Family Engagement Facilitator

City of New York•New York, NY

13h•$84,863 - $97,593

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. The Division of Youth and Family Justice (DYFJ) provides services to youth at every stage of the juvenile justice process, with goals that include preventing system involvement, providing therapeutic services to youth in custodial care, and helping youth leave the justice system. The Office of Youth and Family Development works with families, youth, ACS-contracted service providers, community supports, and foster parents on youth goals, strengths, needs, services, well-being, and permanency. It facilitates Planning/Support Meetings and End of Placement Conferences for youth placed with ACS through the Close to Home program. The Family Engagement Facilitator facilitates family meetings and conferences, supports service planning and treatment goals, coordinates with ACS divisions and contracted providers, and ensures that planning and decisions reflect ACS values and applicable laws, regulations, policies, and best practices. The position serves youth and families throughout New York City’s five boroughs and includes documentation, data entry, provider collaboration, and staff training. This position is open only to candidates who are permanent, not provisional, in the civil service title Child and Family Specialist. The selected candidate will be offered a salary between $84,863 and $97,593. The position has been reposted; previous applicants do not need to reapply.

Requirements

Must be permanent, not provisional, in the civil service title Child and Family Specialist.
Master’s degree in Social Work from an accredited school of social work.
One qualifying pathway is a valid New York State LCSW registration and at least one year of full-time, satisfactory, post-graduate experience in family team conference or family group decision-making facilitation using a family-engagement and consensus-based model; clinical group work with children, youth, parents, or families; or professional training on child and family services.
Alternatively, a valid New York State LMSW registration and at least three years of the qualifying experience described above; up to two years may be supervision of the specified social work practice areas.
Alternatively, at least three years of the qualifying experience described above, with a valid New York State LCSW or LMSW license obtained within one year of appointment.
At least one year of the required qualifying experience must have been obtained within the last five years.
Employees who do not obtain an LCSW or LMSW within one year of appointment may have their probationary period extended for no more than six months; failure to obtain the license by the end of the probationary period results in dismissal.

Responsibilities

Facilitate planning and support meetings and end-of-placement conferences using the Children’s Services Family Team Conference Model throughout the five boroughs.
Participate in planning conferences and service termination conferences to help ensure service plans and decisions reflect ACS values, principles, and standards for best practice.
Identify and address concerns and ensure goals and service plans are developed and implemented.
Conduct and participate in meetings with youth, families, community-based organizations, and neighborhood networks by providing information, facilitating agendas, and encouraging relevant discussion in support of service plans and treatment goals.
Coordinate with internal divisions and ACS-contracted provider agencies to maintain open communication on individual cases and fidelity to the DYFJ Case Coordination Business Process.
Provide recommendations to ACS-contracted Non-Secure and Limited-Secure residential and aftercare providers regarding referrals and available resources.
Complete administrative work, including timely documentation and data entry of planning and support meetings.
Apply and uphold state and city laws, regulations, and policies related to juvenile justice services.
Collaborate with the Office of Planning, Policy and Performance concerning provider agency performance.
Attend interagency and intra-agency meetings to share information and develop policies and procedures.
Provide ongoing training focused on establishing goals with youth, families, and providers, and confer with ACS staff on goal development.