Curriculum Vitae of Jerrold Rutkove, MA, CRC
Certification
Certified Rehabilitation Counselor, Certificate # 00112601
Rehab Education
- MA Rehabilitation Counseling, Assumption College, May 2010, GPA 3.9
- BA Psychology and English, SUNY Binghamton, May 1984
Membership
International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals Member # 31060
Rehab Experience
- Pennsylvania Private Practice in Vocational Rehabilitation, June 2010 to Present:
- Vocational Interviews for skills, interests, tolerances,
temperaments, restrictions, barriers, and accommodations/supports needed
- Vocational Psychometrics, Transferable Skills Analysis, and Medical Evaluation
Review and Recommendation to assure placement within worker's physical and
mental capabilities
- Labor Market Research and Surveys for purposes of job availability
- Job Development, Job Placement, and Retention services
- Job Analysis, including observation of identified positions for suitability within
capabilities
- Expert Vocational Testimony
- Case Management, including services coordination with medical providers
- New York State Education Department, Vocational Rehabilitation, Sept 2009 to Present:
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor, October 2010 to Present
Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor Intern, September 2009 to October 2010
- Eligibility, assessment, planning, placement, and services coordination
- Counseling and guidance and training to achieve employment outcomes
- Case management system use from eligibility through placement and retention
- Participate in continuing education and in service trainings
- Interpret policy and procedures to agencypartners, community, and consumers
- Outreach, including community presentations
- Training counselor assistants, interns, new counselors, and intern supervision since 2013
- 100 Score on Most Recent Examination for Senior Vocational Rehab Counselor
- Vocational Rehab Case Manager, CORE Medical Resources, June 2008 to July 2009:
- Intake Interviews for skills, interests, restrictions, barriers, and needed supports
- Assessments including vocational interviews, psychometrics, skills analysis,
occupational analysis, and medical evaluation review and recommendation
- Rehabilitation Planning including preparation in the form of occupational analysis
and labor market research, and client participation with respect to reinforcers and
goals, across physical and psychological domains
- Plan Implementation and Placement addressing demand and supply side needs
- Services Coordination
Insurance Education
- Associate in Claims Designation, Insurance Institute of America, June 1994
- Life Underwriter Training Council Diploma, July 1989
Insurance Experience
- Independent Insurance Adjuster/Investigator, 1991-2000 and 2002-2008 *:
- Workers Compensation investigation to address extent of injury/disability; and
statements to address causation, compensability, extent of injury/disability,
second injury law, apportionment, and subrogation
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Motor Vehicle bodily injury investigation and adjustment including coverage,
liability, extent of injury/disability evaluation, reference to serious injury
thresholds, subrogation, and recommendations to carrier
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Liability (all lines) claims investigation and adjustment including coverage,
liability, and extent of injury/disability evaluation, subrogation, denial, settlement,
and recommendations to carrier
* Hired, Trained and Supervised Employees 1996-1999 - Business Owner 14 Years
- Claims Representative, University Site of Third Party Admin, Fall 2000-Fall 2001:
- Workers Compensation Indemnity: Set up case file and investigate claim,
filing an initial acceptance or denial - Confer with medical and vocational case
managers and workers comp manager - Seek second injury law, apportionment,
subrogation, and stale claim law relief, and request reimbursement for wage
continuation - Direct defense counsel and scope of IMEs - Respond to notices
of decision - Approve or deny medical and expense bills - Attempt closure by
administrative decisions, scheduled loss of use, settlement, or litigation
- Liability and Motor Vehicle Injury: Set up file and investigate claim - Assign
IMEs or file reviews - Evaluate coverage, liability, and extent of injury/disability -
Settle or deny claim - Subrogation - Apprise defense counsel on cases likely to go
to litigation
- Sales of Life, Disability Income, and Health Insurance, 1987-1991:
- Marketing, Needs Analysis Presentations, Sales Proposals, Field Underwriting,
and Service
Research In Progress
Peer Reviewed Proposal pending Institutional Review Board approval, to proceed with norming, to develop a measure of engagement for vocational rehabilitation, using non-cognitive factors.
Publication
When Claims People Become Human Services People and Vice Versa, a peer reviewed article published in AM BestConnect, Pennsylvania Self-Insurers' Association, and Lycoming County Paralegal Association newsletters, and IARP Library, 2013.