Unit Supervisor

*THE SELECTED CANDIDATES WILL BE OFFERED A SALARY OF $96901*

THESE POSITIONS ARE ONLY OPEN TO THOSE WHO ARE PERMANENT IN THE CIVIL SERVICE TITLE OF CHILD PROTECTIVE SPECIALIST SUPERVISOR

The Administration for Childrens Services (ACS) protects and promotes the safety and wellbeing of children and families through child welfare and juvenile justice services and community supports. ACS manages communitybased 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 divisions child protective services investigate about 50000 reports. DCP is comprised of approximately 3500 employees who work across the five boroughs at nineteen sites known as Borough Offices. DCPs Child Protective Services staff consists of the Family Preservation and Family Services Units (FPP and FSU) Emergency Childrens Services (ECS) and the Office of Special Investigations (OSI).

DCP Protective/Diagnostic (PD) Units within DCP are located across all five boroughs and are charged with investigating reports of alleged child abuse and neglect. The PD 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 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 supervision of a Child Protective Manager with wide latitude for independent judgement and decisionmaking the Unit Supervisor will supervise a unit of 5 Child Protective Specialists and 1 Child Protective Specialist Supervisor Level I.

The responsibilities of the Unit Supervisor will include but will not be limited to:

Provide ongoing training and guidance to all casework staff to ensure all case practice requirements are met.
Assist staff in managing casework staff workloads and facilitating workflows with other internal and external units.
Monitor subordinates compliance in adhering to required face to face contacts and visits and reviews written records and available controls.
Ensure that appropriate assessments are completed and service plans are formulated within required timeframes.
Attend departmental conferences and transmits information and policies to staff.
Monitor time and leave and rate/evaluate the job performance of subordinates.
Develop and support staff as well as take appropriate disciplinary measures as needed.
Conduct weekly conferences and review ongoing work assignments with subordinates.
Document conferences and followup to ensure required case practices are completed.
Conduct field visits for the purposes of investigations or consultations as needed.
Maintain accurate count of subordinates caseloads and accurate unit coverage during vacations.
Arrange and conduct case conferences when appropriate both external and internal.
Present and explain new agency policies and practices to subordinates in a timely manner.
Exemplify leadership skills of effective communication and serve as a role model coach and educator for subordinates on a regular basis.

Please provide a cover letter specifying the borough you would like to be interviewed for.

Work Location: Various locations within the 5 boroughs


TO APPLY

Please go to or for current NYC employees and search for Job ID 644808
No phone calls faxes or personal inquiries permitted.

Note: Only candidates under consideration will be contacted.

Qualifications :

1. 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 424a of the New York Social Services Law requires an authorized agency to inquire whether a candidate for employment with childcaring 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 individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime