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About the Role

The Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) protects and promotes the safety and well-being of children and families. The Office of Family Team Conferencing facilitates conferences and related duties to support Child Protection divisional best practices, including processing out-of-home foster care placements. The Child and Family Specialist candidate will focus on child safety, risk, well-being, permanency, and family support.

Responsibilities

Attend and facilitate all FTC’s focusing on child safety, risk, well-being, permanency, and family support, ensuring placement and discharge decisions align with ACS commitments.
Address critical issues and concerns of the child, family, provider agencies, divisional partners, and Family Court during conferences.
Use a decision-making process involving key stakeholders, children, families, service providers, and community resources to make recommendations for referrals and resources.
Prepare and complete administrative functions, including timely documentation of conferences, data, action plans, and all other reports related to Family Team Conferencing.
Complete Expedited Home study packages (5300 series) with kinship resources in the community.
Make DOAS requests for items to support children in kinship resources homes.
Request Emergency Funds/Miscellaneous Reimbursement Payments for kin resources.
Interface with interagency critical support resources to identify critical issues, barriers, and concerns specific to children's safety.
Provide case conferencing and consultation to reexamine and ensure appropriateness of decisions and service plans.
Consult with FCLS attorney for guidance on legal posture of cases and relevant court orders.
Provide conferencing in the family's natural community when appropriate, necessary, and safe.

Requirements

Must take and pass the next open competitive exam for the Civil Service title to avoid being 'bumped' out of the position when the eligible list is established.
Permanent Child and Family Specialists are encouraged to apply.
An authorized agency must inquire whether a candidate for employment with child-caring responsibilities has been the subject of a child abuse and maltreatment report, per Section 424-A of the New York Social Services Law.

Location

New York

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

1+ year post-graduate experience
3+ years experience

Education Level

Masters Degree in Social Work
Valid New York State Registration as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
Valid New York State Registration as a Licensed Master of Social Work (LMSW)

Salary/Compensations

$84,863.00 - $97,593.00
$84,863 - $114,446

About the Company

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.

Equal Opportunity

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.