WAC 67-25-440   Vocational rehabilitation services -- Placement.  (1) Placement services shall be provided to a customer under an individualized plan for employment to assist the individual with obtaining and retaining appropriate employment consistent with his or her employment outcome.

     (2) The department and customer shall be mutually responsible to find and secure suitable employment for the individual. The individualized plan for employment shall describe the nature and scope of placement services to be provided by the department, and the participant's responsibility to actively and independently conduct job-seeking efforts.

     (3) Placement services include the following range of activities:

     (a) Job development and employer relations (which may or may not be on behalf of a specific customer);

     (b) Job task analysis to determine how a person who is blind can be accommodated in a position;

     (c) Job-seeking skills training to prepare a customer for employment;

     (d) Communication and negotiation with a variety of employment resources and other community resources regarding employment of people who are blind;

     (e) Work skill building, counseling, and other follow-up and follow along services to stabilize the customer in employment until the employment outcome has been satisfactorily achieved.

     (4) Placement services may be provided using the following methods:

     (a) Vocational rehabilitation counselors employed by the department.

     (b) An employee specializing in business relations may provide placement services through communication and negotiation with a variety of employers and community resources, regarding employment of people who are blind.

     (c) No-cost placement resources in the community such as one-stop WorkSource centers, projects with industry, and other entities shall be utilized whenever possible.

     (d) Placement services may be purchased when it is in the customer's vocational interests, when the department's services are not otherwise available, or when placement is offered by an employment service provider as part of a service package.

     (5) Placement services shall be terminated when the customer has been provided vocational rehabilitation services, in accordance with an individualized plan for employment, which have enabled the individual to obtain and retain employment in an integrated setting consistent with his or her capacities and abilities for at least ninety days.

     (6) Placement services shall be provided without consideration of comparable services and benefits in accordance with WAC 67-25-360.



[Statutory Authority: Chapter 74.18 RCW. 05-08-097, § 67-25-440, filed 4/4/05, effective 5/5/05. Statutory Authority: Chapter 74.15 RCW. 95-06-057, § 67-25-440, filed 2/28/95, effective 3/31/95. Statutory Authority: 1983 c 194 § 18. 84-01-042 (Order 83-08), § 67-25-440, filed 12/15/83. Formerly WAC 67-20-440.]