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Vocational Assessment Department
Frequently Asked Questions
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What is a vocational assessment?
A vocational assessment works to identify an individual's job aptitudes, interests, personality traits, and beliefs about work and working with others. An assessment measures the client’s strengths, identifies areas of need and learning abilities. The vocational assessment incorporates medical, psychological, social, vocational, educational, cultural, background information and economic data. It also includes interests, abilities, and preferences, which is crucial to placement in a job or training program that will ensure the best opportunity for success. All areas can be summarized and used to provide recommendations to specific programs and also linked to jobs with market-wage information and expected job growth. Clients, as well as case managers, use an assessment to make plans toward successful employment or plan for training toward employment in a variety of fields. Another function of the Vocational Assessment Department is to provide recommendations on CPRF School of Adaptive Computer Training student candidates.
A vocational assessment works to identify an individual's job aptitudes, interests, personality traits, and beliefs about work and working with others. An assessment measures the client’s strengths, identifies areas of need and learning abilities. The vocational assessment incorporates medical, psychological, social, vocational, educational, cultural, background information and economic data. It also includes interests, abilities, and preferences, which is crucial to placement in a job or training program that will ensure the best opportunity for success. All areas can be summarized and used to provide recommendations to specific programs and also linked to jobs with market-wage information and expected job growth. Clients, as well as case managers, use an assessment to make plans toward successful employment or plan for training toward employment in a variety of fields. Another function of the Vocational Assessment Department is to provide recommendations on CPRF School of Adaptive Computer Training student candidates.
Who would benefit from a vocational assessment?
People entering or re-entering the workforce or those who want to examine potential changes they could make in employment fields and/or training areas would benefit from a vocational assessment.
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People entering or re-entering the workforce or those who want to examine potential changes they could make in employment fields and/or training areas would benefit from a vocational assessment.
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What type of tools are used in an assessment?
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Career Ability Placement Survey is a series of aptitude tests measuring different skills.
COPS Interest Inventory makes an interest evaluation.
COPES (Career Orientation Placement and Evaluation) is a measure of work environment preferences.
Profile Step One Survey is a work-related evaluation of questions relating to work and feelings about working with others.
Hogan Personality Profile is a personality assessment to determine stress levels, basic traits as well as suitability for specific types of work.
TABE Test of Adult Basic Education measures a person's basic reading, math, spelling and language skills.
Employment Inventory is a Job Readiness Test that shows four scales of: performance, tenure, customer service and sales.
Adult Learning Disability Screening measures the potential for a learning disability that may need to be determined by a psychologist. -
How can I get a vocational assessment?
People who would like to schedule a vocational assessment can do so in one of two ways: -
1. Through their Kansas Social Rehabilitation Services case worker, or
2. By filling out a Contact Us form available by clicking here. -
How much would a vocational assessment cost me?
Fees for an assessment are determined by a number of factors, such as available funding sources, the type of tools used for the assessment and the overall need of the customer. To learn more, complete the short Contact Us form available by clicking here.
Return to questionsWho else is going to have access to my personal information?
We are acutely aware of the need to respect the privacy of each person we serve. Your information is kept confidential between you, your counselor (if applicable) and the CPRF vocational assessment professional.
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