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5000 Wissahickon Avenue
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Directions to the VAROIC
Meeting the needs of our veterans:
- Over $23 billion in
benefit payments yearly
- Today, VA provides the
world's most comprehensive and diverse programs of benefits for veterans
and dependents.
- The 4th largest life
insurance program in the nation
- A housing loan program
that has guaranteed over 16 million loans. Total worth: $661 billion.
- Offices, medical
centers, and national cemeteries in all states, Puerto Rico,
Philippines, and the District of Columbia
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- One of the largest
federal agencies with approximately 222,000 employees.
- A sophisticated data
processing network connecting 3 ADP sites, 58 regional offices, and 173
VA medical centers.
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Why the VA Regional Office and Insurance Center in Philadelphia is special:
- Over 750 employees,
making Philadelphia one of the largest VA field offices
- The insurance center
with $641 billion of government life insurance covering 4.6 million
veterans and military service personnel.
- Co-location with one
of the three VA data processing centers
- In the forefront of office
automation, utilizing computer systems for claims processing, word
processing, and management control activities.
- Development site for
VA's newest innovations in information processing
- Recipient of the
President's Council on Management Improvement Award for Management
Excellence.
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Employee Benefits:
- Low cost health
insurance
- Choice of numerous health
care plans with family coverage available
- Group life insurance
with 4 options
- Sick leave - accrue 13
days annually
- Vacation time - 13 to
26 days annually depending on length of service
- Retirement benefits
and incentive goals and awards
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The VAROIC also offers:
- Fitness center staffed by
trained specialists who offer low impact aerobics classes and a full
range of conditioning equipment
- Active Employee's
Association which sponsors social, community, and athletic programs
- Health unit staffed by a
registered nurse providing emergency treatment and various health
maintenance programs
- On-site subsidized child
care offering low cost, state-certified services
- Full-service credit
union
- Free on-site parking,
cafeteria services, and easy access to public transportation
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Career Opportunities:
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor
The Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor provides and coordinates a wide range of rehabilitation counseling and case management services to veterans with disabilities and other eligible individuals. Our counselors perform initial evaluations, make eligibility determinations, conducts rehabilitation planning, problem solving, counseling. They coordinate and implement rehabilitation services, case documentation, employment services, and administration and interpretation of vocational testing. They also act as Contracting Officer's Technical Representatives to acquire services needed in the rehabilitation process.
BASIC REQUIREMENT: Satisfactory completion in an accredited college or university of all the requirements for a master's degree in rehabilitation counseling, including an internship; or a master's degree in counseling psychology or a related field, including at least 30 semester hours of course work in such areas as foundations of rehabilitation counseling, human growth and development, counseling theories and techniques, vocational assessment, career development, job placement, case management, and medical/psycho-social aspects of disability. Total graduate study must have included or been supplemented by a supervised internship. The primary degree required under this single-agency standard is Rehabilitation Counseling. For related degree programs other than Rehabilitation Counseling the focus of the masters degree program must have been on rehabilitation counseling as evidenced by the coursework required for the degree.
Depending on qualifications, a Counselor's starting salary is either Grade 9 $47,810, Grade 11 $57,845, with promotion promotion potential to a Grade 12 $69,332.
Interested applicants can email:colleen.mcgarry@va.gov
Veterans Service Representative
As a Veterans Service Representative you will be a decision-maker, playing a pivotal role in fulfilling America's commitment to those who have stood in harm's way to defend the freedoms we cherish. Your decision-making responsibilities will involve learning and applying laws that provide the most comprehensive package of benefits and services to veterans and their survivors in the world. Those decisions directly translate to a claimant's access to disability payments, education, and vocational rehabilitation opportunities. In addition, your decisions impact on the health care and financial assistance for surviving spouses and children. You will be joining a workforce striving to work accurately, compassionately, and thoroughly to help veterans receive the benefits they are entitled to and deserving of.
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