The Congruence Personality Scale Form 1 (CPS-1) is an example of a personality test used to facilitate career decision-making.
The CPS-1 assesses how a person prefers to relate to others, how people react to pressure, how dependable they are in performing tasks, how they approach problem solving and how they behave in a group.
It is designed to assess the following personality traits:
Section 40 of the DRCA (in conjunction with subsection 146(3)) and sections 60 – 62 of the MRCA, place an onus on the Rehabilitation Authority to assist a person who is incapacitated as a result of a service injury or disease to find suitable employment. Suitable employment or suitable work is defined in this manual in section 2.4.2 (MRCA) and sectio
The workplace assessment may also include advice regarding modification of either the work station or equipment to be used by the client, or the provision of aids, appliances or other materials. This help for the client should be arranged as soon as possible after the injury or in readiness for their return to work.
In the development of a rehabilitation plan, a rehabilitation service provider may recommend the use of an employment placement agency to assist a client to secure an appropriate and sustainable employment outcome.
A number of rehabilitation service provider organisations employ their own job placement specialists.
Designed by psychologists, psychometric assessments are used to assess a person's abilities, personality, motivations, values and interests under standardised conditions in line with a particular role. There are many different types of assessment all with the aim of helping the assessor build an overall profile of the client and, importantly, how that client might fit within a specific workplace.
Psychometric assessments typically fall into two categories: aptitude tests and personality inventories.
What is a vocational assessment?
A vocational assessment is an objective evaluation of an individual's skills, capacity, employment experiences and vocational goals, to inform recommendations about sustainable and suitable job options. More information regarding suitable work can be found in section 9.2 of this library.
Information to inform a vocational assessment should include, but not be limited to, the following tools and activities:
