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Children & Family Services Specialist 1 Minority G

Grade 18

New York State has approximately 37 positions* in this title statewide. You may view a breakdown of positions by county. This position exists in Children&Family Svcs, Off of. View links to all New York State agencies including agencies that have this title. For more information, New York State employees can contact the Career Mobility Office at (518) 485-6199 or (800) 553-1322. If you are not a current New York State employee, you can use the Department of Civil Service Web site to explore possible employment opportunities.

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Career Ladder

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Summary of Job Description

As a Children and Family Services Specialist 1 Minority Group, you would assist in the administration, implementation, and development of the various service programs offering assistance to children and families in need.  They also may recommend policy, plan programs, operate or monitor programs, and provide oversight and technical assistance to other organizations and facilities.  Employees within the Minority Group parenthetic will have a particular focus on protected classes.  These positions are located in the Office of Children and Family Services.

View the classification standard for this title, on the Classification and Compensation webpage.

The NYS Title and Salary Plan provides additional information regarding other titles. If there is a classification standard available there will be a link under the column labeled STD. NO. If no link is available there is no classification standard available at this time for that title.

Summary of Minimum Qualifications

Please note: qualifications for this position may be subject to change. If substitutions for education and/or experience are allowed, this information would be available on the announcement.

You must take and pass a Civil Service examination in order to be considered for this position.

The examination used to fill this title is called the Professional Careers Opportunities (PCO).

You must meet the requirements below to qualify for this title.

A bachelor's degree including or supplemented by 24 semester credit hours in the study of people of diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds (language courses do not qualify); AND two years of professional qualifying experience*.

OR

A master's or higher degree including or supplemented by 24 semester credit hours in the study of people of diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds (language courses do not qualify); AND one year of professional qualifying experience*.

OR

A bachelor's degree; AND one year of experience in a public, private, not-for-profit, or community organization, where the mission of which was the advocacy for public assistance recipients of diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds; AND; two years of professional qualifying experience*.

OR

A master's or higher degree; AND one year of experience in a public, private, not-for-profit, or community organization, where the mission of which was the advocacy for public assistance recipients of diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds; AND one year of professional qualifying experience*.

OR

A master's or higher degree in social work; AND one year of experience in a public, private, not-for-profit, or community organization, where the mission of which was the advocacy for public assistance recipients of diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds.

OR

A master's degree or in social work including or supplemented by 24 semester credit hours in the study of people of diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds (language courses do not qualify)

*Qualifying experience is defined as:

Either 1: providing services to children and their families either in inspection, management, or administration of: foster care programs; day care programs; adoption programs; domestic violence programs; youth detention facilities; or other providers of care, support, and assistance to children, assuring compliance for certification or licensing purposes;

OR 2: providing, supervising, monitoring, or administering services for children, adults, or their families, including but not limited to: providing social casework, case planning, case management, counseling, crisis intervention, advocacy on behalf of clients, or direct investigation of potential abuse and neglect in one or more of the following settings: human services; juvenile justice; criminal justice; local departments of social services; or local voluntary childcare service programs.

For informational purposes only, click on the examination number(s) listed below to see the current or previous examination(s) that are used to fill this title.

26-570

How to Apply

When this examination is scheduled to be held, the announcement can be found on the Department of Civil Service, Examination Announcements web page. If you do not see an examination currently scheduled please check back on a monthly basis or sign up for announcement notification by email so that you will automatically be notified when new examinations are being offered.

Career Mobility

Career mobility is not just limited to the titles in the Career Ladder, above. Additional movement may be achieved through other examinations, additional education and/or work experience or transfer opportunities. For additional information or clarification of transfer determinations, current State employees should contact the Career Mobility Office. Visit ELMS Online to view established open-competitive, promotion, and transition eligible lists. If you are not a current New York State employee, see Employment Opportunities with New York State and find out how to become a New York State employee.

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