Child Care Inspector, Bureau of Childcare - New York, United States - NYC Careers

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Child Care Inspector, Bureau of Childcare:

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    Child Care Inspector, Bureau of Childcare:
  • Agency: DEPT OF HEALTH/MENTAL HYGIENE


  • Posted on: 05/11/2024

  • Job type: Fulltime
Location

NYC-ALL BOROS

  • Title Classification: Exam may be required
Department

Child Care

  • Salary range: $49, $49, Established in 1805, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (the NYC Health Department) is the oldest and largest health department in the country. Our mission is to protect and improve the health of all New Yorkers, in service of a vision of a city in which all New Yorkers can realize their full health potential, regardless of who they are, how old they are, where they are from, or where they live.
  • As a worldrenowned public health agency with a history of building transformative public health programming and infrastructure, innovating in science and scholarship to advance public health knowledge, and responding to urgent public health crises from New York City's yellow fever outbreak in 1822, to the COVID19 pandemic we are a hub for public health innovation, expertise, and programs, and services. We serve as the population health strategist, and policy, and planning authority for the City of New York, while also having a vast impact on national and international public policy, including programs and services focused on food and nutrition, antitobacco support, chronic disease prevention, HIV/AIDS treatment, family and child health, environmental health, mental health, and racial and social justice work, among others.
  • Our Agency's five strategic priorities, building off a recentlycompleted strategic planning process emerging from the COVID19 emergency, are:
  • 1) To re-envision how the Health Department prepares for and responds to health emergencies, with a focus on building a "response-ready" organization, with faster decision-making, transparent public communications, and stronger surveillance and bridges to healthcare systems 2) Address and prevent chronic and diet-related disease, including addressing rising rates of childhood obesity and the impact of diabetes, and transforming our food systems to improve nutrition and enhance access to healthy foods
  • 3)

Address the second pandemic of mental illness including:
reducing overdose deaths, strengthening our youth mental health systems, and supporting people with serious mental illness

  • 4) Reduce black maternal mortality and make New York a model city for women's health
  • 5) Mobilize against and combat the health impacts of climate change
  • Our 7,000plus team members bring extraordinary diversity to the work of public health. True to our value of equity as a foundational element of all of our work, and a critical foundation to achieving population health impact in New York City, the NYC Health Department has been a leader in recognizing and dismantling racism's impacts on the health of New Yorkers and beyond. In 2021, the NYC Board of Health declared racism as a public health crisis. With commitment to advance antiracist public health practices that dismantle systems that perpetuate inequitable power, opportunity and access, the NYC Health Department continues to work in and with communities and community organizations to increase their access to health services and decrease avoidable health outcomes.
  • PROGRAM AND JOB DESCRIPTION:
  • DUTIES WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
  • Conduct periodic inspections of childcare programs involving visual inspection of premises, review of documents and records, field testing and sample collection;
  • Prepare reports using a handheld tablet to document inspection findings in a complete, clear, accurate and timely fashion;
  • Review findings with and instruct operators on regulatory compliance and remedial measures including but not limited to proper food handling, sanitation, vermin control, COVID19, and other areas of public health;
  • Issue court summonses and hearing notices, and may close establishments in cases of imminent danger;
Conduct data collection and reporting activities for routine operations and for special studies and surveys;

  • Attend and testify at administrative hearings as representative of the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene;
  • Travel throughout New York City using mass transit or a personal car and carry approximately 15 pounds of inspection equipment.
- **IMPORTANT NOTES TO ALL CANDIDATES:

  • Please note: If you are called for an interview you will be required to bring to your interview copies of original documentation, such as:
  • A document that establishes identity for employment eligibility, such as: A Valid U.S. Passport, Permanent Resident Card/Green Card, or Driver's license.
  • Proof of Education according to the education requirements of the civil service title.
  • Current Resume
  • Proof of Address/NYC Residency dated within the last 60 days, such as: Recent Utility Bill (i.e. Telephone, Cable, Mobile Phone)
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