ATP Assessor

The New York City Department of Probation (DOP) helps build stronger and safer communities by working with and supervising people on probation fostering positive change in their decisionmaking and behavior and expanding opportunities for them to move out of the criminal and juvenile justice systems through meaningful education employment health services family engagement and civic participation. We are located in every borough across the city and provide four core services presentence investigations intake diversion and probation supervision. In summary DOP ensures that people who enter our system are supervised according to their risk level and receive the support and services they need to abide by the law and be an asset to their communities.

This exciting position will help assess identify and develop forensic evaluations and recommendations for Family Court justice involved youth at risk of Out of Home Placement to explore suitability for Intensive Alternative to Placement programming to protect the community while promoting positive behavior change for the youth and reduce the risk of recidivism.
The Social Worker for the Alternative to Placement Unit will be expected to use critical thinking and applied experience and theoretical foundations with the practical experience of working with high risks Justice involved youth. The Social worker/Alternative to Placement assessor must also work collaboratively with Juvenile Operations Investigation & Reporting teams and Family Court dispositional judges throughout the five (5) boroughs to:
Coordinate log and monitor referrals submitted by the court ensuring that assessments are made in the allotted time frames set by dispositional judges.
Use risk needs responsivity principles and risk reduction strategies to conduct an assessment.
Use the results to identify priority risks factors that are barriers to positive youth outcomes and the stages of change.
Use the results of the validated Youth Level of Service (YLS 2.0) risk assessment tool as the foundation for each youths assessment outcomes; and
Liaise with key DOP staff and Family Court Stakeholders.

Qualifications :

Qualification Requirements
A Masters Degree in Social Work from an accredited school of social work.

License Requirements
You will be required to have a valid Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) license issued by the New York State Department of Education within one year of the date of appointment. This license must be presented to the appointing officer at the time of appointment or if it is obtained after appointment at the time it is received. This license must be maintained for the duration of your employment.

If you fail to obtain your LMSW or LCSW license within one year of the date of appointment your probationary period will be automatically extended for six months. If you fail to obtain the required license by the end of 18 months of service you will be terminated.

Special Note

Section 424a of the New York Social service Law requires an authorized agency to inquire whether a candidate for employment with childcare responsibilities has been the subject of a child abuse and maltreatment report. The agency has the discretion to assign a candidate who has been the subject of a child abuse and maltreatment report to a position with no childcare responsibilities.

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