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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. This role involves investigating allegations of child abuse and neglect, conducting safety assessments, and working with families to ensure child safety and well-being.
Responsibilities
- Utilize social work and investigative skills to work with families being investigated for abuse or neglect to children
- Initiate investigations/safety interventions in response to allegations of abuse and / or neglect
- Meet families in their home within 48 hours of receiving a report or within 24 hours when immediate danger is suspected.
- Interview and assess all children for safety
- Interview parents/caretaker, alleged subjects, household members and collateral contacts
- Make a Safety Assessment of children in their family immediately when required or within 7 days
- Participate in Family Meetings or Conferences with the family or other support systems
- Provide a determination of abuse or neglect based on the investigation within 60 days of the report
- For indicated cases with ongoing service needs, assess on an ongoing basis the risk of future abuse or maltreatment of the children, arrange for services and work with the family to address the reasons for risk to the child
- Work with ACS legal staff to file petitions with Family Court when required for supervisory oversight of the family or for removal of children
- Work collaboratively with contract agencies to provide Preventive or Foster Care when appropriate
- Enter and maintain computerized records of case information
Requirements
- Must file for, take, and pass the next examination for the Civil Service title of Child Protective Specialist when available to avoid being "bumped" out of the position.
- Candidates must pass a test to demonstrate English language proficiency.
- To be appointed directly to Assignment Level II, a candidate must have one year of satisfactory child protective casework experience.
- Section 424-A of the New York Social Services Law requires an inquiry into whether a candidate has been the subject of a child abuse and maltreatment report.
Skills
- Social work skills
- Investigative skills
Location
- Brooklyn
- Bronx
- Manhattan
- Staten Island
- Queens
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Entry-level
- 1 year of experience (for direct Assignment Level II appointment)
Education Level
- Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college
Salary/Compensations
- $58,984.00
- $50,000 to $60,000
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.
- The Division of Child Protection is seeking qualified candidates to serve as Child Protective Specialists within each borough office.
- The PD child protective team is the largest within DCP, and the largest in each of the Borough offices.
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.