PARKER VOCATIONAL CONSULTING INC.

Independent Vocational Consultant

Providing career counseling, vocational evaluations, loss of earnings analysis and expert testimony. Also provided are transferable skill analysis and job analysis evaluations for Insurance Carriers, and Plaintiff and Defense Attorneys.

CASCADE REHABILITATION COUNSELING, INC.

Regional Manager

Counsel industrially injured individuals in choosing an appropriate vocational goal.  Perform vocational testing to determine individual’s aptitudes, interests, and achievement levels.  Teach job seeking skills, and assist clients with job development activities.  Develop and implement client’s vocational rehabilitation plans.  Manage and supervise regional office.

REHAB, INC.

Rehabilitation Consultant / Supervisor

Coordinated rehabilitation planning with Massachusetts Workers Compensation recipients.  Interfaced with insurance industry professionals to coordinate rehabilitation planning.  Developed knowledge of Massachusetts Workers Compensation systems and the Office of Education and Vocational Rehabilitation.  Worked with employers to develop job placement opportunities.

MASSACHUSETTS REHABILITATION COMMISSION

Area Director

Overall supervisor of counselors, supervisory, and support staff, with responsibility for recruitment, screening, and hiring of all staff.  Implemented performance evaluation system, coordinated E.E.O. efforts with private sector companies.  Coordinated public relations with public and private sectors to improve knowledge of the disabled.  Managed workflow in the area office, and negotiated work standards with staff. Knowledge of collective bargaining and union issues:  administered union contracts and negotiated performance expectations with union employees.  Coordinated Employee Assistance Programs, and implemented Wellness Training Program.

Lynn / Malden / Lawrence / Lowell, MA

MASSACHUSETTS REHABILITATION COMMISSION

Unit Supervisor

Clinical and technical supervision of group of vocational rehabilitation counselors.  Assigned and distributed work assignments, and negotiated performance expectations and requirements through a Management By Objective System.  Interfaced with public and private sector resources to assist clients and staff in job placement.  Coordinated psychiatric consultation to professional staff.

Lowell, MA

Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor

Counseled individuals with disabilities, reviewed medical records, coordinated services to place clients in employment.  Interacted with community agencies, medical providers, and family members to achieve successful job placements.

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL

Social Service Intern (Individual and Group)

Social casework with psychiatrically disabled veterans to assist in return to a community based environment.

Bedford, MA

DRUG ADDICTION REHABILITATION BOARD

Psychiatric Social Worker

Social casework with drug dependent clients to achieve abstinence and return to productive lifestyle.

Boston, MA

EDUCATION

Northeastern University

M.Ed. in Community Counseling

Boston, MA

Boston College

One year of clinical training

Boston University

B.A. in Government and Psychology

CERTIFICATION / PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

• Certified Case Manager

• Certified Rehabilitation Counselor, #24462

• Certified Vocational Expert, Social Security Administration

• National Rehabilitation Association

• Licensed Rehabilitation Counselor

MANAGEMENT TRAINING / AFFILIATION

• University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA Tier II Management Program, 1984

• Institute of Governmental Services, Certificate, Oral Presentation Award

•  University of Rhode Island, Newport, RI

• Institute for Grantsmanship, Certificate

•  Other management courses taken through Assumption College and Boston University

FORENSIC EXPERIENCE   

• Developed over 200 vocational assessment reports for attorneys in New Hampshire and Massachusetts
• Experienced in depositions having been deposed on over thirty occasions
• Twice invited to be guest speaker at New Hampshire Trial Lawyers Association