Employment Counselor
Herkimer, NYFull-time / Per Diem$43K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Herkimer County’s Department of Social Services seeks an Employment Counselor to provide professional employment guidance and related services to clients in local social service programs. The counselor helps clients formulate and modify employment plans, which may include remedial education, specialized skill training, and supportive services. The role exercises professional judgment and works under direct supervision, with guidance available for individual problem cases.
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NY1745855 Employment Counselor needed for the Herkimer County Department of Social Services in Herkimer, NY. Anticipated Permanent Opening, Full Time Position Permanent Opening, Full Time Position Pay rate is $43,223.00 per year. DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS: This is an entry-level position that provides professional employment guidance and related services to clients participating in various aspects of the local social service programs. The duties involve assisting social services clients in formulating and modifying their employment plan, which may involve remedial education, specialized skill training, and related supportive services. The employment counselor is required to exercise sound professional judgment in formulating and carrying our plans to meet individual employment issued presented by clients. Work is performed under direct supervision of a higher-level staff employee, when necessary, to offer guidance and instruction on individual problem cases. The incumbent of this position does related work as required. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS/ACCEPTABLE TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE: -Either:(A)Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university with a bachelors degree in public administration, economics, education, social science, human services, law or closely related field; -Or:(B)Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university with a bachelors degree, and one year of full-time experience in employment related activities, counseling, placement, legal services or other closely related employment duties of the position; -Or:(C)Satisfactory completion of a minimum 60 semester credit hours in a regionally accredited or New York State registered two-year college and three years of full-time experience in the areas defined in (B); -Or:(D) Any equivalent combination of training and experience defined by the limits of (A) through (D). Promotion: Three years of permanent competitive class status as a Social Welfare Examiner CONTACT for further information: Timothy Seymour, Commissioner of Social Services Herkimer County Department of Social Services 301 N. Washington Street, Ste 2110 Herkimer, NY 13350 315-867-1222
How this job compares
Set against the 662 open Social Services jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$43K/yr
- New York median$60–65K/yr85 salary ranges
- US median$55–60K/yr192 salary ranges
This rate, $43K, is 31% below the New York median midpoint ($63K) — in the lowest quarter of Social Services salary ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 168 open Social Services jobs in New York and 662 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
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- Experience
- Social Services postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 3 years (380 postings).
- Education
- 162 of the 662 open Social Services jobs (24%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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