City of New York
Job Description
THIS POSITION IS ONLY OPEN TO INTERNAL ACS APPLICANTS.
THE SELECTED CANDIDATES WILL BE OFFERED A SALARY OF $100,050
SELECTED CANDIDATES MUST HAVE FILED FOR, TAKEN, AND PASSED EXAM #3558 FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE TITLE LISTED ABOVE TO AVOID BEING “BUMPED” OUT OF YOUR POSITION WHEN THE ELIGIBILE LIST FOR THIS TITLE IS ESTABLISHED.
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 (DCP) is charged with investigating all allegations of child abuse and
maltreatment that NYC receives from the New York Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and
Maltreatment. Each year, the division’s child protective services investigate about 50,000 reports. DCP is
comprised of approximately 3,500 employees who work across the five boroughs at nineteen sites known as Borough Offices. DCP’s Child Protective Services staff consists of the Family Preservation and Family Services Units (FPP and FSU), Emergency Children’s Services (ECS), and the Office of Special
Investigations (OSI).
The DCP Protective/ Diagnostic (PD)/ Family Services Units (FSU) Units are located across all five boroughs. These units investigate reports of alleged child abuse and neglect. The child protective team is the largest within DCP, and the largest in each of the Borough offices. Child protective staff is responsible for investigating every allegation that is reported, and for conducting a comprehensive assessment of the immediate safety and risk of future harm to each child in the family. Based upon the case circumstances, child protective staff may act immediately to protect the children.
Under the supervision of a Child Protective Manager with wide latitude for the use of judgment and independent decision making, supervises a unit of 5 Child Protective Specialists and 1 Child Protective Specialist Supervisor Level I. The Child Protective Specialist Supervisor level II will be responsible for the following:
Review written records and available controls
Monitor subordinates’ compliance in adhering to required face to face contacts and visits
Ensure that appropriate assessment is completed, and service plans are formulated within required timeframes
Provide on-going training and guidance to all casework staff in unit to ensure that all case practice requirements are met
Assist staff in managing workload and facilitating workflow with other internal and external units
Attend departmental conferences and transmits to staff information and policies involved
Monitor subordinates’ time and leave
Rate /evaluate job performance of subordinates
Develop and support staff as well as takes appropriate disciplinary measures as needed
Conduct weekly conferences and reviews work with subordinates
Document conference and follow up to ensure that required case practices are completed
Case consultation documented in record and ACRS+ for all cases
As needed the Supervisor II may make field visits for the purposes of investigation or consultation
Maintain accurate count of subordinates’ caseload
Maintain accurate unit coverage during vacations
Arrange/conduct case conferences when appropriate, both external and internal
New agency policies and practices are explained to subordinates in a timely manner.
Professionalism always maintained
Exemplify leadership skills of effective communication, modeling, coaching, educating support to foster quality supervision to subordinates on a regular basis
The preferred candidate should possess the following:
Record of proven managerial or supervisory accomplishments in child protection or a closely related
human service field
Master of Social Work degree or Master’s degree in a related discipline
Excellent communications skills
Knowledge of the NY State Connections comprehensive case management system, or other
automated child welfare system
Familiarity working with NYC’s diverse communities
Experience and ability to step into an existing unit and assume all responsibility quickly
Bilingual ability to communicate clearly in Spanish or other languages is considered a plus for this
position
These vacancies are located in the following work location(s): 1 Brooklyn, 1 Manhattan, 2 Queens and 1 Staten Island
TO APPLY
Please go to www.cityjobs.nyc.gov or www.nyc.gov/ess for current NYC employees and search for Job ID# 724500
NO PHONE CALLS, FAXES OR PERSONAL INQUIRIES PERMITTED
NOTE: ONLY CANDIDATES UNDER CONSIDERATION WILL BE CONTACTED.
CHILD PROTECTIVE SPECIALIST SU - 52367
Qualifications
A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, including or supplemented by 24 semester credits in one or a combination of the following fields: social work, psychology, sociology, human services, criminal justice, education (including early childhood), nursing or cultural anthropology, at least 12 of which must have been in one of these disciplines; 30 semester credits toward a Masters of Social Work degree or toward a graduate degree in a related field; plus eighteen months of child protective casework experience.
Note: 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 is or has been the subject of a child abuse and maltreatment report.
