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Community Service Professional 3

Salary

$3,904.00 - $7,025.00 Monthly

Location

Monroe, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

NEDHSA-210664-CSP3-71525-AM

Department

LDH-Northeast Delta Human Services Authority

Opening Date

07/16/2025

Closing Date

7/23/2025 11:59 PM Central

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About this Job

NORTHEAST DELTA HUMAN SERVICES AUTHORITY MISSION:

Serve as a catalyst for individuals with mental health, developmental disabilities, and addictive disorders to help them realize their full human potential by offering quality, excellent care with greater accessibility.

Northeast Delta Human Services Authority is seeking a Community Service Professional 3 to serve individuals with disabilities in Region VII in our community service division. This position requires knowledge of policies and procedures in multiple statewide program elements and must establish and maintain good rapport with individuals served by the agency.

Minimum Qualifications

Six years of experience in providing health or developmentally disabled services, counseling, health care management, or social services; OR

Six years of full-time work experience plus three years of experience in providing health or developmentally disabled services, counseling, health care management, or social services; OR

A bachelor's degree plus three years of experience in providing health or developmentally disabled services, counseling, health care management, or social services; OR

An advanced degree in a social sciences field, nursing, public health; public, hospital, or health administration; speech-language pathology or communication sciences and disorders; physical, occupational, recreational, or music therapy plus two years of experience in providing health or developmentally disabled services, counseling, health care management, or social services.

EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTION:

Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full-time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be foundhere (https://apps01.civilservice.louisiana.gov/onestopjobinfo/DisplayJobSpec.aspx?JobCode=172670) .

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

+ Plans and coordinates statewide programs developing an individual support plan as appropriate to the needs of the individual to the needs of the individual with developmental disabilities.

+ Creates, organizes, and maintains knowledge of community resources, advocacy organizations, and provider agencies based within the assigned region available for referral for supports to individuals; moreover, maintains working knowledge of Developmental Disabilities state and federally funded resources.

+ Attends court hearings to discuss agency criteria as ordered by a court, representing the agency and explaining agency support to court personnel. Must serve as liaison and coordinator between individuals, their families, the community, and service providers.

+ Determines agency eligibility and necessary assessments to assist with referral for emergency waiver request, meeting with individual/family to collect comprehensive information for review by the state review team.

+ May be required to perform other duties as necessary, including, but not limited to, emergency/disaster support activities.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: Probational, Promotional, Demotion, Lateral Transfer, or Detail to Special Duty

Compensation: NEDHSA is a designated approved National He alth Service Corps (NHSC) site. Clinicians who work at NHSC-approved sites are eligible to apply to the NHSC Loan Repayment Program to pay off student loans.

+ 2-year Full-Time Clinical Practice: NHSC will pay up to $50,000* for an initial 2 years of full-time clinical practice to clinicians.

(Full-time clinical practice is defined as no less than 40 hours per week, for a minimum of 45 weeks per year.)

Louisiana is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.

How To Apply:

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.

*Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumeswill not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

Contact Information:

For further information about this vacancy, contact:

Ms. Janesia Raybon, MPA

Human Resources Specialist

Northeast Delta Human Services Authority

2513 Ferrand Street

Monroe, LA 71201

318-362-4237 (office)

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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Do you have a baccalaureate degree in psychology; counseling; social work; sociology; criminal justice; nursing; public health; public health administration; public administration; hospital administration; education (with twenty-four semester hours in psychology, special education or early childhood education); speech communications/pathology; physical therapy; occupational therapy; therapeutic recreation; music therapy; or family and consumer sciences (with a concentration in child, family and social services) plus three years of professional level experience in any of the following: developmentally disabled services, alcohol/drug abuse counseling or treatment, mental health treatment, health care management, or social services or meet the substitutions listed under the qualification requirements?

+ Yes

+ No

02

Are you currently a Registered Social Worker (RSW), Licensed Master's Social Worker (LMSW) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)?

+ Yes

+ No

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If you answered yes to the question above, please list your license information including license number, issue date, and expiration date. If you answered no to the question above, please type "N/A".

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Employer

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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