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Louisiana Department of State Civil Service RESIDENTIAL SERVICES SPECIALIST 8 in Pineville, Louisiana
RESIDENTIAL SERVICES SPECIALIST 8
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RESIDENTIAL SERVICES SPECIALIST 8
Salary
$3,904.00 - $7,025.00 Monthly
Location
Pineville, LA
Job Type
Classified
Job Number
PSSC 24-145 JD
Department
LDH-Office for Citizens with Development Disabilities
Opening Date
10/03/2024
Closing Date
10/8/2024 11:59 PM Central
Description
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Supplemental Information
PSSC 24-145 JD
Residential Services Specialist 8
Position is located with PINECREST SUPPORTS & SERVICES CENTER.
Location: Residential Services
Shift: 8:00am – 4:30pm Pass Days: Sat & Sun
List ALL prior employment - you will not be qualified based on job title alone, you must describe your actual duties. INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED!
This position may be filled byProbation, Promotion, Demotion, Lateral Transfer or Detail to Special Duty. Preference may be given to permanent classified employees of Pinecrest Supports and Services Center.
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.
Resumes WILL NOT be accepted and should not be attached in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application.
List ALL prior employment – failure to fully complete the education and work history sections of the application can result in an applicant being hired at the lower level of the position. You will not be qualified based on job title alone, you must describe your actual duties. INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED!
*REVIEW YOUR APPLICATION TO MAKE SURE IT IS CURRENT*
There is no guarantee that everyone who applies to this posting will be interviewed.
Pinecrest Supports and Services Center is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) agency that supports the recruitment, hiring and retention of individuals with disabilities. For more information on employment resources for individuals with disabilities, see the Louisiana Employment Resources Guide at http://www.laworks.net/Downloads/LRS/EmploymentResourceGuide_2018.pdf (Download PDF reader)
Pinecrest Supports and Services Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer
For further information about this vacancy contact:
Jeanette Deville, Human Resources Analyst C
Pinecrest Supports & Services Center
P.O. Box 5191
Pineville, Louisiana 71360
Jeanette.deville@la.gov
Minimum Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
A baccalaureate degree plus two years of professional level experience in health services, mental health treatment, developmentally disabled services, rehabilitation services, or special education.
SUBSTITUTIONS:
Six years of full-time work experience in any field may be substituted for the required baccalaureate degree.
Candidates without a baccalaureate degree may combine work experience and college credit to substitute for the baccalaureate degree as follows:
A maximum of 120 semester hours may be combined with experience to substitute for the baccalaureate degree.
30 to 59 semester hours credit will substitute for one year of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.
60 to 89 semester hours credit will substitute for two years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.
90 to 119 semester hours credit will substitute for three years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.
120 or more semester hours credit will substitute for four years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.
College credit earned without obtaining a baccalaureate degree may be substituted for a maximum of four years full-time work experience towards the baccalaureate degree. Candidates with 120 or more semester hours of credit, but without a degree, must also have at least two years of full-time work experience to substitute for the baccalaureate degree.
Experience in the care, guidance or training of the developmentally disabled; care, guidance or training of the physically disabled; care, guidance or training of the chemically dependent; or in psychiatric patient care will substitute for the college training on the basis of thirty semester hours for one year of experience.
Two years of supervisory level sub-professional experience in providing care, guidance or training to the developmentally disabled; care, guidance or training of the physically disabled; or care, guidance or training of the chemically dependent; or in psychiatric patient care will substitute for one year of the required professional level experience.
NOTE: Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.
Job Concepts
Function of Work:
To direct activities of more than 50 individuals involving the safety, care, and training of those individuals with developmental disabilities.
Level of Work:
Manager.
Supervision Received:
General direction from a higher-level professional.
Supervision Exercised:
Direct-line over Residential Services Specialist Training 6 and/or 7 and other staff members.
Location of Work:
Department of Health & Hospitals, Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, developmental centers--statewide.
Job Distinctions:
Differs from the Residential Services Specialist 7 by the presence of responsibility of directing, programmatically and administratively, in an individual safety, care and training program of more than 50 individuals.
Examples of Work
Directs the individuals' safety, care and training activities by coordinating the work of direct care training staff involved in administrating individual treatment plans of care for developmentally disabled individuals facility-wide.
Directs residential services to ensure individuals' participation in training as designated by the treatment plan.
Ensures compliance with federal, state, and accreditation regulations, standards and guidelines.
Participates in staff conferences regarding the facility programs to coordinate individuals' safety, care and training activities with other divisions.
Organizes and conducts in-service training for the staff.
Initiates and conducts investigations concerning possible neglect and abuse; analyzes findings and makes appropriate recommendations.
Participates in the development and implementation of active treatment plans for all individuals; prepares monthly and quarterly review reports.
Oversees the delivery of each individual's plan of care.
Determines schedules of individuals' activities and supervision to ensure adequate staffing to meet standards.
Prepares and reviews reports of individual's progress and participates in conferences regarding individual training.
Develops policies and procedures concerning specific program area.
Initiates staff meetings to discuss issues, guidelines, individuals' and employees' problems.
Reviews individuals' charts to ensure that the treatment plans are being followed.
Assist with budgetary projections.
Represents the facility at conferences, meetings or public gatherings to explain institution programs.
Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.
As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:
Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/
Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave
More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx
Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:
New Year's Day
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
Mardi Gras,
Good Friday,
Memorial Day,
Independence Day,
Labor Day,
Veteran's Day,
Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
* Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor
State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.
Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):
Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your_Retirement_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system
Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),
Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others
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PSSC - Are you currently employed with Pinecrest Supports and Services Center?
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PSSC - Incomplete applications will NOT be considered! Have you listed ALL prior employment (entire work history starting after High School or College) with complete name of all employers (no abbreviations), your job title, complete address & phone number of each employer? Failure to fully complete the education and work history sections of the application can result in an applicant being hired the lower level of the position in which any are applying.
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PSSC - You will be selected for interview based on your application. Explain any gaps in employment of 3 months or longer (Example: January /1999 – May /1999 = caring for a sick parent, etc...). If this question does not apply to you, enter N/A.
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State of Louisiana
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the supplemental information above.
Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802
Phone
(866) 783-5462
Website
http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm
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