NY HELP Yes Agency People With Developmental Disabilities, Office for Title Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Region 4-Crisis Team - EOA #2025-64 Occupational Category Health Care, Human/Social Services Salary Grade 23 Bargaining Unit PS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF) Salary Range From $105556 to $127854 Annually Employment Type Full-Time Appointment Type Permanent Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class Travel Percentage 0% Workweek Mon-Fri Hours Per Week 40 Workday From 8:30 AM To 5 PM Flextime allowed? No Mandatory overtime? No Compressed workweek allowed? No Telecommuting allowed? No County To Be Determined Street Address TBD City XXX State NY Zip Code 00000 Duties Description *LOCATION: To Be Determined (location to be discussed at the time of the interview.Metro NY DDSO: 25 Beaver Street, New York, NY 10004 ORBrooklyn DDSO: 75 Vandalia Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11239 ORStaten Island DDSO: 930 Willowbrook Road, Staten Island, NY10314PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE BUT ARENOT LIMITED TO:Regional Field Office 4 (Metro) is seeking a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) for the Crisis Team. The incumbent will serve as a regional forensic liaison, providing risk assessments, evaluations for transition planning, and serve in a monitoring role working collaboratively with other RFO units and outside stakeholders including Care Coordination Organizations (CCO), provider agencies, OPWDD ITOs, and other involved parties. The OPWDD crisis team provides technical assistance and consultation. Although occasional field evaluations would be required, a majority of the work is office-based.Duties include but not limited to:• Providing stakeholders and individuals with assistance relatedto OPWDD eligibility, access to services, waiver and CCOenrollment.• Perform forensic, risk, and other psychological assessmentsincluding but not limited to:o Various types of risk assessmento Suitability (voluntary or non-voluntary) exams forpurposes of admission to an ITO• Assisting the housing (i.e. placement) team with assessing theneeds of individuals leaving OPWDD's institutions Valley Ridge and Sunmount• Monitoring (virtually) individuals in the community who may have a forensic history and/or high-risk behavior and providing technical assistance to provider agencies when necessary.• Providing technical assistance to various stakeholders including Rikers, prison staff, provider agencies, care management organizations, and central office (BITS), serving as a specialty liaison to assist stakeholders with OPWDD processes and service access, connecting them to other regional office units as necessary, ensuring follow up and follow thru occurs.• Participating in regular planning meetings with stakeholders related to justice involved individuals, those with a forensic history, in the hospital and/or those in crisis in the community• Updating SharePoint and other OPWDD data systems including completing case activity forms and other tracking systems• Entering data into systems such as CHOICES and the EAA• Performing other tasks upon request related to regional office or crisis activities.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nys-office-for-people-with-developmental-disabilities/posts/?feedView=all#LI-SB1 Minimum Qualifications Open Competitive: possession of a license and current registration as a licensed clinical social worker in New York State. 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.If you are hired under the HELPs program, you will first be appointed as a temporary employee. In June 2025, if you are performing successfully in the position, your appointment will be changed from temporary to permanent non-competitive.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. Once you are in permanent status, your official probationary period will begin and you may take any promotion exams for which you are qualified.• Please note that starting salary for this title reflects the Geographic Differential and Downstate adjustment. Posted Hiring Salary includes the sum of the statutory hiring rate for Grade 23 ($84,156), Geographic Differential ($18,000) and Downstate Adjustment ($3,400). Geographic Differential and Downstate Adjustment is added to the job rate ($106,454).• If you are currently a New York State employee serving in a permanent competitive qualifying title and eligible for a transfer via Section 70.1 of the Civil Service Law, you may be appointed to this title as a permanent competitive employee. • The assignment of PS&T employees will be made in accordance with any agreed upon Memorandum of Understanding between PEF and the local DDSO regarding the posting of job vacancies.• Preference will be given to OPWDD employees impacted by closures. If you are being impacted by closure, please indicate this on your resume.• All OPWDD employees must be eligible and maintain eligibility for full and unconditional participation in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Continued employment will depend on maintaining eligibility. • 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 or job applicant believes that they need a reasonable accommodation, they should contact the Reasonable Accommodation Unit at (518) 486-7222 or email accommodationrequests@opwdd.ny.gov to obtain information and RA forms.• Savings programs such as the U.S. Savings Bond and the College Savings Plan.• Voluntary pre-tax savings programs such as Health Care Spending Account and the Dependent Care Advantage Account offer employees options to pay for uncovered health care expenses or dependent care expenses.• Access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) an assessment and referral service that connects employees with local service providers and support services to address their personal needs.• Life insurance and Disability insurance.• The New York State Deferred Compensation Plan is a voluntary retirement plan that offers employees the option to invest a part of their salaries for retirement on a tax-deferred basis.• Paid Holidays and Leave: ° 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.• Health Care Coverage: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: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.• Retirement Program: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.• Professional Development and Education and Training:? 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 https://oer.ny.gov/training-and-professional-development.• Additionally, the Public Service Workshops Program (PSWP) offers certain professional training opportunities for PEF represented and M/C designated employees that may grant continuing education credits towards maintaining professional licensure. For more information, please visit https://oer.ny.gov/public-service-workshops-program-pswp.• 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 Metro NY DDSO Telephone 718-430-0710 Fax 646-766-3491 Email Address Metro.Careers@opwdd.ny.gov Address Street 2400 Halsey Street Human Resources City Bronx State NY Zip Code 10461 Notes on Applying Please email your resume to Metro.Careers@opwdd.ny.gov and reference EOA #2025-64 or vacancy ID in your email.