems and evaluate placement adequacy.
  11. Arrange for on-site job coaching or assistive devices, such as specially equipped wheelchairs, to help clients adapt to work or school environments.
  12. Arrange for physical, mental, academic, vocational, and other evaluations to obtain information for assessing clients' needs and developing rehabilitation plans.
  13. Confer with physicians, psychologists, occupational therapists, and other professionals to develop and implement client rehabilitation programs.
  14. Manage budgets and direct case service allocations, authorizing expenditures and payments.
  15. Supervise rehabilitation counselors and staff.
  16. Collaborate with community agencies to establish facilities and programs for persons with disabilities.
  17. Develop diagnostic procedures to determine clients' needs.
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