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Good, better, best? A model for Australian practitioners of forensic vocational assessment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2020

Marcia S. Lee
Marcia S. Lee*
Affiliation:
Prestige Health ServicesAustralia
*
Corresponding author. Email: marcia.lee@phsa.com.au
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Abstract

Vocational assessment is the foundation of future vocational choices available to a person with a disability. In a compensable environment with potential for litigation, the assessment process becomes more complex and challenging for claimant, practitioner, and other stakeholders. The purpose of forensic (medicolegal) vocational assessment in Australia is reviewed. Comparison of ethics, qualifications, and experience of Australian forensic assessors (practitioners) and their North American counterparts points to an urgent need for an accreditation framework. This paper discusses microaccreditation as an independent model of training and credentialing of Australian forensic vocational practitioners. Credentialing the forensic vocational practitioner serves to underpin the quality and rigor of vocational assessments undertaken in a highly scrutinized legal market.

Keywords

Vocational expertmedicolegalvocational rehabilitationforensic
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The Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , July 2020 , pp. 43 - 47
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© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press and The Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling

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