Review Vacancy
AgencyPeople With Developmental Disabilities, Office for
TitleSocial Work Assistant 3-CNY DDSO
Occupational CategoryHealth Care, Human/Social Services
Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)
Salary RangeFrom $57984 to $73813 Annually
"Other" Explanation Schedule: 8:00 am – 4:30 pm<br /> Travel Required: 80%
Workday
Minimum Qualifications Eligible List: Candidates must be reachable for appointment on Current Civil Service Eligible List for this title.
OR
Transfer: Candidates must have permanent competitive status in the posted title and be eligible for lateral transfer; OR be eligible to transfer via Section 70.1 of Civil Service Law. The transfer cannot be a second consecutive transfer resulting in an advancement of more than two salary grades.
OR
Candidates must have one year of permanent service as a Social Work Assistant 3 to be eligible for lateral transfer.
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In the event that there is not a valid eligible list for this title in this location, candidates who meet the following open competitive qualifications may be qualified for a provisional appointment. To qualify, candidates must have
• a master’s degree in social work;
• a bachelor’s degree in social work and one year of post-bachelor’s social work experience
• a bachelor’s degree or higher in a human service area and two years of post-bachelor’s social work experience.
If you are appointed provisionally, you must take the next scheduled Civil Service examination for this title, and your score must be reachable on the resulting eligible list before you can be permanently appointed. If you do not pass the examination or achieve a reachable score, you may not be retained.
Duties Description The Social Work Assistant 3 is responsible for completing assessments and quality reviews of assessments through in-person observations, interviews, and documentation reviews. Assessment/Quality Assurance personnel will gather necessary information to complete assessments and evaluate the assessment administration processes for coding consistency and agreement with assessment training, policy, and protocols.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Complete desk audits of finalized assessments as assigned.
• Reach out to Stakeholders to gather information as needed to complete assigned reviews.
• Use the Uniform Assessment System (UAS-NY) to run aggregate reports and complete analysis for the Bureau of Assessment Oversight and Coordination.
• Communicate effectively with and interview a wide range of individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities, as well as with other stakeholders.
• Integrate information from various sources to ensure that the Quality Assurance (QA) review of the assessment is complete and consistent in its coding.
• Maintain mandated timeframes for the completion of the assessment and assessment QA reviews assigned.
• Complete all required documentation accurately utilizing the technology provided.
• Participate in QA activities such as in-person and online review of the administration and completion of assessments.
• In order to complete assessment and QA functions, regional travel is required including overnight stays at hotels.
• Utilize flexible scheduling, including some evening and weekend hours as required.
• Manage multiple priorities effectively, including prioritizing work plans and work assignments and meeting deadlines.
• Attain set productivity standards, or an average number of completed assessments and/or quality assurance reviews per month.
• Fulfill training and certification requirements prior to the utilization of the assessment tool and on an ongoing basis.
• Attend assessment and QA specific trainings as required and complete all OPWDD mandated training in a timely manner.
Additional Comments APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Submit cover letter and resume by 10/4/2022 to:
Central New York DDSO
Attn: Human Resources
101 W. Liberty St
Rome, NY 13440
Fax: 315-338-0443
E-mail: cny.jobs@opwdd.ny.gov
Please reference the above EOA # 22-300 in all correspondence.
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• For CSEA positions: Local Bidding Agreements will be honored.
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• 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.
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