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CASEWORK ASSISTANT OC & PR 1,2,3,4

CASEWORK ASSISTANT (SPANISH SPEAKING) OC & PR 1,2,3,4

COMMUNITY SERVICE WORKER OC 1,2,3,4

COMMUNITY SERVICE WORKER (SPANISH SPEAKING) PR 1,2,3,4

MENTAL HEALTH ASSISTANT OC 1,2,3,4

SENIOR CITIZEN ASSISTANT OC 1,2,3,4

1. APPLYING INFORMATION- These questions test for the ability to apply simple information. You will be given a Resource Directory that describes community agencies, their purposes and the type of client each serves. Questions describe clients with a variety of problems and situations. You must determine the appropriate referral for clients based on the services which each agency provides.

2. WORKING WITH PEOPLE IN HUMAN SERVICES SITUATIONS-These questions test for a knowledge of general techniques used to deal with common client behaviors such as fear, hostility, shyness, resistance, defensiveness, withdrawal, anxiety and confusion.

3. PREPARING WRITTEN MATERIAL- These questions test for the ability to present information clearly and accurately, and to organize paragraphs logically and comprehensibly. For some questions, you will be given information in two or three sentences followed by four restatements of the information. You must then choose the best version. For other questions, you will be given paragraphs with their sentences out of order. You must then choose, from four suggestions, the best order for the sentences.

4. INTERVIEWING- These questions test for knowledge of the principles and practices employed in obtaining information from individuals through structured conversations. These questions require you to apply the principles, practices, and techniques of effective interviewing to hypothetical interviewing situations. Included are questions that present a problem arising from an interviewing situation, and you must choose the most appropriate course of action to take.

The New York State Department of Civil Service has not prepared a test guide for this examination. However, candidates may find information in the publication 'General Guide to Written Tests' helpful in preparing for this test. This publication is available on line at: https://www.cs.ny.gov/testing/testguides.cfm.

USE OF CALCULATORS IS RECOMMENDED