What is Vocational Rehabilitation?
Vocational therapy is a form of rehabilitation that helps individuals prepare for, return to, or adapt to meaningful work after illness, injury, or disability. The goal is to support independence, confidence, and success in the workplace by addressing both physical and cognitive challenges that may impact job performance.
Vocational therapists work with patients to assess strengths, identify barriers, and develop personalized strategies for employment. This may include improving work-related skills, adapting tasks or environments, practicing job-specific activities, and exploring new career options when needed. Vocational therapy often involves collaboration with employers, families, and healthcare providers to create supportive pathways back into the workforce.
Vocational Rehabilitation is blended into everything we do at Centered Care.
It is our mission to help all persons served find meaningful, purposeful activities to do with a special focus on work and/or volunteering. Giving back and engaging in productive work leads to self-pride, skill building and connection that is unmatched.
As a CARF accredited Vocational Rehabilitation program, we specialize in helping people return to work, or stay at work, post catastrophic injuries. Vocational services include, but are not limited to:
- Development of realistic employment goals.
- Identification of employment opportunities and resources in the local job market.
- Identification of resources to achieve and maintain employment.
Utilizing various interventions based on the worker's goals, needs and employment trends, our Certified Rehabilitation Counselor's address:
- Career development and training activities
- Individual vocational service plans
- Communication with employers
- Work trials and vocational assessments
