Job description

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

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

DIVISION/DEPARTMENT: State Operations

LOCATION BASE: Ulster Day Program

607 Broadway

Kingston, New York 12401

SHIFT/PASS DAYS: 8:00am- 4:00pm Monday-Friday Saturday/Sunday Pass

POSITION DESCRIPTION: The Rehabilitation Counselor 1 (RC1) will be based at the Ulster Day program and will oversee the work program. The RC1 will provide adequate development and oversight of the prevocational opportunities and DOL requirements for minimum wage earners.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Duties include but may not be limited to:

· Oversee community based prevocational services

· Evaluate and assess the skills of the individuals and provide work objectives for the individuals to improve their marketable skills.

· Assure/ensure that prevocational notes and summaries are completed timely

· Explore new employment opportunities for the individuals

· Completes invoices for all Ulster Day Program contracts

· Complete annual FICA recertifications and eligibilities

· Complete bi-annual hourly wage determinations and submit to APC

· Will attend all meetings for IRA individuals and liaison with CM’s and individual ITTs

· Medicaid Compliance

· Acts a liaison between clinical staffing, direct care, treatment team leaders and business owners.

· Ensures communication occurs in an effective manner

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 Rehabilitation Counselor 1 OR be reachable on the current Civil Service eligible list.

OR

Transfer Qualifications: Candidate must be eligible for transfer under Section 70.1.

Provisional Qualifications: A Bachelor’s Degree in a human service field** and two years of post-bachelor qualifying experience*** OR

A master’s degree in a human services field** and one year of post bachelor’s qualifying experience***

OR

A master’s degree in rehabilitation counseling.

** Human service field includes disciplines related to the following: addiction studies; child and family studies; communication disorders; community health; education; gerontology; health administration; human services; nursing; nutrition; occupational therapy; physical therapy; psychology; recreation therapy, including art, dance, drama, and music; rehabilitation counseling; social work; and sociology.

***Qualifying Experience: To qualify for the examination you must have professional experience providing vocational, psychosocial, or rehabilitative/habilitative services in an agency primarily serving individuals diagnosed with developmental disabilities, mental illness, or addictions. Internship experience does not count if it was credited toward the qualifying degree.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:

Interested candidates should submit a cover letter detailing how you meet the minimum qualifications and a current resume 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 and position titles on this announcement on your resume.

Taconic DDSO – 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: In person

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