Designations
Through membership in VRA Canada you may apply for one of the following VRA Canada designations. Each designation Registered Rehabilitation Professional (RRP), Registered Vocational Professional (RVP) and Registered Community Support Specialist (RCSS) distinguishes the individual as a professional, setting you apart from others in the field. These designations are earned through demonstrated abilities in education and workplace experience.
To learn more: Register Rehabilitation Professional (RRP), Registered Vocational Professional (RVP) and Registered Community Support Specialist (RCSS)
The RVP designation was developed as a joint CAVEWAS/VRA Canada initiative to recognize those individuals who provide vocational/employment services with people with disability or disadvantage including:
- Vocational/employment counselors
- Specialty counselling areas like addictions, mental health, etc.
- Job placement and job development specialists
- Supported employment
- Counselors /coordinators
- Return-to-work coordinators
- Transition specialists
- Pre-employment / job readiness specialists
What credentials do we hold?
As indicated, directly aligned credentials held by CAVEWAS members include the:
- Registered Community Support Specialist (RCSS)
- Registered Vocational Professional (RVP)
- Registered Rehabilitation Professional (RRP)
- Certified Vocational Evaluator (CVE)
- Canadian Certified Vocational Evaluator (CCVE)
Which Other Credentialed Professionals Participate?
- Certified Vocational Rehabilitation Professional (CVRP)
- Future Life Care Planner (FLCP)
- Canadian Certified Professional Ergonomist (CCPE)
- Certified Career Development Professional (CCDP)
- Canadian Disability Management Professional (CDMP)
- Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP)
- Human Resource Management Professional (HRMP)
- Registered Professional Recruiter (RPR)
- Certified Professional in Learning and Performance (CPLP)
- Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP)
- Certified Health and Safety Consultant (CHSC)
- Registered Assessment Specialist (RAS)
- Certified Career Strategist (CCS)
- Certified Employment Strategist (CES)
- Work-Life Certified Professional (WLCP)
Canadian Certified Vocational Evaluator (CCVE)
A group of highly skilled and experienced individuals in Vocational Evaluation and / or in Professional exam development, representing CAVEWAS and CVRP, met several times and worked together to develop the CCVE application process and exam. KMG Health Partners won the rights to develop the CCVE Study Guide and Exam Preparation Workshop through a request for proposal process.
Registered Vocational Professional (RVP)
- RVP Application Form
- RVP Guide Book
- RVP Reference Form
- If you would like to complete an online application and pay via PayPal please click here.
Registered Community Support Specialist (RCSS)
Registered Rehabilitation Professional (RRP)
As per the motion voted on at the 2017 AGM, effective January 1, 2018, VRA Canada will no longer be issuing new RRP Designations.
Those members that currently hold the RRP designation will continue on as before. 100 hours of CEUs must be completed every 5 year cycle and a Professional membership must be maintained each year. If either of these requirements are not met (outside of a leave of absence) then your designation is considered lapsed and can not be re-instated.