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: $100,050.00
Salary Max: $121,290.00
THIS POSITION IS ONLY OPEN TO INTERNAL ACS APPLICANTS.
THE SELECTED CANDIDATES WILL BE OFFERED A SALARY OF $100,050
SELECTED CANDIDATES MUST HAVE FILED FOR, TAKEN, AND PASSED EXAM #3558 FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE TITLE LISTED ABOVE TO AVOID BEING “BUMPED” OUT OF YOUR POSITION WHEN THE ELIGIBILE LIST FOR THIS TITLE IS ESTABLISHED.
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 (DCP) is charged with investigating all allegations of child abuse and
maltreatment that NYC receives from the New York Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and
Maltreatment. Each year, the division’s child protective services investigate about 50,000 reports. DCP is
comprised of approximately 3,500 employees who work across the five boroughs at nineteen sites known as Borough Offices. DCP’s Child Protective Services staff consists of the Family Preservation and Family Services Units (FPP and FSU), Emergency Children’s Services (ECS), and the Office of Special
Investigations (OSI).
The DCP Protective/ Diagnostic (PD)/ Family Services Units (FSU) Units are located across all five boroughs. These units investigate reports of alleged child abuse and neglect. The child protective team is the largest within DCP, and the largest in each of the Borough offices. Child protective staff is responsible for investigating every allegation that is reported, and for conducting a comprehensive assessment of the immediate safety and risk of future harm to each child in the family. Based upon the case circumstances, child protective staff may act immediately to protect the children.
Under the supervision of a Child Protective Manager with wide latitude for the use of judgment and independent decision making, supervises a unit of 5 Child Protective Specialists and 1 Child Protective Specialist Supervisor Level I. The Child Protective Specialist Supervisor level II will be responsible for the following:
Review written records and available controls
Monitor subordinates’ compliance in adhering to required face to face contacts and visits
Ensure that appropriate assessment is completed, and service plans are formulated within required timeframes
Provide on-going training and guidance to all casework staff in unit to ensure that all case practice requirements are met
Assist staff in managing workload and facilitating workflow with other internal and external units
Attend departmental conferences and transmits to staff information and policies involved
Monitor subordinates’ time and leave
Rate /evaluate job performance of subordinates
Develop and support staff as well as takes appropriate disciplinary measures as needed
Conduct weekly conferences and reviews work with subordinates
Document conference and follow up to ensure that required case practices are completed
Case consultation documented in record and ACRS+ for all cases
As needed the Supervisor II may make field visits for the purposes of investigation or consultation
Maintain accurate count of subordinates’ caseload
Maintain accurate unit coverage during vacations
Arrange/conduct case conferences when appropriate, both external and internal
New agency policies and practices are explained to subordinates in a timely manner.
Professionalism always maintained
Exemplify leadership skills of effective communication, modeling, coaching, educating support to foster quality supervision to subordinates on a regular basis
The preferred candidate should possess the following:
Record of proven managerial or supervisory accomplishments in child protection or a closely related
human service field
Master of Social Work degree or Master’s degree in a related discipline
Excellent communications skills
Knowledge of the NY State Connections comprehensive case management system, or other
automated child welfare system
Familiarity working with NYC’s diverse communities
Experience and ability to step into an existing unit and assume all responsibility quickly
Bilingual ability to communicate clearly in Spanish or other languages is considered a plus for this
position
These vacancies are located in the following work location(s): 1 Brooklyn, 1 Manhattan, 2 Queens and 1 Staten Island
TO APPLY
Please go to www.cityjobs.nyc.gov or www.nyc.gov/ess for current NYC employees and search for Job ID# 724500
NO PHONE CALLS, FAXES OR PERSONAL INQUIRIES PERMITTED
NOTE: ONLY CANDIDATES UNDER CONSIDERATION WILL BE CONTACTED.
CHILD PROTECTIVE SPECIALIST SU - 52367
Qualifications
A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, including or supplemented by 24 semester credits in one or a combination of the following fields: social work, psychology, sociology, human services, criminal justice, education (including early childhood), nursing or cultural anthropology, at least 12 of which must have been in one of these disciplines; 30 semester credits toward a Masters of Social Work degree or toward a graduate degree in a related field; plus eighteen months of child protective casework experience.
Note: 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 is or has been the subject of a child abuse and maltreatment report.
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: $100,050.00
Salary Max: $121,290.00