Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission (ORSC) Vocational Services

Dear Counselor:

As we begin the new fiscal year 2011, we would like to thank you for your continued support and for the opportunity to provide quality assessment and employment services. As in the past, referrals and authorizations may be sent by mail, fax or e-mail. Contact information is as follows:

In addition to the assessment services that we already provide, including Comprehensive Vocational Evaluation, Comprehensive Vocational Intelligence Evaluation, Transferable Skills Analysis, Forensic Review of Previous Vocational Evaluation, Vocational Screening, and Labor Market Survey, CAS is pleased to announce that we have a licensed professional clinical counselor on staff to provide Psychological Testing in most of the geographical areas we cover. Please contact Georgia at the office for area information. Our new and improved Comprehensive Vocational Evaluation may help Eligibility Counselors identify objective limitations for Order of Selection. It is our hope that you will find our services useful in identifying appropriate job goals for your consumers when implementing the Individual Plan for Employment.

Employment/Placement services include Summer Work Program, Community Based Assessment, Career Exploration, Job Shadowing, Internship, Job Seeking Skills Training, Job Club, Resume Development, Job Development and Placement Flat Fee or Hourly Based, Transitional Employment/Job Tryout, Job Coaching , and Job Retention Follow Along. In addition to these services, CAS is pleased to announce new services including Informational Interviewing, Travel Training, Situational Assessment, Work Adjustment, School Program Work Adjustment, and Staffing for employment services

The fees and descriptions of all services can be reviewed in full detail on the attachments provided along with this letter (2011 CAS DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES AND FEE SCHEDULE FOR RSC).

All of us at Career Assessment Systems, Inc. are pleased to continue serving you directly as a CARF accredited service provider, as well as offering you new and improved services. We look forward to continuing to work with you to help develop successful vocational plans and provide the services leading to successful outcomes and closures. Career Assessment Systems, Inc. “Putting pieces of the puzzle together for you.”

For additional information please contact:

W. Brad Hale, President and Certified Vocational Evaluator

Phone (330) 332 - 9577 or (330) 360-6083

Career Assessment Systems, Inc.

1052 West State Street

Salem, Ohio 44460

CVE7@juno.com   http://www.careersystem.org

Career Assessment Systems, Inc. (CAS) is a highly respected statewide Community Rehabilitation Services Provider. In Fiscal Year 2009, we served over 879 consumers in 47 counties in Ohio and as of October 1, 2010, 611 consumers have already been served as part of our FY-2010 programs. The Employment Services components have shown significant increases in numbers of consumers served. Part of the ongoing effort to address the needs and concerns of our consumers, and agency counselors, CAS conducts a semi-annual study of our effectiveness, efficiency and consumer and stakeholder satisfaction of the vocational services we provide. Throughout the year, consumers and agency counselors are surveyed through exit interviews, phone interviews and mail surveys.

The true effectiveness of Career Assessment Systems vocational services and consumer satisfaction can be measured  by the number of consumers who completed and were satisfied with their vocational services experience

FY 2010 (as of October 1, 2010)

• 88% of the consumers felt “comfortable with the entire vocational service experience.”  2009 – 87%
• 95% of the consumers gave very good to excellent rating for ‘ any questions regarding vocational services were adequately explained or answered’
• 83% of consumers felt that ‘recommendations helped them to better make vocational plans.’ 2009 – 85%. This is exceptional given the impact consultations suggesting alternative vocational goals have versus recommendation expectation by the consumer, and RSC policy in regards to Most Severe Disabilities.
• 70% of our consumers using CAS employment services obtained job placement. 2009–48%
• 73% of our consumers maintain a job through 90 days using CAS placement and employment follow-up services. 2009–68%
• 100% of the surveyed counselors gave very good to excellent rating for completion of services in a timely manner. 2009–100%

DOWNLOAD THE FACILITY FEE SCHEDULE HERE

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Phone: (330) 332-9577

E-mail: CVE7@juno.com