Program Officer - Manhattan, United States - NYC Careers

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Program Officer:


  • Agency: ADMIN FOR CHILDREN'S SVCS


  • Posted on: 05/23/2024

  • Job type: Fulltime
Location


MANHATTAN

  • Title Classification: No exam required
Department

Office of Referral Mgmt (DPS)

  • Salary range: $82, $103, *THE SELECTED CANDIDATE WILL BE OFFERED A SALARY BETWEEN $82, $94,882.00
  • 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.
  • Community Based Strategies (CBS) is committed to strengthening prevention services for children, families, and communities through collaborative program management and strategic initiatives that leverage innovation, data and research, and humancentered design. The team's work seeks to enhance racial equity, incorporate multistakeholder voices, and elevate family choice.
  • The role and responsibilities of Program Officers include, but are not limited to:
  • Oversee the contract management functions for a portfolio of programs that include fiscal and programmatic activities. Program Officers are responsible for ongoing review and approval of
  • Support program development and management via quantitative and qualitative data collection. Leverage system
  • wide and program
  • specific data, monitor and assess outcomes of service delivery, conduct site visits, facilitate ongoing feedback and collaboration from families being served, and have ongoing collaboration with all stakeholders in alignment with sustainability derived from best practices and/or implementation science.
  • Build strong understanding of prevention contract expectations, ACS standards for prevention service delivery, and service model fidelity to promote integration and coordination of highquality services delivered to families and overall system performance in collaboration with external trainers and ACS' Division of Policy, Planning, and Measurement (DPPM).
  • Bring a racial equity and social justice lens to the work and help drive and support program initiatives that promote equity, accessibility, and economic mobility, ensuring families are at the


center of all decision making.- Prepare documents, make presentations, and facilitate goal-oriented meetings with key stakeholders to generate buy-in, improve the quality of families' experiences and circumstances, and effectively manage projects and workstreams.


  • Facilitate and manage learning cohorts among model developers and contracted provider staff implementing the same model in order to strengthen practice, address challenges, and share lessons learned.
  • Represent DPS in internal and external working groups
  • Special Medical Prevention Programs serve families in which a parent and/or child have medical needs and strive to reduce safety factors and risk elements within the family, which, if left unaddressed, would warrant foster care placement. The model is designed to connect families to longterm supports and services that can be sustained once participation in the prevention program has ended. Additionally, Special Medical assists terminally ill parents in identifying future permanency resources and preparing for the transfer of custody of their children.
  • Center-Based Respite Program is a prevention program that provides shortterm, temporary residential care to children, ages 014 years. The program operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days per year. Respite services are designed to temporarily relieve parents and caregivers with an emergency or an unexpected demand on the family that impedes the ability to care for children; or there is a need for additional support to maintain or restore family functioning; or the needs of the child require the additional services, support, or structure available in these settings. These services intend to mitigate the risk of placement into foster care.
  • Family Treatment and Rehabilitation Programs (FT/R) are prevention programs that serves families where mental health and/or substance misuse are a primary concern and placing children at risk of foster care placement. The FT/R model utilizes a team approach to assess, diagnose, and treat each family member's needs by providing clinical interventions in the home and/or the provider's office. This clinical diagnostic team (CDT) is composed of a licensed mental health professional, Credentialed Alcoholism Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC) or Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor-Trainee (CASAC-T), supervisors, and case planners, who work collaboratively to support families towards longterm stabilization.
Additionally, Program Officers will tem
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