Marcia Cox, B.Sc.

Case Manager, Vocational Specialist

EXPERIENCE

Services Include:

• Vocational Counseling
• Case Management Services
• Vocational Plan Development
• Job Analyses
• Direct Job Placement Services
• Vocational Testing
• Transferable Skills analyses
• Residual Wage Earning Capacity Evaluation

Services Included:

• Provided vocational planning assistance to adult disabled population within a five county region
• Purpose of plans were to assist clients in locating employment
• Conduct job seeking skills class, job development, follow-up services with employers or training facilities
• Monitored and charted progress and provided feedback to appropriate referral sources
• Special Assignments: Mary Free Bed Hospital, Kent Intermediate School District, Homebound Craft Program.

Services included:

• Program counselor for a county funded sheltered workshop for adult developmentally disabled
• Assistance with adapting to workshop environment, public transportation, time studies

Services Included:

• Program evaluator and counselor for a county funded sheltered workshop which offered employment and day activities to adult developmentally disabled
• Provided assistance with developing social skills, job adaptations, job placement
• Performed time studies on work for bidding purposes. Provided public transportation training
• Monitored program and provided feedback to referral agencies, guardians, and Federal government.

Services Included:

• Employment counselor for federally funded work program for disadvantaged clients
• Developed training plans, monitored and charted progress, matched clients to work sites, handled problems that occurred and terminations
• Assisted with job placement activities, screened clients for Job Corps. Employment Interviewer
• Vocational counseling utilizing achievement and aptitude test results
• Referred clients to appropriate job leads

EDUCATION

MIAMI UNIVERSITY - Oxford, Ohio
Bachelor of Science

Graduate Classes:  Ohio State University, Michigan State University

* Yearly continuing education required to stay current in rehabilitation field.