Direct Support Assistant
NYS Office for People With Developmental Disabilities · Broome County, NY · 1 mo ago
Administrative$43k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: Duties (maybe "Responsibilities") using and
and - . Minimum Qualifications as
with list. Additional Comments includes many details: we need to extract substantive info and put into appropriate sections: maybe "Benefits", "Pay", "Schedule"? The posting includes salary details: "Posted Hiring Salary includes the sum of the statutory hiring rate for CSEA Grade 9 ($42,641), Increased Hiring Salary ($5,584) and Geographic Pay Differential ($4,000). Geographic Pay Differential is added to the job rate ($52,413)." So we can create a Pay section with that info. Benefits: many benefits listed: savings programs, voluntary pre-tax savings, EAP, life insurance, disability insurance, NYS Deferred Compensation Plan, Paid Holidays and Leave details, Health Care Coverage, Paid Parental Leave, Retirement Program, Professional Development and Education and Training. So we can create a Benefits section with those details. Schedule: not mentioned explicitly. So we should not create Schedule section. Also we should not repeat job title. Remove boilerplate like EEO etc. The posting includes an Equal Opportunity statement at end; we should remove that as boilerplate. Also remove links to YouTube and LinkedIn? Those are not boilerplate but maybe considered navigation? The instruction: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The YouTube link and LinkedIn are not necessarily boilerplate but they are external references; they might be considered part of description but not essential? The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. The YouTube link is a reference to learn more about what direct professionals do; that's substantive? Might be considered extra info but not required. However it's a link; we could keep as
with link? The instruction didn't forbid links. It says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The YouTube link is not those. Could keep. But we might decide to keep as a
with the link. However the instruction says "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we could combine duties and qualifications etc.
We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown.
Structure: maybe:
Responsibilities
- ...
Minimum Qualifications
- ...
Pay
...
Benefits
- ...
We must not create sections with filler. Ensure we include all substantive info.
Let's extract duties list:
- Provide supports and services.
- Advocate, encourage, guide and teach individuals in expressing personal choice.
- Ensure community integration.
- Assist individuals with personal hygiene care, toileting, dining, dressing, meal preparation, lifts and transfers.
- Help individuals to participate in games and recreational programs.
- Coach and encourage individuals to develop daily living skills.
- Provide a clean, safe, and comfortable environment.
- Work with other staff to carry out care plans and to record care plans.
- Administer medication in accordance with special instructions.
That's 9 items.
Minimum Qualifications:
- High school diploma or equivalency (GED) or Direct Support Professional (DSP) Certificate from accredited public or private organization.
- Valid license to operate a motor vehicle in New York State; must maintain valid driver's license throughout employment.
- Meet physical and agility standards.
Additional Comments includes many details: we need to parse into Pay, Benefits, maybe other sections like "Employment Details" but we only have allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We already used Responsibilities and Minimum Qualifications (could be Qualifications). We could rename Minimum Qualifications to Qualifications. Use Qualifications
.
Pay: include the salary breakdown.
Benefits: include all benefits listed: Savings programs (U.S. Savings Bond, College Savings Plan), Voluntary pre-tax savings programs (Health Care Spending Account, Dependent Care Advantage Account), Access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Life insurance and Disability insurance, NYS Deferred Compensation Plan, Paid Holidays and Leave details (13 paid holidays, 13 days vacation initially, 5 days personal leave, 13 days sick leave, up to 3 days professional leave), Health Care Coverage (various affordable health insurance programs, family dental and vision plans at no extra cost), Paid Parental Leave (up to 12 weeks paid leave at full pay for birth/adoption/foster care), Retirement Program (NYS Employees’ Retirement System), Professional Development and Education and Training (training programs, tuition assistance, link to oer.ny.gov/training-and-professional-development, Public Service Workshops Program (PSWP) link), maybe also mention loan forgiveness (PSLF) - that's a benefit? It's a program; could be included under Benefits.
Also mention: "If you are employed by state government you may be able to receive loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF)." That's a benefit.
Also mention: "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)." That's more about employment conditions; maybe not a benefit but could be included under Benefits? Might be considered a policy. Could be omitted? But we need to preserve ALL substantive information. So we need to include that somewhere. Could be under a section like "Employment Details" but not allowed headings. Could we put under Benefits? Might be a stretch. Could we create a section "Requirements"? Not exactly. The allowed headings include "Requirements". Could use that for miscellaneous substantive info like leave policies, accommodation, etc. But we already used Qualifications for minimum qualifications. Could use Requirements for other requirements like driver's license, physical standards, etc. But we already included those in Qualifications. Hmm.
We could restructure: Use Responsibilities
, Qualifications
(minimum qualifications), Pay
, Benefits
, and maybe Additional Information
but not allowed. The instruction says use headings for those specific sections; we should not create other headings. So we must fit all substantive info into those allowed sections. If we have info that doesn't fit, we could incorporate into existing sections as prose () under those headings.
Thus we can put the long service leave, accommodation, PSLF, etc., under Benefits as prose or list items.
