Placement Specialist - Manhattan, United States - NYC Careers

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Placement Specialist:

Agency: ADMIN FOR CHILDREN'S SVCS

Posted on: 06/14/2024

Job type: Fulltime

Location

MANHATTAN

Title Classification: No exam required

Department

Non-Secure Placement

Salary range: $59, $91, THE SELECTED CANDIDATE WILL BE OFFERED A SALARY BETWEEN $59,116$67,98
The Administration for Children's 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 child care 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 Youth and Family Justice (DYFJ) is responsible for oversight and management of secure and nonsecure detention services for juveniles (e.g., youths) and adolescent offenders awaiting disposition in family, criminal, and/or supreme courts.
Under general supervision, with wide latitude for independent action and decision, the Close to Home Placement and Permanency Specialist (PPS) will play a critical role in ensuring the success of a youth placement with a Non-Secure or Limited-Secure Placement provider, including implementation, coordination, and monitoring of youth care while in placement and through aftercare. These are youth who have been adjudicated Juvenile Delinquents by NYS Family Court.
The Placement and Permanency Specialist (PPS) responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Effective case management for youth throughout the term of placement and therapeutic aftercare services to ensure quality case practice and adherence to release conditions.
Coordinate the work with placement providers, youth and families, or other resources to ensure youth physical, mental, and emotional needs are being met and ensure that consistent permanency and discharge planning is occurring.
Assist in the formulation of a service plan for the youth, by assessing the youth needs by obtaining personal social data, conferring with medical/psychiatric or other relevant professional consultants as required and submitting appropriate forms.
Ensure that the placement provider coordinates with appropriate communitybased aftercare services and that there is an appropriate educational transition plan for the youth upon release.
Monitor the length of stay for each youth in placement and assisting with identifying and resolving barriers throughout placement and aftercare.
Coordinate with ACS Family Court Legal Services (FCLS) to ensure Extensions of Placement Petitions and any other legal documents are filed as necessary.
Coordinate with placement providers to ensure documentation is adequate for any court petitions or hearings.
Draft reports for court, when necessary, regarding the youth history, assessment of underlying issues and any recommendations including an extension of placement.
With the supervisor approval, recommend or disapprove movement of youth between facilities and documenting decisions in Connections, Juvenile Justice Information System (JJIS), and/or any other system of record.
Coordinate with other divisions within ACS to track and record unusual incidents and follow up with the youth and the provider as necessary.
In coordination with a supervisor, conducting case conferences to analyze each youth progress in residential placement as well as therapeutic aftercare services; meeting with the youth and the family once the youth is placed in aftercare services.
Answer mail/telephone inquiries from providers/courts/other interested parties, by referring to case records/files/procedures, in order to advise/inform parties of current status of each case.
Coordinate assessment, under close supervision, with the aftercare provider, regarding whether a youth aftercare service needs to be revoked and the youth needs replacement based on the youth behavior in the community and cooperation with services.
Coordinate with FCLS regarding any legal documents that may be necessary for a revocation hearing.
Enter updates and retrieve case information in Connections, JJIS, Prevention Organizational Management Information System (PROMIS), and other electronic information storage systems.
Complete administrative functions, including timely documentation and data entry.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
THE SELECTED CANDIDATE WILL BE OFFERED A SALARY BETWEEN $59,116$67,98
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For current city employees, go to Employee Self Service (ESS), Recruiting Activities, Careers and search for Job ID# If you do not have access to a computer, most public libraries have computers available for use.-Minimum Qualifications1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years