Review Vacancy
AgencyPeople With Developmental Disabilities, Office for
TitleSocial Work Assistant 3 - Regional - EOA #22-119
Occupational CategoryHealth Care, Human/Social Services
Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)
Salary RangeFrom $57894 to $73813 Annually
Minimum Qualifications List Appointment:
Candidates must be reachable for appointment on Current Civil Service Eligible List.
OR
Transfer:
Candidates must have one year of permanent service as a Social Work Assistant 3 to be eligible for lateral transfer; OR have one year of permanent service in a title 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
Provisional:
If the Eligible Lists produce two or fewer qualified and interested candidates in a location, the agency may nominate, at its discretion, a candidate for provisional appointment to the position. To be qualified for provisional appointment, candidates must meet one of the following conditions:
Promotion:
Candidates must have:
One year of permanent service as a Social Work Assistant 2, Social Work Assistant 2 (Chinese Language), Social Work Assistant 2 (Korean Language), or Social Work Assistant 2 (Spanish Language).
Candidates appointed provisionally on the basis of promotional qualifications must take the next holding of the promotion Social Work Assistant 3 examination, pass the examination, and be reachable for appointment from the resulting promotion eligible list.
OR
Open/Competitive:
Candidates must have:
Either A. a master’s degree in social work;
Or B. a bachelor’s degree in social work and one year of post-bachelor’s social work experience;
Or C. a bachelor’s degree or higher in a human service area and two years of post-bachelor’s social work experience.
Candidates appointed provisionally on an Open/Competitive basis must take the next holding of the Open/Competitive Social Work Assistant 3 examination, pass the examination, and be reachable for appointment from the resulting Open/Competitive eligible list. Furthermore, due to the Civil Service rules and laws concerning the order of list certification, the Promotion examination for Social Work Assistant 3 must produce a list of eligibles of two or fewer candidates in that location, in order to be able to use the Open/Competitive list and consider candidates who meet the Open/Competitive qualifications. Candidates appointed provisionally on an Open/Competitive basis, who do not pass the next Social Work Assistant 3 examination; who are not reachable from the resulting eligible list; and/or where the Promotion examination produces a viable list of 3 or more candidates in that location, may not be retained in their position.
Duties Description This employee is assigned to the Self-Direction Unit and will be responsible for the following tasks:
• Operational Support to the program
• Oversee Self-Direction plan development
• Manage approved programs
• Oversee authorizations and correspondence
• Provide tracking for reportable incidents and apprise appropriate OPWDD support units
• Maintain current department statistics
• Provide education and oversight to budget preparation and management process
• Responsible for fiscal resource management
• Provide education & training through the OPWDD Catalog of Training
• Maintain documentation compliance
• Brokerage management and recruitment
• Promote and develop individualized initiatives regionally and statewide
• Participate in a variety of interdepartmental committees as well as Central Office Policy Workgroups
• Provide FI management/development
• Additional assignments at the direction of Regional Office Administration
Selection Criteria:
• Possess excellent and professional communication, public speaking, writing and organizational skills.
• Ability to initiate and maintain working relationships with individuals served, families, advocates, community representatives, voluntary providers, DDRO and DDSOO agency staff.
• Computer knowledge and ability to maintain databases and monitoring systems.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team as required
• Possess acceptable time and attendance work record.
• Ability to participate in requested functions and activities during evening hours and weekends as requested.
Additional Comments Please note:
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. For more information on PSLF, please visit www.studentAid.gov/publicservice.
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.
OPWDD is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.