Let's craft:
Responsibilities
- Provide supports and services.
- Advocate, encourage, guide and teach individuals in expressing personal choice.
- Ensure community integration.
- Assist individuals with personal hygiene care, toileting, dining, dressing, meal preparation, lifts and transfers.
- Help individuals to participate in games and recreational programs.
- Coach and encourage individuals to develop daily living skills.
- Provide a clean, safe, and comfortable environment.
- Work with other staff to carry out care plans and to record care plans.
- Administer medication in accordance with special instructions.
Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalency (GED) or Direct Support Professional (DSP) Certificate from an accredited public or private organization.
- Valid New York State driver’s license; must maintain a valid license throughout employment.
- Meet physical and agility standards.
Pay
The posted hiring salary combines the statutory hiring rate for CSEA Grade 9 ($42,641), an increased hiring salary ($5,584), and a geographic pay differential ($4,000), for a total of $52,225? Wait compute: 42,641 + 5,584 = 48,225; + 4,000 = 52,225. However the text also says "Geographic Pay Differential is added to the job rate ($52,413)." There's a discrepancy: they say job rate $52,413 (maybe base rate). Let's just preserve the exact wording: "Posted Hiring Salary includes the sum of the statutory hiring rate for CSEA Grade 9 ($42,641), Increased Hiring Salary ($5,584) and Geographic Pay Differential ($4,000). Geographic Pay Differential is added to the job rate ($52,413)." We'll output that as is.
Thus
Posted Hiring Salary includes the sum of the statutory hiring rate for CSEA Grade 9 ($42,641), Increased Hiring Salary ($5,584) and Geographic Pay Differential ($4,000). Geographic Pay Differential is added to the job rate ($52,413).
Benefits
- Savings programs: U.S. Savings Bond and College Savings Plan.
- Voluntary pre‑tax savings programs: Health Care Spending Account and Dependent Care Advantage Account.
- Access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – assessment and referral service.
- Life insurance and disability insurance.
- New York State Deferred Compensation Plan (voluntary retirement plan, tax‑deferred).
- Paid Holidays and Leave: 13 paid holidays each year; 13 days of paid vacation leave initially; 5 days paid personal leave each year; 13 days paid sick leave each year (PEF/CSEA), which may carry over; up to 3 days professional leave each year for professional development.
- Health Care Coverage: choice of affordable health insurance programs; family dental and vision plans at no extra cost.
- Paid Parental Leave: up to 12 weeks of paid leave at full pay for each qualifying event (birth, adoption, foster care).
- Retirement Program: participation in the NYS Employees’ Retirement System (ERS).
- Professional Development and Education and Training: training programs, tuition assistance, and links to NYS training and professional development and the Public Service Workshops Program (PSWP) here for continuing education credits.
- Loan forgiveness eligibility: state employees may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF) after 120 qualifying payments.
- Leave and accommodation: employees on long‑term leave may bid on positions if able to report to work within 14 days and perform essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation; requests for accommodation can be made to the Reasonable Accommodation Unit at (518) 486‑7222 or accommodationrequests@opwdd.ny.gov.
We should also maybe include the note about "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." That's more about eligibility; could be included under Benefits or
with list. Additional Comments includes many details: we need to extract substantive info and put into appropriate sections: maybe "Benefits", "Pay", "Schedule"? The posting includes salary details: "Posted Hiring Salary includes the sum of the statutory hiring rate for CSEA Grade 9 ($42,641), Increased Hiring Salary ($5,584) and Geographic Pay Differential ($4,000). Geographic Pay Differential is added to the job rate ($52,413)." So we can create a Pay section with that info. Benefits: many benefits listed: savings programs, voluntary pre-tax savings, EAP, life insurance, disability insurance, NYS Deferred Compensation Plan, Paid Holidays and Leave details, Health Care Coverage, Paid Parental Leave, Retirement Program, Professional Development and Education and Training. So we can create a Benefits section with those details. Schedule: not mentioned explicitly. So we should not create Schedule section. Also we should not repeat job title. Remove boilerplate like EEO etc. The posting includes an Equal Opportunity statement at end; we should remove that as boilerplate. Also remove links to YouTube and LinkedIn? Those are not boilerplate but maybe considered navigation? The instruction: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The YouTube link and LinkedIn are not necessarily boilerplate but they are external references; they might be considered part of description but not essential? The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. The YouTube link is a reference to learn more about what direct professionals do; that's substantive? Might be considered extra info but not required. However it's a link; we could keep as
with link? The instruction didn't forbid links. It says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The YouTube link is not those. Could keep. But we might decide to keep as a
with the link. However the instruction says "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we could combine duties and qualifications etc. We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown. Structure: maybe:
Responsibilities
- ...
Minimum Qualifications
- ...
Pay
...
Benefits
- ...
