Referral Consultant
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THE SELECTED CANDIDATE WILL BE OFFERED A SALARY BETWEEN $72190.00 $79410.00
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.
Within ACS the Division of Preventive Services (DPS) is a beacon of support to families by connecting them to communitybased resources. The division works to provide resources that maintain the safety and well being of families. DPS provides guidance and resources to our contracted providers that strengthen their ability to assess and address the service needs of families.
The Office Referral Management (ORM) works closely with the Division of Child Protection (DCP) and prevention provider agencies to determine the best program fit for families. This office processes over 15000 referrals for families to prevention services each year. The referral consultant teams are based in the DCP borough offices and assess each case referred for prevention services to ensure the best possible and timely match for each family. The leadership team for ORM participates in shaping agency policies around referrals to prevention and the transition from investigation into prevention services. Responsible for effectively managing the Prevention waitlist and ensuring we refer all families into prevention services within 10 business days; individual case consultations to ensure that families referred to preventive services are quickly and efficiently matched with providers that can meet the needs of their families.
Under the supervision of the Deputy Director of Referral Management and with latitude for independent decision making the primary responsibilities of the Referral Consultant will include but not be limited to:
Develop expertise in the continuum of Prevention Services with a specific focus on Evidence Based Models
Provide individual case consultations to DCP/CPS teams and the Prevention Providers and assessing the familys service needs in order to match the family with a Prevention Program type in the community.
Collect data and conduct quantitative and qualitative data analysis to support DPS policy and program development efforts. Use data to make recommendations to DPS and crossdivisional leadership.
Work closely with the Strategy Planning and Analysis team (SPA) on multiple projects which include in the collection and analysis of data for the divisions research efforts and strategic planning and familycentered design efforts and to inform policy.
Draft memos reports briefings presentations and other documents for internal and external stakeholders; act as a strategic partner in the design and development of the Departments strategic initiatives.
Serve as critical member of a citywide team of Referral Consultants and works closely with the DCP leadership of an assigned zone. Participate in and support crossdivisional and external projects with various stakeholders.
Track consultations with the CPS team and work closely with the Data processing team to ensure accurate reporting of referral activities. Ensure that Referrals are ready by reviewing Prevention History (PROMIS) CWS history (CNNX) court involvement etc.
Cofacilitate trainings to CPS regarding the Prevention referral process
Attend Zone debriefing and Prevention Quarterly meetings
Adhere to NYC Citytime regulations.
Active participant in group and individual supervision.
May be required to perform other duties not including and/or limited to the ones described above.
ADDITIONAL INFO
Section 424A of the New York Social Services Law requires an authorized agency to inquire whether a
candidate for employment with childcaring responsibilities has been the subject of a child abuse and
maltreatment report.
TO APPLY:
Please go to or for current NYC employees and search for Job ID # 692126.
NO PHONE CALLS FAXES OR PERSONAL INQUIRIES PERMITTED.
NOTE: ONLY CANDIDATES UNDER CONSIDERATION WILL BE CONTACTED.
CITY RESEARCH SCIENTIST 21744
Qualifications :
1. For Assignment Level I (only physical biological and environmental sciences and public health) A masters degree from an accredited college or university with a specialization in an appropriate field of physical biological or environmental science or in public health.
To be appointed to Assignment Level II and above candidates must have:
1. A doctorate degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in an appropriate field of physical biological environmental or social science and one year of fulltime experience in a responsible supervisory administrative or research capacity in the appropriate field of specialization; or
2. A masters degree from an accredited college or university with specialization in an appropriate field of physical biological environmental or social science and three years of responsible fulltime research experience in the appropriate field of specialization; or
3. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to 1 or 2 above. However all candidates must have at least a masters degree in an appropriate field of specialization and at least two years of experience described in 2 above. Two years as a City Research Scientist Level I can be substituted for the experience required in 1 and 2 above.
NOTE:
Probationary Period
Appointments to this position are subject to a minimum probationary period of one year.
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
