Vocational rehabilitation professionals spend too much of their week on repetitive administrative work (documentation, case notes, searching through job postings) instead of helping people find and keep meaningful employment.
In fact, most VR staff spend 10 to 15 hours per week on these tasks – hours where they aren’t interacting with clients or building relationships with employers.
That’s why researchers at the University of Michigan School of Social Work developed BOOST: a suite of secure AI tools that help vocational rehabilitation agencies automate time-consuming administrative tasks and keep employment specialists focused on the work that matters most.
Creating Time for the Work That Matters
Initial pilots have found that BOOST can reclaim 10+ hours of “desk work” time per staff member each week by accelerating documentation and job search tasks up to 500%. In other words, for every 4 practitioners using the tool, agencies can free up the equivalent of a full-time employee’s hours for direct service delivery.
Key Features
Job Search Utility: Upload a client profile and let BOOST scan job listings to identify opportunities that match each client’s skills, interests, and employment goals.
Case Notes Utility: Staff can dictate notes immediately after client meetings or employer visits, then have BOOST organize information into structured case notes.
Reporting: BOOST can produce drafts of monthly reports (including month-over-month progress) then export to an editable Microsoft Word document.
Data Security: BOOST uses secure, HIPAA-compliant workflows to ensure clients’ data remains private and is never used to train an AI model.
Less Time Searching, More Time Connecting
BOOST uses the Parrotbox Tools browser extension to scan popular job search sites including (but not limited to) Indeed, LinkedIn, Monster.com, Ziprecruiter, company websites, and the Department of Labor’s O-Net portal.
This allows the AI agent to:
- Compare job listings to client profiles and identify suitable opportunities.
- Save job search activity to a database for follow-up and reporting.
- Generate reports on job search and other activity, formatted according to donor / government specifications.
Contact us to discuss how the BOOST Tools can give your staff and clients more time to do the work that actually drives employment outcomes!
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