Qualifications
. Pay: include the salary breakdown. Benefits: include all benefits listed: Savings programs (U.S. Savings Bond, College Savings Plan), Voluntary pre-tax savings programs (Health Care Spending Account, Dependent Care Advantage Account), Access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Life insurance and Disability insurance, NYS Deferred Compensation Plan, Paid Holidays and Leave details (13 paid holidays, 13 days vacation initially, 5 days personal leave, 13 days sick leave, up to 3 days professional leave), Health Care Coverage (various affordable health insurance programs, family dental and vision plans at no extra cost), Paid Parental Leave (up to 12 weeks paid leave at full pay for birth/adoption/foster care), Retirement Program (NYS Employees’ Retirement System), Professional Development and Education and Training (training programs, tuition assistance, link to oer.ny.gov/training-and-professional-development, Public Service Workshops Program (PSWP) link), maybe also mention loan forgiveness (PSLF) - that's a benefit? It's a program; could be included under Benefits. Also mention: "If you are employed by state government you may be able to receive loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF)." That's a benefit. Also mention: "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)." That's more about employment conditions; maybe not a benefit but could be included under Benefits? Might be considered a policy. Could be omitted? But we need to preserve ALL substantive information. So we need to include that somewhere. Could be under a section like "Employment Details" but not allowed headings. Could we put under Benefits? Might be a stretch. Could we create a section "Requirements"? Not exactly. The allowed headings include "Requirements". Could use that for miscellaneous substantive info like leave policies, accommodation, etc. But we already used Qualifications for minimum qualifications. Could use Requirements for other requirements like driver's license, physical standards, etc. But we already included those in Qualifications. Hmm. We could restructure: UseResponsibilities
,Qualifications
(minimum qualifications),Pay
,Benefits
, and maybeAdditional Information
but not allowed. The instruction says use headings for those specific sections; we should not create other headings. So we must fit all substantive info into those allowed sections. If we have info that doesn't fit, we could incorporate into existing sections as prose () under those headings. Thus we can put the long service leave, accommodation, PSLF, etc., under Benefits as prose or list items. Let's craft:
Responsibilities
- Provide supports and services.
- Advocate, encourage, guide and teach individuals in expressing personal choice.
- Ensure community integration.
- Assist individuals with personal hygiene care, toileting, dining, dressing, meal preparation, lifts and transfers.
- Help individuals to participate in games and recreational programs.
- Coach and encourage individuals to develop daily living skills.
- Provide a clean, safe, and comfortable environment.
- Work with other staff to carry out care plans and to record care plans.
- Administer medication in accordance with special instructions.
Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalency (GED) or Direct Support Professional (DSP) Certificate from an accredited public or private organization.
- Valid New York State driver’s license; must maintain a valid license throughout employment.
- Meet physical and agility standards.
Pay
The posted hiring salary combines the statutory hiring rate for CSEA Grade 9 ($42,641), an increased hiring salary ($5,584), and a geographic pay differential ($4,000), for a total of $52,225? Wait compute: 42,641 + 5,584 = 48,225; + 4,000 = 52,225. However the text also says "Geographic Pay Differential is added to the job rate ($52,413)." There's a discrepancy: they say job rate $52,413 (maybe base rate). Let's just preserve the exact wording: "Posted Hiring Salary includes the sum of the statutory hiring rate for CSEA Grade 9 ($42,641), Increased Hiring Salary ($5,584) and Geographic Pay Differential ($4,000). Geographic Pay Differential is added to the job rate ($52,413)." We'll output that as is. Thus
Posted Hiring Salary includes the sum of the statutory hiring rate for CSEA Grade 9 ($42,641), Increased Hiring Salary ($5,584) and Geographic Pay Differential ($4,000). Geographic Pay Differential is added to the job rate ($52,413).
Benefits
- Savings programs: U.S. Savings Bond and College Savings Plan.
- Voluntary pre‑tax savings programs: Health Care Spending Account and Dependent Care Advantage Account.
- Access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – assessment and referral service.
- Life insurance and disability insurance.
- New York State Deferred Compensation Plan (voluntary retirement plan, tax‑deferred).
- Paid Holidays and Leave: 13 paid holidays each year; 13 days of paid vacation leave initially; 5 days paid personal leave each year; 13 days paid sick leave each year (PEF/CSEA), which may carry over; up to 3 days professional leave each year for professional development.
- Health Care Coverage: choice of affordable health insurance programs; family dental and vision plans at no extra cost.
- Paid Parental Leave: up to 12 weeks of paid leave at full pay for each qualifying event (birth, adoption, foster care).
- Retirement Program: participation in the NYS Employees’ Retirement System (ERS).
- Professional Development and Education and Training: training programs, tuition assistance, and links to NYS training and professional development and the Public Service Workshops Program (PSWP) here for continuing education credits.
- Loan forgiveness eligibility: state employees may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF) after 120 qualifying payments.
- Leave and accommodation: employees on long‑term leave may bid on positions if able to report to work within 14 days and perform essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation; requests for accommodation can be made to the Reasonable Accommodation Unit at (518) 486‑7222 or accommodationrequests@opwdd.ny.gov.