IF YOU ARE HIRED PROVISIONALLY IN THIS TITLE YOU MUST TAKE AND PASS THE CIVIL SERVICE EXAM WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT.
The Department of Social Services (DSS) is comprised of the administrative units of the New York City Human Resources Administration (HRA) and the Department of Homeless Services (DHS). HRA is dedicated to fighting poverty and income inequality by providing New Yorkers in need with essential benefits such as Food Assistance and Emergency Rental Assistance. DHS is committed to preventing and addressing homelessness in New York City by employing a variety of innovative strategies to help families and individuals successfully exit shelter and return to selfsufficiency as quickly as possible. DSS/HRA Fair Hearing Administration is responsible for providing representation of the Agency at NYS Administrative Hearings in the following program areas: Cash Assistance (CA) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) IREA HASA and MISCA Medical Assistance (MA). FHTMRU is comprised of the Centralized Fair Hearing Aid to Continue (ATC) Fair Hearing Default and Withdrawal Processing Fair Hearing Resolution Processing and the Advocate Inquiry Mailbox Units. The processes within FHTMRU are time sensitive and all Aid to Continue directives must be processed within 5 days as specified by the Morel Lawsuit. All ATC redirect are to be process/addressed upon receipt. Fair Hearing Defaults and Fair Hearing Withdrawals are also to be processed within 5 days of notification date. Resolutions and/or responses to Advocate Mailbox Inquiries are expected to be completed within seven days or prior to fair hearing date whichever comes first. Though Resolutions are to be completed within 5 days they must be processed as quickly as possible to avert fair hearing scheduling. The Fair Hearing Process Specialist provides economic support and employment related services to persons in need in accordance with agency policies procedures and Federal/State regulations and to promote individual and family selfsufficiency. Also prepares Public Assistance/SNAP/ Medicaid eligibility forms by incorporating all received data and checking for accuracy of and reviewing authorizations in order to initiate processing of appropriate service required in Aid to Continue Restoration. Conducts an Intensive review of Welfare Management System screens (including All Change Actions Screen Benefits Issuance Screen Case Composition Screen Budget History Screen Recoupment Screen Pending Actions Screen Social Security Screen (SDX). Ensures the accurate and timely processing of case actions to comply with various lawsuits (Morel Piron etc).Qualifications :
1. A fouryear high school diploma or its educational equivalent and three years of
fulltime satisfactory experience working directly in social/human services or a
related setting providing either:
a) client services.
b) employment planning/counseling services which involves job development
skills assessment and employment placement or other economic
opportunity programming.
2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college; plus eighteen months of full1time satisfactory experience working as a Benefits Opportunity Specialist; or
3. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college; plus eighteen months of full1time satisfactory experience as described in one (1) above.
4. College credit from an accredited college may be substituted for this experience
on the basis of 60 semester credits for 9 months of the work experience described
above. However all candidates must have at least 18 months of fulltime
satisfactory experience working as a Benefits Opportunity Specialist or performing
social/human services work as described in one (1) above.
Additional Information :
The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
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