Social Work

NEGOTIATING UNIT: PS&T – Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)

OFFICE/REGION: NYS Office for People With Developmental Disabilities – Taconic

DIVISION/DEPARTMENT: State Operations/Family Care

LOCATION BASE: Ulster County Office

521 Boices Lane

Kingston, NY 12401

SHIFT/PASS DAYS: Days, 8:30am-5pm, Saturday/Sunday Pass

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

The Social Worker Assistant 3 (SWA3) will provide oversight to the Family Care Program in Ulster, Columbia, and Greene counties, while covering a caseload of approximately 30-40individuals. The SWA3 functions as a Family Care Home Liaison (FCHL). The SWA3 will ensure the Family Care Providers are utilizing consumer funds per DDSO guidelines.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Duties include but are not limited to:

· Responsible for ensuring that the safety and health of the individuals are maintained in the Family Care Home.

· Responsible for monitoring the homes to ensure that any safety and health issues are immediately address and that the required follow up is completed.

· Assist with emergency movements and placements.

· Ensure communication occurs between the Family Care Providers and the other members of the treatment team

· Monitors and develops Staff Action plans and Safeguard Summary plans and ensure that they are consistent with the individuals’ Life plan.

· Monitor Family Care Homes to ensure living environments meets the individuals physical, medical, social, and spiritual needs.

· Acts as a liaison between the Family Care Provider, the individual and the other treatment team members.

· Ensure that the Family Care Providers adhere to family care policies relative to health and safety of the individuals in their Family Care Home.

· Ensures that the FC policy 1.5 (Family Care Home Liaison Responsibilities) are adhered to.

· Ensure that the Family Care Providers are following regulatory requirements.

· Ensure that individuals receive their benefits as delineated by regulations.

· Ensure that Family Care Providers are adhering to the individual plans of care

· Will be responsible for evacuating individuals from homes due to health and safety issues and

· Completes unannounced visits to Family Care home when there is a health and safety risk notification.

· Other duties as assigned.

NOTE: You must have a valid driver’s license to apply as travel is a part of the duties involved in this position. This may include a state-owned vehicle, as available, or the employee’s own car. An employee who uses his/her own car will be reimbursed at current negotiated rates.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Permanent Qualifications: Candidates must currently be a permanent Social Work Assistant 3 OR be reachable on the current Civil Service eligible list

Transfer Qualifications: Candidates must be eligible for transfer under Section 70.1 of the Civil Service Law.

Provisional Qualifications: Candidates must have a master’s degree in social work

ORa bachelor’s degree in social work and ONE year of post-bachelor’s experience in social work

OR a bachelor’s degree in a human services area and TWO years post-bachelors experience in Social Work.

* OPERATIONAL PREFERENCE:

*QIDP (Qualified Intellectual Disorder Professional) designation requires one year's experience working with people with a developmental disability AND a bachelor’s degree or higher in a human services field (including, but not limited to: sociology, special education, rehabilitation counseling or psychology).

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:

Interested candidates should submit a cover letter detailing how you meet the minimum qualifications, a current resume, and degree to the Taconic DDSOO Human Resources Office. Please provide your social security number for service certification and transfer eligibility determination process. Also be sure to include the vacancy number on this announcement on your resume.

OPWDD Taconic – Human Resources

25 Center Circle

Wassaic, New York 12592

Phone: 845-877-6821 ext. 3367

Fax: 845-877-3851

Please note:

· Employees on long term leave can bid on positions but must be able to report to work within fourteen (14) days and be able to perform the essential functions of their positions with or without reasonable accommodation (RA). If an employee believes that they need a reasonable accommodation, they should contact the NYS OPWDD Workforce and Talent Management Central Office (518) 473-4785

· Preference will be given to OPWDD employees impacted by closures. If you are being impacted by closure, please indicate this on your resume/cover letter.

· Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988

· In order to be eligible for appointment and to maintain employment, you cannot be listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of the Federal and/or State Medicaid and Medicare exclusion lists (or excluded from any other Federal or Federally assisted program). If you are appointed and subsequently listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of these lists (or excluded from any other Federal or Federally assisted program), you may be terminated from your employment.

· If you are employed by state government, you may be able to receive loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF). The PSLF Program forgives the remaining balance on Direct Loans after 120 qualifying monthly payments have been made under a qualifying repayment plan while working full-time for a qualifying employer. · OPWDD IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER

· OPWDD is committed to creating and sustaining a culture of inclusion. We believe that we are most effective in managing and improving our service system with a diverse team of employees. With such a large workforce, we rely on the collective individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, self-expression, ideas, and talent that our employees bring to their work. This speaks to our culture and is a key part of our successes. As we continuously recruit people for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that applicants bring in terms of their education, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, color, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $57,984.00 - $73,813.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Work Location: One location

Salary : $57,984 - $73,813