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About the Role

The Mental Health Coordinator will provide real-time, informed, and thorough recommendations on behalf of foster children and adolescents admitted in acute inpatient psychiatric hospitals. This role requires weekend and after-hours coverage on a rotational basis.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a liaison for children/families, case planning entities, providers, and hospitals to ensure timely, individualized, appropriate, comprehensive, and realistic mental health treatment needs and discharge plans.
• Participate in case conferences/meetings/calls with foster care agencies, ACS case planning units, and hospital treatment teams to provide a combined child welfare and mental health care perspective, focusing on child and family needs.
• Join team and staff meetings, monthly meetings with foster care agencies, and bi-monthly meetings with the New York State Office of Mental Health and hospitals.
• Assist with tracking attendance, note-taking, and covering meetings when the director and supervisor are unavailable.
• Negotiate/advocate with hospital treatment and management teams, service providers, and state/city agencies to help case planning agencies access appropriate treatment settings and services.
• Obtain and review discharge summaries to guide child welfare personnel on follow-up recommendations and aftercare appointments, aiming to reduce readmission rates.
• Attend and help organize cross-systems and inter-agency forums/trainings/presentations to enhance practice, responsiveness, collaboration, and understanding.
• Use an electronic application system to track and enter data, prepare and submit accurate and timely notes and reports, create/complete/maintain/file case records, and monitor activities related to case planning/hospital visits/service coordination for children receiving acute inpatient psychiatric care.
• Provide performance-based feedback regarding contracted providers, outreach and training, support/supervision/coverage, and obtain information as needed.
• Complete special projects and other duties as assigned or deemed necessary.

Requirements

• Must be permanent (not provisional) in the civil service title.
• Section 424-A of the New York Social Services Law requires an inquiry regarding child abuse and maltreatment reports for candidates with child-caring responsibilities.

Skills

• Child welfare perspective
• Mental health care perspective
• Advocacy
• Data tracking and entry
• Report preparation
• Case record maintenance

Location

• New York City

Work Type

• Full-time
• Rotational basis for weekend and after-hours coverage

Experience Level

• Four years of satisfactory, full-time community liaison, community organization or community relations experience, at least two years of which must have been in a broad administrative or policy-making capacity
• Eight years of satisfactory, full-time experience as described above, at least two years of which must have been in a broad administrative or policy-making capacity
• Equivalent education and/or experience
• Two years of full-time experience in a broad administrative or policy-making capacity

Education Level

• Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university
• Four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent
• Undergraduate education above the high school level may be substituted for experience
• Graduate education beyond the baccalaureate degree may be substituted for experience

Salary/Compensations

• $81,144.00
• USD 75244 - USD 156045

About the Company

• The Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) protects and promotes the safety and well-being of New York City’s children and families by providing child welfare, juvenile justice, and early care services.
• ACS contracts with private nonprofit organizations to support and stabilize families at risk of a crisis through family (preventive) services and provides foster care services for children not able to safely remain at home.
• The agency’s Division of Child Protection responds to more than 50,000 reports of suspected child abuse or neglect annually.
• ACS manages and funds services including detention and placement, intensive community-based alternatives for youth, and support services for families in the juvenile justice system.
• ACS is a key part of NYCs early childhood and education continuum, providing childcare assistance to thousands of child welfare involved and low-income children.
• The Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) Office of Child and Family Health (OCFH) delivers direct medical care to children entering foster care, clinical support and guidance to child welfare staff, and ensures comprehensive and appropriate physical and mental health care for children and youth in ACS custody.
• Within OCFH, the Mental Health Coordination Unit (MHCU) tracks acute inpatient psychiatric hospitalizations of children (under 18) in ACS custody and coordinates related case planning activity.
• MHCU provides assistance, guidance, advocacy, and support to case planners and provider agency staff, and is responsive to partners in the mental health system, hospitals, and other stakeholders.
• MHCU works closely with other divisions and offices within ACS including Family Permanency Services, Child Protection, Youth and Family Justice, Family Court Legal Services, and Office of the General Counsel.

Equal Opportunity

• The Administration for Children’s Services is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing access to all individuals.
• If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact Simone Campbell at [email protected] or (212) 676-6955.
• 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.