Internal Investigator ; Justice Center​/Trainee

Duties Description

This position is an office position that is staffed Monday through Friday, days. The Internal Investigator 1 (Justice Center) assigned to the Incident Management Unit (IMU) in the Delmar office will perform the following duties:

• Answer questions posed by business units within the Justice Center as well as external stakeholders.
• Conduct preliminary investigations of abuse and neglect complaints using evidence obtained from provider agencies or their State Oversight Agency (SOA).
• Complete a comprehensive review of the provider agency, subject(s) and victim(s) named in an allegation of abuse and/or neglect within a statewide case management system.
• Assess each allegation for criminality and facilitate notifications to law enforcement and the Justice Center’s Special Prosecutor/Inspector General’s office as appropriate.
• Assign cases to Justice Center Field Investigation Unit Regional Coordinators and to the State Oversight Agencies (SOA) (as appropriate) using the classification and assignment guidance provided.
• Perform Quality Assurance checks for classification and assignment errors.
• Work within a statewide case management system to record, track and update pertinent case information.
• Operate both independently and in a team setting with internal and external business units to meet required time frames.
• Fulfill other duties as assigned.

Non-competitive: four years
* of investigative experience
** and satisfactory completion of a two-year traineeship (Successful completion of a two-year traineeship leads to appointment as an Internal Investigator 1, SG-18.)

OR

Six years
* of investigative experience
** for appointment to full-level Internal Investigator 1 Justice Center, SG-18.

• Substitution: an associate’s degree may substitute for two years of investigative experience**; or a bachelor’s degree may substitute for four years of investigative experience**.
• Investigative experience is defined as independent investigative experience and includes the following activities: interviewing and interrogating witnesses; collecting and analyzing data and evidence; writing and summarizing case narratives; and testifying at administrative hearings and criminal proceedings.

Experience as police detective, licensed and registered private investigator, federal investigator, state investigator, municipal investigator, child protective services investigator, in an investigative position involving trial preparations and detailed reports, or investigations within a branch of the Armed Services.

Routine police patrol work, traffic enforcement, building surveillance, tax collection, collection of delinquent accounts, skip tracing, credit checking, auditing, employment interviewing, hotel or store detective, correction officer, guard, inspector or security related positions, or any other position which does not involve the level of law enforcement investigative, or field investigation described above.

Experience in the direct provision of services which may include the care, review, investigation, assessment, treatment, or case planning for person(s) in facilities or programs covered by the Protection of People with Special Needs Act of 2012, which includes facilities or providers providing care to vulnerable persons within the State Oversight Agencies (SOA). The SOA agencies include the NYS Office of Mental Health, NYS Office for People with Developmental Disabilities, NYS Office of Addiction Services and Supports, NYS Office of Children and Family Services, NYS Department of Health, and NYS Education Department.

Established in 2013 by the Protection with Special Needs Act;
The New York State Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs (Justice Center) is charged with protecting over one million New Yorkers under the care or jurisdiction across six State Oversight Agencies. https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./

The New York State Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs (Justice Center) is an equal…