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Review Vacancy

Date Posted 03/20/17

Applications Due04/04/17

Vacancy ID37712

NY HELPNo

AgencyChildren & Family Services, Office of

TitleYouth Counselor 3

Occupational CategoryEnforcement or Protective Services

Salary Grade23

Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)

Salary RangeFrom $69057 to $87351 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Contingent Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 40

Workday

From 8 AM

To 5 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? No

County Tompkins

Street Address MacCormick Secure Center

300 South Road

City Brooktondale

StateNY

Zip Code14817

Minimum Qualifications Promotion Qualifications: one year of permanent competitive service as a Youth Counselor 2 or Youth Counselor 2 Spanish Language.

Duties Description Responsible for supervision of Youth Counselors and Youth Division Aides involved in directing, guiding, and providing daily care and supervision of youth.

Assign cases to staff according to their complexity of workload; provide training and orientation to new staff on OCFS DJJOY philosophy, programs, procedures, as well as rules and regulations of the facility; discuss problems with their cases and suggest possible ways of handling the problems; may directly assist staff in handling the most difficult cases; observe actions of subordinate workers in order to determine appropriateness of technique and develop further training; review reports and recommendations of subordinates regarding disposition of cases; and perform other supervisory tasks such as scheduling work, approving leave requests, and evaluating the performance of subordinates.

Additional duties will be discussed in detail during the interview.

Additional Comments Your actual duties may vary depending on the setting to which you are assigned, including secure, limited secure or non-secure residential centers, community residential homes, community foster care, intake services units, evening reporting centers, aftercare teams in the community and day placement programs.

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.

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Name New York State Office of Children and Family Services

Telephone 518-473-7936

Fax 518-474-0017

Email Address eoajobpostings@ocfs.ny.gov

Address

Street Bureau of Personnel, EOA #17-102 MEP

52 Washington Street, 231 North

City Rensselaer

State NY

Zip Code 12144

 

Notes on ApplyingQualified candidates should send a resume and cover letter giving the Title, Location, and EOA Number of the position being applied for. Please provide your email address and your work, home and cell phone numbers. In order to qualify you for the position when you have current or prior New York State employment, you may be contacted by OCFS Personnel for your social security number to confirm your employment history.

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