An educational rehabilitational specialist is an expert trained to provide comprehensive support for adults and children with disabilities. The specialist possesses skills and knowledge that, in their complexity, encompass numerous issues and aspects of work done with disabled adults and children. The rehabilitation of persons with disabilities is a complex process, one that encompasses the overall integration of people with disabilities into society, including their professional development. During their education, the educational rehabilitator also acquires knowledge in the field of vocational rehabilitation. Professional rehabilitation, as part of rehabilitation in general, is a practical, multidisciplinary scientific area dealing with a number of different activities. Ultimately, its goal is the employment of disabled individuals. Professional rehabilitation can be further divided into three sub-processes - vocational guidance, training for productive work and employment. When done successfully, professional rehabilitation provides disabled people with a greater level of independence and increases their quality of life. The aim of this paper is to analyze the role of an educational rehabilitation specialist in professional rehabilitation throughout all its stages. The paper provides insight into the importance of a specialist’s skills when it comes to vocational rehabilitation of people both with and without disabilities. The paper also shows how an educational rehabilitation professional contributes with their work as a member of a team of specialists working on vocational guidance for students in primary education. The qualitative research shown at the end of the paper concludes that an educational rehabilitation specialist can also play a significant role in the team of experts at the Zagreb Center for Vocational Rehabilitation and in all the activities carried out by the Center.