Child Protective Specialist Supervisor
Child Protective Specialist Supervisor
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*ONLY PERMANENT EMPLOYEES IN THE TITLE OR THOSE THAT ARE REACHABLE ON THE CIVIL SERVICES LIST ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY. *
The Protective/ Diagnostic (PD) located across all five boroughs investigates 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 also 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 1Child 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 ongoing 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 work flow 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 maintained at all times.
Exemplify leadership skills of effective communication modeling coaching educating and support to foster quality supervision to subordinates on a regular basis.
CHILD PROTECTIVE SPECIALIST SU 52367
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
Employment Type
Full-time
