HABILITATION INSTRUCTOR 1 Print (https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/louisiana/jobs/newprint/5072988) Apply  HABILITATION INSTRUCTOR 1 Salary $2,602.00 - $4,682.00 Monthly Location Pineville, LA Job Type Classified Job Number PSSC 25-95-GJ Department LDH-Office for Citizens with Development Disabilities Opening Date 09/11/2025 Closing Date 9/18/2025 11:59 PM Central + Description + Benefits + Questions About this Job The mission of Pinecrest Supports and Services Center is to support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to reach treatment goals and to return to more integrated community living settings. Pinecrest Supports and Services Center specializes in the treatment of people with comorbid intellectual and developmental disabilities and complex medical, behavioral, and psychiatric support needs. Habilitation Instructor 1 – Pinecrest Supports and Services Center Make a difference every day! Help individuals with developmental disabilities develop skills, achieve independence, and lead meaningful lives. Join our team at Pinecrest and grow your career in public service. Minimum Qualifications Three years of habilitation experience; OR Six years of full-time work experience in any field; OR A bachelor's degree. 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=125580) . Job Duties and Other Information Job Duties: AN IDEAL CANDIDATE SHOULD POSSESS THE FOLLOWING COMPENTENCIES: Selected Core Competencies: + Displaying Expertise: The ability to exhibit specialized skills or knowledge gained from experience or training. + Thinking Critically: The ability to objectively question, analyze, interpret, and evaluate information to form a conclusion. + Training Others: The ability to facilitate the acquisition of work-related knowledge and skills in an effort to improve employee performance. Selected Preferred Competencies: + Adapting to Change: The ability to adjust plans, expectations, and behaviors in response to change. + Communicating Effectively: The ability to relay information correctly and appropriately to connect people and ideas. + Making Accurate Judgments: The ability to form an opinion objectively and decisively based on relevant information and in accordance with established standards. + Solving Problems: The ability to discover solutions to problems. Independently performs the following duties: + Teaches IDD or physically handicapped students in physical education cognitive skills, work activities, etc. + Makes recommendations for budget, program modification and content, and departmental policy procedures, providing interpretation as needed. + May serve as a qualified IDD professional. + May supervise subordinate paraprofessionals. + May be responsible for location and recommending contract procurement for work activities/job placement. + Supervise Multiple Day Program areas in daily active treatment activities only for classroom organization. Make daily rounds to areas to ensure direct and in-service staff in implementing and scoring active treatment training, guidance of skills and routine self-help skills in the Day Program in providing personal and social growth. Teach Active Treatment activities to individuals attending the Day program for skill acquisition. Evaluate documentation of training of Day Program employees by ensuring completeness and accuracy of documentation, reports, and team reports. Supervise / observe training of employees ensuring staff are trained to provide continuous care and security to individuals supported by PSSC. Assist employees on work-related problems or questions. Prepare performance planning and evaluation on subordinat Developmentalist (2) staff. Maintain personnel file and prepare official position descriptions on all employyes supervised. Keep an open line of communication with Habilitation Director and Habilitation Instructor 3 keeping both on same page of any issues in the Day Program department. + Assist Habilitation Director and Habilitation Instructor 3 in developing required classroom activities for Active Treatment implementation. Enter Day Program data of scored active quarterly treatment training percentages and documentation for individual caseloads weekly, Individual Support Plan Information yearly and Profile of Support information monthly as scheduled through the interdisciplinary Team (IDT) process. Keep an open line of communication with QMRPs and IDT members to ensure appropriate treatment plans are in place for each person in your caseload. + Assist with preparation of documentation training of needs assessments established by the team process to personalize each person's needs for skill acquisition. Monitor quarterly needs assessments, documentation to allow for what is feasible for a schedule and the creation of classes for each person's individual needs. Make classroom training material purchases, and decor as deemed necessary throughout the semester. + Report and monitor for individual incidents / accidents and suspected cases of abuse / neglect to proper authorities in a timely manner. Make recommendations for budget requests, program modification and content while attending IDT meetings and departmental policy procedures providing interpretation as needed. + Performs other duties as assigned by Supervisor / Administrator to support the Agency and / or the people we serve. Position-Specific Detail: Appointment Type: probation, promotion, demotion, lateral transfer, or detail to special duty. Preference may be given to permanent classified employees of Pinecrest Supports and Services Center. Location: Employment Services (Day Program). Shift:7:00 AM – 3:30 PM /Pass Days: Saturday / Sunday Applicants within 90 days of graduation are encouraged to apply How to Apply: No Civil Service test scoreis 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 the position must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumeswill notbe accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections. Applications may be rejected if incomplete. Pinecrest Supports and Services Center is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) agency that supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities. For more information on employment resources for individuals with disabilities, see the Louisiana Employment Resources Guide at http://www.laworks.net/Downloads/LRS/EmploymentResourceGuide\_2018.pdf(Download PDF reader) Pinecrest Support and Services Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer Contact Information: For further information about this vacancy, contact: Gabriel K. Jeane Pinecrest Supports & Services Center P.O. Box 5191 Pineville, Louisiana 71360 Gabriel.Jeane@la.gov 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 01 Do you anticipate graduating with a baccalaureate degree from a college or university accredited by a regional accrediting body in the next 90 days? + Yes + No 02 PSSC - Are you currently employed with Pinecrest Supports and Services Center? + Yes + No 03 PSSC - Have you ever been on probation or sentenced to jail/prison as a result of a felony conviction or guilty plea to a felony charge? + Yes + No 04 PSSC - If "YES", give the law enforcement authority (city, police, sheriff, FBI, etc.) the offense, place, and disposition of case. If this question does not apply to you, enter N/A. 05 PSSC - Incomplete applications will NOT be considered! Have you listed ALL prior employment (entire work history starting after High School or College) with complete name of all employers (no abbreviations), your job title, complete address & phone number of each employer? Failure to fully complete the education and work history sections of the application can result in an applicant being hired the lower level of the position in which any are applying. + Yes + No 06 PSSC - You will be selected for interview based on your application. Explain any gaps in employment of 3 months or longer (Example: January /1999 – May /1999 = caring for a sick parent, etc...). If this question does not apply to you, enter N/A. 07 TCr: Rate your ability to think critically based on our definition: The ability to objectively question, analyze, interpret, and evaluate information to form a conclusion. + 1= I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable thinking critically + 2= I have limited experience or require assistance to think critically + 3= I can think critically + 4= I can think critically and help others improve their ability to think critically 08 TCr: Explain your rating by providing specific and relevant examples in the box below. 09 TO: Rate your ability to train others based on our definition: The ability to facilitate the acquisition of work-related knowledge and skills in an effort to improve employee performance. + 1= I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable training others + 2= I have limited experience or require assistance to train others + 3= I can train others + 4= I can train others and help others improve their ability to train others 10 TO: Explain your rating by providing specific and relevant examples in the box below. 11 DE: Rate your ability to display expertise based on our definition: The ability to exhibit specialized skills or knowledge gained from experience or training. + 1= I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable displaying expertise + 2= I have limited experience or require assistance to display expertise + 3= I can display expertise + 4= I can display expertise and help others improve their ability to display expertise 12 DE: Explain your rating by providing specific and relevant examples in the box below. 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