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
Duties Description • Works as a member of the interdisciplinary residential team.
• Schedule and attend annual and semi-annual Life Plan meetings as needed.
• Assist individuals in creation, implementation, and revisions of Residential Habilitation plans based on the individual’s needs.
• Develop new Residential Habilitation/Staff Action Plans based on individual’s valued outcomes.
• Coordinate special meetings with outside agencies/advocates to review the individual’s plan as needed.
• Ensure completion of monthly progress notes and compliance with TABS billing as required by agency.
• Develop/review/revise Safeguard Summary Plans as needed.
• Review weekly discrepancy report and follow up on staff compliance as needed.
• Conduct occasional on-site reviews to monitor compliance with OPWDD regulations.
• Maintain Residential Habilitation records in assigned IRAs. Caseload may change based on operational need.
• Provide ongoing training to IRA staff to ensure Valued Outcomes/Goals, Safeguard Summaries and required billing documentation is completed correctly.
• Review monthly data sheets/progress notes ensuring proper format is followed and is complete.
• Communicate with Day/Work programs to ensure coordination of services, ensuring incident reporting, oversight of training, assist with investigative procedures.
• Prepare all Residential Habilitation/Staff Action plans and Data sheets for audits.
• Complete investigation of incidents, gather information for the incidents.
• Establish working relationships with Care Managers and clinicians to ensure Life Plan meetings are conducted as required.
• Schedule Life Plan and special meetings.
• Ensure Residential Habilitation documents are inputted/uploaded into EHR.
• Assist with training staff to document staff actions/services into EHR.
• Additional responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.
• Travel required.
• Review EHR weekly.
Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/company/nys-office-for-people-with-developmental-disabilities/posts/?feedView=all
#LI-MF1
Minimum Qualifications 1. Must currently be a permanent Habilitation Specialist 2, grade 17:
OR
2. Must be active and reachable on the Civil Service Eligible List for Habilitation Specialist 2:
OR
3. Eligible for 70.1 Transfer by way of current permanent status in a title deemed comparable to Habilitation Specialist 2 by the Department of Civil Service (Must also be within 2 salary grades of the targeted title). OR
4. Qualified for a provisional* appointment to Habilitation Specialist 2. (Minimum Qualifications are one-
year permanent service as a Habilitation Specialist 1). Applications will only be considered if we have insufficient applicants in the above categories.
NOTE: Provisional appointments will only be considered if there are insufficient In-title and/or Civil Service List candidates.
Valid unrestricted license to drive in New York State.
SELECTION CRITERIA:
- When applying, please furnish a current daytime telephone number.
- Management reserves the right to determine the number of qualified candidates to be interviewed.
- At the time of offer, you must be ready to accept or decline the position.
- Please submit a current resume with your application detailing your education & experience that reflects your
familiar with the above-referenced duties & responsibilities.
Additional Comments 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.
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.
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.