Rehabilitation Counselor 1 (NY HELPS), Capital District Psychiatric Center,

Rehabilitation Counselor 1

Capital District Psychiatric Center is currently recruiting for a Rehabilitation Counselor 1 to provide rehabilitative services to individuals with mental illness. As a Rehabilitation Counselor 1, you will provide a full range of rehabilitative/habilitative services, including:

• Assessing individuals' rehabilitative needs
• Assisting in creating treatment plans for rehabilitation services
• Monitoring and documenting progress toward established goals and objectives

Minimum Qualifications

Candidates from outside State Service can be considered for hire under the Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement – Statewide (NY HELPS) program as Rehabilitation Counselor 1 if they have:

• Bachelor's degree in a human service field and
• 2 years of professional experience providing vocational, psychosocial, or rehabilitative/habilitative services in an agency primarily serving individuals diagnosed with developmental disabilities, mental illness, or addictions.
• Substitution: Master's degree in a related field can substitute for one year of specialized experience.
• OR
• Candidates from outside and within State Service can be considered for a competitive class appointment if they are reachable on the current Rehabilitation Counselor 1 eligible list.
• OR
• Candidates from within State Service can be considered for transfer to a competitive class position if they have one year of permanent competitive or 55-b/55-c service in a title eligible for transfer under Section 70.1 of the Civil Service Law.
• OR
• In accordance with Section 52.7 of the Civil Service Law, this notice advises all employees of the Office of Mental Health of our intention to conduct a non-competitive promotion examination for the position of Rehabilitation Counselor 1 at Capital District Psychiatric Center. Permanent appointment may be made by non-competitive promotion of an applicant who meets the position's minimum qualifications if all requirements of non-competitive promotion are met. The promotion field for the Rehabilitation Counselor 1 position consists of candidates who have 1 year of permanent service as a Rehabilitation Assistant 2.

Additional Comments

All OMH employees receive a generous benefits package including:

• NYS medical, dental, & vision insurance
• Access to tuition assistance programs
• Excellent opportunities for advancement & professional growth
• Paid time off – 13 paid vacation days in the first year, 5 paid personal days, 13 paid holidays, & paid sick leave
• NYS Retirement programs

Background checks will be required. 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 appointed, you may be required to become an enrolled Medicare provider; obtain and provide to your employer a National Provider Identifier (NPI) number issued by the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES); and otherwise actively participate to the degree necessary to allow for your services to be billed through Medicare and Medicaid. If you are appointed and lose the ability to bill through Medicare and Medicaid, you may be terminated from your employment.

This position is at Central New York Psychiatric Center's Albion Satellite Unit located on the grounds of Albion Correctional Facility in Orleans County.