1. (a)

   1. (1) Placement services are organized and identifiable attempts to establish or improve the linkage of an individual and a work situation.
   2. (2) While employment placement is the VR program goal and usually occurs toward the end of the rehabilitation process, employment planning should be an ongoing process throughout the case services program.
   3. (3) Placement is provided when the individual is referred to and is hired by an employer.
   4. (4) The state VR agency, the state employment service, one-stop Arkansas workforce centers, or any other job-finding source may provide this service.
   5. (5) A key feature of this service is that the individual became competitively employed as a result of the job referral.

2. (b) Procedures — Placement services.

   1. (1) The counselor will assist the individual with employment planning throughout the rehabilitation program.
   2. (2) The counselor and the Arkansas Rehabilitation Services placement specialist will document in the case note the specific progress the individual is making toward the employment outcome.

Codification Notes: “VR” means vocational rehabilitation.