Youth Specialist Supervisor
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. ACS' 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 on child welfare policies and procedures to improve service delivery and achieve safety, permanency, and well-being for children in foster care. The Office of Older Youth Development Services (OYDS) is responsible for technical assistance around permanency planning and promoting shorter lengths of stay in residential placements for youth in foster care. In addition, we look at the well-being and safety of youth 12-21 years of age. The Office of Older Youth Development Services includes the following program areas: Youth Justice/PINS/DOC- Conferencing, Missing Children’s Outreach Unit, Supervision to 21, RCPPU (Residential Care Permanency Planning Unit), Fast-Track Long-Stayers, APPLA Monitoring Unit, Teen Specialist Unit, Office of Child Trafficking Prevention and Policy, Reentry, Independent Review, OYDS Special Projects and OYDS Data Accountability. We also provide guidance for the foster care agencies around child sex trafficking, iFoster, transitional plans, NYTD (National Transitional Database), Sexual Health and Reproduction, CCRS coding and crossover youth practice model and Raise the Age.
Requirements
- A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and 30 semester credits toward a Master of Social Work or a graduate degree in a related field, and at least eighteen months of child welfare casework experience.
Responsibilities
- Supervising staff that track youth placed in detention, close to home and adult facilities to manage permanency outcomes.
- Manage key policies and guidance’s for crossover youth.
- Complete case reviews for crossover youth
- Managing cases that go from pre-dispo to post-dispo with the provider agencies.
- Participate/Facilitate planning meetings and conferences
- Provide supportive monitoring for youth in detention, close to home, Rikers Island and State/Federal prison
- Going into the community to engage youth with services
- Support efforts to link youth/family educational/vocational supports
- Provides case specific consultation as it relates to youth incarcerated and requiring Crossover Youth Practice Model.
- Provides linkages to internal ACS units such as housing, education and employment.
- Participates in family team conferences and case specific conferences.
- Provides clarity regarding the role and responsibility of each stakeholder.
- Collaborates with Family Service Unit/Division of Child Protection, when required
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
