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Job Description

THIS POSITION IS ONLY OPEN TO INTERNAL ACS APPICANTS

THE SELECTED CANDIDATE WILL BE OFFERED A SALARY OF $145,000.

The Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) protects and promotes the safety and well-being of children and families through child welfare and juvenile justice services and community supports. ACS manages community-based supports and foster care services and provides subsidized childcare vouchers. ACS child protection staff respond to allegations of child maltreatment. In juvenile justice, ACS oversees detention, placement and programs for youth in the community. ACS Division of Family Permanency Services (FPS) works with ACS’ contracted foster care provider agencies and other key stakeholders to deliver services to achieve positive safety, well-being and permanency outcomes for children and families in the foster care system.

The New York City Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) is seeking an outstanding candidate to serve as the Special Care Unit’s Executive Director in the Office of Provider Agency Collaboration & Engagement (PACE) housed within the Division of Family Permanency Service. PACE is committed to promoting better, more informed case decision-making and service delivery outcomes for children, youth and family involved in our child welfare system. PACE works closely with provider agencies to improve their practice and improve permanency for children.

The SCU Executive Director is responsible for the operations of the Specialized Care Unit, providing oversight to the unit’s case planning and management functions for foster care children/youth with special needs. These children/youth usually reside in long-term or permanent highly specialized clinical treatment settings such as residential treatment facilities and private non-contracted providers. These settings include facilities operated by the Office of Persons with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD), Office of Mental Health (OMH), Skilled Nursing Facilities and Specialized Schools. Some of these facilities are located upstate or in other states. The Specialized Care Unit provides case planning/management because these children/youth are not connected to a foster care provider agency.

The SCU Executive Director is responsible for program leadership and supervisory tasks including, but not limited to program oversight, staff supervision/clinical consultation and reviewing/approving documentation like FASPs and PHRs. At times, the SCU Co-Director may need to cover for case planning staff and take on direct case management tasks accompanying a caseload of SCU clients -- conducting school, agency and home visits; attending case and family team conferences to plan and coordinate services for the child; attending family court permanency hearings and providing reports to court; exploring and developing family and resources supporting permanency; and providing timely, relevant documentation in Connections (CNNX). The SCU Executive Director supports all concurrent/permanency planning efforts and coordination/monitoring of services provided to children/youth and their families to achieve planning goals.

SCU Executive Director will be responsible for

- Casework practice among SCU case planners and strategies reinforcing staff accountability for high quality work to achieve well-being, permanency and safety among SCU clients.

- Collaborate with cross-divisional (FLCS, DCP, OPA) and external partners (OMH, OPWDD) supporting sound safety decisions, timely permanency and achievement of treatment/ service plan

goals compliance with reporting requirements (FASPs, PHRs, MHCU, etc.)

- Effective clinical strategies maximizing client/family engagement and motivation to work towards treatment/service plan goals.

- Recruit and deploy staff in ways that effectively support unit needs and clients’ achievement of permanency.

- Maintain effective collaboration among SCU, OPA, provider agencies (w/in and outside foster care continuum) and other stakeholders to streamline the replacement process in ways that ensure

appropriate levels of care for clients, minimize placement moves and promote permanency.

- Improve client services and permanency outcomes through robust collaborations with internal (FLCS, OPA) and external (OMH, OPWDD, B2H, waiver services, etc.) stakeholders as well as

range of facilities where SCU clients reside.

- Conduct admissions to SCU using robust intake/transition meeting protocol; collaborate effectively with provider agencies to coordinate smooth transfers and step-downs from SCU to provider

agencies.

- Collect/analyze data to identify patterns/trends highlighting unit challenges/successes, e.g. consistency of client contacts with resources and progress towards reunification or relational

permanency.

- Use data to produce descriptive summaries of SCU functioning that inform decision-making about work priorities, effective resource allocation and improved collaboration with stakeholders, e.g.

census movement and maintenance of manageable caseload sizes for unit staffing.

- Track staff compliance, e.g. completion of required casework contacts, timely submission of required documentation, e.g. FASPs, PHRs, MHCU reports, etc.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Section 424-A of the New York Social Services Law requires an authorized agency to inquire whether a candidate for employment with child-caring responsibilities has been the subject of a child abuse and maltreatment report

TO APPLY:

Please go to www.cityjobs.nyc.gov or www.nyc.gov/ess for current NYC employees and search for Job ID #715434.

No phone calls, faxes or personal inquiries permitted.

Note: Only candidates under consideration will be contacted.

DIRECTOR OF FIELD OPERATIONS ( - 95600

Qualifications

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of full-time, satisfactory professional social services or related experience in organizations dealing directly with children and/or adolescents; such as (but not limited to) child welfare agencies, Day-Care, educational institutions, mental health groups, pediatrics, juvenile justice. At least eighteen months of the required experience must be in a supervisor, administrative, managerial or executive capacity.

2. Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" above. However, all candidates must have at least eighteen months of experience in a supervisory, administrative, managerial, or executive capacity. A Master's degree in Social Work may be substituted for one year of the required general experience.

Additional Information

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.

Salary Min: $ 66,066.00

Salary Max: $181,807.00