N.J. Admin. Code § 12:45-1.10 - Individualized plan for employment: procedures

(a) When a counselor determines that an individual is eligible for vocational rehabilitation services, the Division shall complete the assessment, as appropriate, and shall provide the eligible individual or the individual's representative, in writing and in an appropriate mode of communication, with information on the individual's options for developing an individualized plan for employment, including:

1. Information on the availability of assistance, to the extent determined to be appropriate by the eligible individual, from a qualified vocational rehabilitation counselor in developing all or part of the individualized plan for employment for the individual, and the availability of technical assistance in developing all or part of the individualized plan for employment for the individual;

2. A description of the full range of components that shall be included in an individualized plan for employment; and

3. As appropriate:

i. An explanation of Division guidelines and criteria associated with financial commitments concerning an individualized plan for employment as provided at N.J.A.C. 12:45-1.1 1 and 1.14;

ii. Additional information the eligible individual requests or the Division determines to be necessary; and

iii. Information on the availability of assistance in completing Division forms required in developing an individualized plan for employment.

(b) An individualized plan for employment shall be developed and implemented in a manner that affords eligible individuals the opportunity to exercise informed choice in selecting an employment outcome, the specific vocational rehabilitation services to be provided under the plan, the entity that will provide the vocational rehabilitation services, and the methods used to procure the services.

(c) The counselor shall monitor the individualized plan for employment to assure that services are being provided in accord with the written plan.

(d) The counselor shall provide a copy of the written plan and any amendments to the client or his or her parent, guardian or other representative including other suitable professional and informed advisors at the IPE conference or within 10 days of the plan's joint development.

(e) The counselor shall inform the individual of all the requirements affecting the development, initiation and review of the individualized plan for employment, including the availability of appropriate modes of communication.

(f) In developing an IPE for a student with a disability who is receiving special education services, the counselor shall consider the student's individualized education program (IEP).

(g) The counselor shall review the individualized plan for employment as often as necessary but at least on an annual basis.

1. Each individual with a disability or, as appropriate, that individual's parent, guardian, or other representative, shall be given an opportunity to review the plan and, if necessary, jointly redevelop, and agree to its terms.

Notes

N.J. Admin. Code § 12:45-1.10

Recodified from N.J.A.C. 12:45-1.11 and amended by R.1999 d.284, effective 8/16/1999.
See: 31 New Jersey Register 1144(a), 31 New Jersey Register 2387(a).
Rewrote (a) and (b); in (c) through (g), substituted references to individualized plans for employment for references to individualized written rehabilitation programs; and in (d), added "at the IPE conference or within 10 days of the plan's joint development" at the end. Former N.J.A.C. 12:45-1.10, Case record for the individual, recodified to N.J.A.C. 12:45-1.9.