Placement Services

Placement services include: employment information; work-seeking skills instruction; employment opportunities information; referral to and collaboration with public placement agencies and specialists; development of employment opportunities for the individual; referral to employers and follow-up with the individual and the employer. Placement services will be provided without consideration of comparable benefits and services or an individual’s financial resources. (2) Placement services will be provided when the individual has been determined to be eligible for vocational rehabilitation services, an IPE has been developed which specifies the nature of the placement services to be provided and it has been determined that the individual is ready for employment. An individual shall be considered ready for employment when the individual has skills, knowledge, functional capacities and work tolerance to perform the work duties of the vocational objective specified in the IPE. (3) Factors that indicate successful placement consistent with the vocational goal on the IPE as amended are: placement services that result in gainful work for period of 90 days or more; the individual and employer are satisfied; the work is consistent with the individual's capacities, abilities, and skills; the individual has adjusted satisfactorily to the work environment and to other employees; the employment is stable; the individual receives a wage or remuneration commensurate with that paid others for similar work consistent with legal requirements; and the duties and conditions of employment are not expected to aggravate the individual’s impairment or to jeopardize the health or safety of the individual or others.