Review Vacancy
AgencyPeople With Developmental Disabilities, Office for
TitleHabilitation Specialist 2
Occupational CategoryHealth Care, Human/Social Services
Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)
Salary RangeFrom $61516 to $78307 Annually
Minimum Qualifications Candidate must be reachable on the current Civil Service list for Habilitation Specialist 2
OR
Candidate must have one year of permanent competitive or 55 b/55c service as a Habilitation Specialist 2 and eligible for transfer.
OR
At least one-year permanent service in a title eligible for a 70.1 transfer pursuant to Civil Service Law.
OR
Provisional Appointment:
Eligible for provisional appointment pending examination. To be eligible for provisional appointment, candidates must have served at least one year in the Habilitation Specialist 1 and all parenthetic.
* 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 •Candidate has multiple sites and reports to main office, some driving is required.
•The Habilitation Specialist 2 evaluates individuals diagnosed with Intellectual Disability to generate effective habilitative program plans concurrent with their needs.
•The person in this role is a coordinator of habilitation services, health services and financial services.
•Works with team to secure entitlements and benefits remain active.
•Through the team process and with feedback from service recipients they develop Staff Action Plans, Habilitative Program plans, generate Safeguard Summaries and work for program participants in reaching their optimum level of functioning.
•They work with other stake holders to schedule Life Plan meetings as regulated and adhere the Medicaid standards for services.
•Generate records electronically and follows organizational structure of electronic submission.
•Keeps up to date records for agency and survey purposes including surveys as necessary.
•Review records for training needs of direct support staff
•File records as per retention policy
•Train direct support staff on the needed supports and steps to each individual’s Habilitative Program Plan, safety measures for individual and habilitative service delivery into the electronic format.
•The candidate will work within an interdisciplinary team and is responsible to generate monthly notes on the program planning outcomes, amend supports for individuals to reach to their potential.
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• 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 or Email at accommodationrequests@opwdd.ny.gov to obtain information and RA forms.
•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 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov.
•For CSEA positions: Local Bidding Agreements will be honored.
•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.
•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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