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PROGRAM SPECIALIST--SOCIAL SERVICES (Childcare Criminal Background Check)

Salary

$3,176.00 - $6,252.00 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

LDOE5054813205242023SG

Department

Education-State Activities

Opening Date

05/26/2023

Closing Date

5/31/2023 11:59 PM Central

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• Benefits

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Supplemental Information

Division of Early Childhood Operations – Child Care Criminal Background Check

Job Focus Areas :

This Program Specialist--Social Services position is located within the Division of Early Childhood Operations – Child Care Criminal Background Check and reports to a Program Manager 1--Social Services. This position is primarily responsible for assisting with the case management of child care criminal background check applicants and communicating with providers and applicants regarding user accounts, final determinations, processing, and appeals. The Program Specialist is responsible for assisting the Program Manager with creating, administering and maintaining the 6-point child care criminal background check (CCCBC) for over 30,000 staff or potential staff as required by the CCDF grant. The 6-point check includes the following:

• State Criminal Repository

• State Sex Offender Registry

• FBI Criminal Repository

• State Child Abuse & Neglect Registry

• National Sex Offender Registry

• Check of the state criminal, sex offender, and child abuse and neglect registry in each state the applicant has resided within the past five years.

  Note : This position is not an IT position and the incumbent need not be a computer programmer. However, the position serves as a key interface between program and IT offices.

  Candidates that possess the following are encouraged to apply :

• Background in policy, background check processing, legal, early childhood, education, social services, policy, or a related field in a management related curricula.

• Experience working with state and/or federal funded early childhood programs.

• Project management experience to organize, plan and execute large, complex projects

• Experience reviewing criminal background checks or state laws.

  ** Note regarding the advertised pay range : The maximum amounts listed are the maximum salary amounts a person can make at each level over their career and not the maximum amount we are allowed to pay a new hire .

  One position is available and it is located in Baton Rouge, LA. The person hired for this position is expected to regularly report to the Baton Rouge office. This position may be filled as a job appointment, probationary new hire, promotion of any permanent classified state employee OR promotion of a permanent classified employee of the Department of Education, Special School District, or the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.

  You may attach a resume; however only the information listed on the online application will be considered to determine qualification . All education, prior experience, including dates related to education and prior experience MUST be listed on the online application.

  To be considered for this position, you are encouraged to attach a copy of your college transcript(s) to your online application, fax to the Department of Education (DOE) Human Resources Office at 225-342-1499 or mail to the DOE Human Resources Office, P. O. Box 94064, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804 by the closing date of this announcement.

  This is Announcement #50548132.

  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.

  NOTE : 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 in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete. *

  For further information about this vacancy contact:

  ldoejobs@la.gov

  Louisiana Department of Education – Human Resources

  PO Box 94064

  Baton Rouge, LA 70804

  Louisiana is a State as a Model Employer for People with Disabilities.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

A baccalaureate degree plus two years of professional level experience in administrative services, economics, public health, public relations, social services, or health services.

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.

Graduate training with eighteen semester hours in one or any combination of the following fields will substitute for a maximum of one year of the experience on the basis of thirty semester hours for one year of experience: public health; counseling; social work; psychology; rehabilitation services; economics; business, public, or health administration.

A master's degree in the above fields will substitute for one year of the required experience.

A Juris Doctorate will substitute for one year of the required experience.

Graduate training with less than a Ph.D. will substitute for a maximum of one year of the required experience.

A Ph.D. in the above fields will substitute for the two years of required experience.

NOTE:

Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.

Job Concepts

FUNCTION OF WORK:

To provide professional support services for social service programs.

LEVEL OF WORK:

Experienced.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

General from a Program Consultant-Social Services or other higher level personnel.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:

None.

LOCATION OF WORK:

Predominantly at the Department of Children and Family Services.

JOB DISTINCTIONS:

Differs from Social Services Analyst 3 by the presence of specialized duties related to a program area.

Differs from Program Consultant-Social Services by the absence of leadworker responsibility and/or the absence of duties involving a higher level of complexity.

See allocation criteria memo.

Examples of Work

EXAMPLES OF WORK:

EXAMPLES LISTED BELOW INCLUDE BRIEF SAMPLES OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL TASKS ARE NOT INCLUDED.

Participates in studies or special projects.

Maintains records, prepares reports and conducts correspondence relative to the program element assigned.

Researches and interprets program policy; communicates policy interpretations and changes to field staff.

Trains agency personnel regarding procedures and policies.

Assists in revising rules, regulations and procedures to comply with changes in law or policy.

Identifies needs for resources and training; may provide or arrange for needed resources.

Writes and submits grant proposals.

Serves as program liaison between end-users of automated system activities and technical support staff to ensure that systems complement program policy and goals.

Performs quality assurance reviews of work completed by field staff.

Manages a network of contracts to assure that all programmatic and administrative policies and procedures are implemented.

Processes high-level complaints concerning social service programs by reviewing complaints and resolutions.

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/

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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  I understand that information on this application may be subject to investigation and verification and that any misrepresentation or material omission, including on my responses to supplemental questions, may cause my application to be rejected, my name to be removed from the eligible register, and/or subject me to disqualification from future job opportunities and/or dismissal from state service.

• Yes

• No

  02

  Do you have experience reviewing criminal background checks or state laws?

• Yes

• No

  03

  If you answered YES to the previous question, please describe your experience and reference any related work experience that is included in your application (not resume). If you answered NO, enter "N/A".

  04

  Do you have experience in project or case management?

• Yes

• No

  05

  If you answered YES to the previous question, please describe your experience and reference any related work experience that is included in your application (not resume). If you answered NO, enter "N/A".

  06

  I understand that this position is located in Baton Rouge, LA and that if hired, I am expected to regularly report to the Baton Rouge office.

• Yes

• No

  07

  Are you currently employed with the LDOE?

• Yes

• No

  Required Question

Agency

State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

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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