CAC Deputy Borough Chief

New York City, NY•Staten Island, NY

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About The Position

The Administration for Children's Services (ACS) protects and promotes the safety and well-being of children and families through child welfare and juvenile justice services and community supports. ACS manages community-based 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. The FCLS Child Advocacy Center (CAC) Deputy Borough Chief will be part of the borough's management team and will be stationed at the borough-based CAC, providing oversight of ACS' legal work at the CAC. This will include:

Requirements

Admission to the New York State Bar; and four years of recent full-time responsible, relevant, satisfactory legal experience subsequent to admission to any bar, eighteen months of which must have been in the supervision of other attorneys, in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity, or performing highly complex and significant legal work.
Incumbents must remain Members of the New York State Bar in good standing for the duration of this employment.

Nice To Haves

Candidate must have a demonstrated commitment to working with a multidisciplinary team experience with serious physical and sexual abuse cases extensive knowledge of Family Court Act and ACS policy the ability to provide legal advice to CPS staff as to the legal options available and the ability to give guidance to CPS on how to strengthen their investigation.
The candidate must be skilled at ensuring that the agency is working to achieve safety for the children involved in the investigations as demonstrated by his or her capacity to advise and counsel case workers and agency workers concerning safety and legal options.

Responsibilities

Provide direct supervision to the junior FCLS CAC Attorney co-located at the CAC as well as borough-based junior staff
Review workload and distribute assignments related to legal work at CAC and in borough FCLS office
Provide managerial review of legal advice and guidance given to the ACS CPS team located at the CAC through formal legal consults and other attorney / client communication and in the borough FCLS office
Screen cases at intake
Collaborate with DCP senior managers on case related issues
Oversee and ensure proper documentation by FCLS staff at the CAC and provide data to FCLS Central office
Work with Safe Horizon and other multidisciplinary team staff around issues of CAC process and protocols
Provide legal guidance on all cases involving children seen at the CAC including to foster care case planners and other CPS units including OSI
Observe forensic interviews with children and provide input when necessary
Liaise with court based FCLS attorneys assigned to cases involving the CAC
Collaborate with the other multi-disciplinary team members co-located at the CAC including law enforcement staff, assistant district attorneys, child welfare staff, medical providers and victim service providers while they investigate these cases
Attend various inter-agency meetings including the weekly case planning meetings
Prepare and present trainings to FCLS staff and to other agencies and stakeholders
Respond to agency needs on an emergency basis during and outside of business hours

Benefits

Public Service Loan Forgiveness
As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education's website at https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.

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