Habilitation Specialist 1

Duties Description

• Provide services in a classroom and alternate community settings with developmentally disabled adults to promote basic learning and self-help skills, as well as communication and prevocational skills.
• Facilitate programming, community inclusion and meaningful activities to support Day Hab Staff Action Plans.
• Provide and oversee services at the day program and alternate community locations.
• Assist with development, revision, and implementation of Day Habilitation Staff Action Plans.
• Ensure completion and quality review of monthly notes to document progress toward goals.
• Coordinate with the interdisciplinary residential team to develop / review / revise Safeguard Summary Plans.
• Provide direct care staff with ongoing training and support regarding goal implementation, documentation, safeguard summary plan.
• Schedule and attend annual and semi-annual Life Plan meetings, and special meetings as needed.
• Establish working relationships with Care Managers, clinicians, residential programs to ensure Life Plan meetings are conducted and services are coordinated.
• Follow up on billing discrepancies, prepare documents for audits and claims reviews.
• Caseload may change based on operational need.
• Conduct on-site reviews of documentation to monitor billing compliance.
• Additional responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.
• Travel required.

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Minimum Qualifications Competitive :

Candidates must be reachable for appointment on the current Civil Service Eligible List for this title.

Open Competitive Qualifications :

A Bachelor's or higher-level degree in a human services field

Transfer : Candidates must have one year of permanent competitive or 55-b / c status in the posted title and be eligible for lateral transfer; OR be eligible to transfer via Section 70.1, 70.4, or 52.6 of Civil Service Law. The transfer cannot be a second consecutive transfer resulting in an advancement of more than two salary grades.

To determine if your current Civil Service title is eligible for transfer to this title, visit the Career Mobility GOT-IT website :

Additional Comments This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS). HELPS Program titles may be filled via a non-competitive appointment. This means that you do not need to take an exam to qualify, but you do need to meet the minimum qualifications of the title.

At a future date (within one year of permanent appointment), employees hired under NY HELPS are expected to have their permanent non-competitive employment status converted to permanent competitive status. You will not have to take an exam to gain permanent competitive status.

° Thirteen (13) paid holidays each year.

° Thirteen (13) days of paid vacation leave initially.

° Five (5) days paid personal leave each year.

° Thirteen (13) days of paid sick leave each year (PEF / CSEA), which may carry over from year to year.

° Up to three (3) days professional leave each year to participate in professional development events.

Employees and their eligible dependents can choose from a variety of affordable health insurance programs. Employees are provided family dental and vision plans at no extra cost.

Paid Parental Leave allows eligible employees to take up to 12 weeks of paid leave at full pay for each qualifying event. A qualifying event is defined as the birth of a child or placement of a child for adoption or foster care.

Participate in The NYS Employees' Retirement System (ERS), which is recognized as one of the best-managed and best-funded public retirement systems in the nation.

NYS offers training programs and tuition assistance to eligible employees to maintain and increase their professional skills and prepare them for promotional opportunities. For more information, please visit

OPWDD is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer dedicated 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.

Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.

Name Long Island Human Resources

Telephone 631-326-4413

Fax 631-493-1784

Email Address LongIsland.HR@opwdd.ny.gov

Address

Street 45 Mall Drive

Suite 1

City Commack

State NY

Zip Code 11725

Notes on Applying Please email your resume and reference vacancy ID EOA# : 2025-423 in your email.