Vital Records and Childcare Spec.

City of New York•New York City, NY

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About The Position

THESE POSITIONS ARE ONLY OPEN TO CANDIDATES WHO ARE PERMAMENT (NOT PROVISIONAL) IN THE CHILD WELFARE SPECIALIST CIVIL SERVICE TITLE THE SELECTED CANDIDATE WILL BE OFFERED A SALARY OF $60,428.00 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 Division of Family Permanency Services (FPS) ensures that high quality services are provided to children in foster care by supporting provider agency staff with technical assistance and other services for children in foster care. FPS staff offer guidance to provider agencies on child welfare policies and procedures to improve service delivery and achieve safety, permanency, and well-being for children in foster care. Provider Agency Collaboration and Engagement (PACE) is primarily focused on individual case specifics, working with provider agencies, stakeholders, and other ACS Divisions, to assist young people and families involved in the foster care system, and help resolve any issues that may arise. The primary goal of the Vital Records to ensure that youth in foster care have vital documents such as Social Security Cards/Numbers and birth certificates- including corrected/amended birth certificates, birth certificates from NYC’s jurisdiction, out of state, and internationally. The Vital Record unit provides Social Security numbers and cards for permanency planning purposes as well as for foster parents who request them for tax purposes only. In addition, the unit is responsible for processing requests for childcare vouchers by determining the eligibility of foster parents and children on trial discharge, as per state regulations.

Requirements

A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college including or supplemented by 24 semester credits in one or a combination of the following fields: social work, psychology, sociology, human services, criminal justice, education (including early childhood), nursing, or cultural anthropology, with at least 12 of these credits in one discipline.
Upon satisfactory completion of six months of training and experience at Assignment Level I, an employee shall be assigned to Assignment Level II.
Upon completion of one year of satisfactory experience at Assignment Level II of Child Welfare Specialist and satisfactory completion of the probationary period an employee shall receive no less than the minimum salary after 18 months in title.
To be appointed directly to Assignment Level II, a candidate must have, in addition to meeting the minimum qualification requirements set forth above, one year of satisfactory child welfare casework experience.

Responsibilities

Manages Childcare referral process
Determines Childcare referral application eligibility via: Confirmation that youth is residing in the foster parent’s home, checking that information provided in referral application matches data in Connections, collect required supportive documentation to confirm citizenship
Liaise with Child and Family Well-Being about eligible families for childcare vouchers
Provide customer service to the foster care agency for childcare requests
Coordinate Birth Certificate Requests
Monitor the Birth Certificate Mailbox for new requests
Reviews requests for duplication of submission and processing
Reviews corrective/amendments name packages prior to submission to DOHMH
Reviews foundling and delayed registration birth certificate packages prior to submission to DOHMH
Process out-of-jurisdiction birth certificate requests for youth in care
Process death certificates as needed for foster care cases
Provide technical assistance to foster care provider agencies about the steps required to obtain a foster youth’s birth certificate
Provide technical assistance to foster care provider agencies about the steps required for obtaining a childcare voucher
Troubleshoot inquiries and concerns regarding the status of Child Care vouchers and Birth Certificates