Conference Facilitator

The Administration for Childrens 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 child care vouchers. ACS child protection staff respond to allegations of child juvenile justice ACS oversees detention placement and programs for youth in the community.

The Office of Family Team Conferencing primary function is the facilitation of a continuum of conferences and other related duties as required in support of Child Protection divisional best practices which may include the processing of out of home foster care placements for children deemed unsafe or at risk to remain in their natural environment. CFS focuses on family support well-being child safety risk and permanency. The facilitated Child Safety Conference is to ensure the most appropriate safety decisions and safety plans are developed to prevent removal when safe to do so and / or decide on the best suitable out of home placement that will keep the child safe from imminent danger and harm through the exploration of familial and fictive kin resources to help expedite and support placement and permanency.

The Child and Family Conferencing candidate will be responsible for but not limited to the following :

• Attend and facilitate all FTCs that are scheduled focusing on child safety risk and well-being permanency family support and ensure that placement and discharge decisions reflect

Childrens Services commitments values and principles.

• Address critical issues concerns of the child and family the provider agencies divisional partners and Family Court during these conferences.
• Candidates will use the decision-making process involving key stakeholders children families service providers and community resources and shall make recommendations for referrals and

resources when appropriate.

• The candidate will prepare and complete administrative functions including timely documentation of conference data action plans and all other reports related to Family Team Conferencing.
• Complete Expedited Home study packages (5300 series) with kinship resources in the community (resource homes)
• Make DOAS requests for items to support child(ren) in kinship resources home
• Request Emergency Funds / Miscellaneous Reimbursement Payments for kin resources to care for Child(ren) in their care.
• The candidate will interface with interagency critical support resources i.e. clinical consultation team. MCHU Investigative Consultants et all all of whom seek to identify critical issues barriers

and concerns specific to childrens safety

• Provide case conferencing and consultation to reexamine and ensure appropriateness of decision and service plan; consult with FCLS attorney for guidance on the legal posture of cases as well

as relevant court orders when assessing familial readiness for change and caretakers protective capacity.

• The candidate will provide conferencing in the familys natural community when appropriate necessary and safe.

Additional Information

Section 424-A of the New York Social Services Law requires an authorized agency to inquire whether a candidate for employment with child-caring responsibilities has been the subject of a child abuse and maltreatment report.

To Apply

Please go to or for current NYC employees and search for Job ID # 749852.

No phone calls faxes or personal inquiries permitted.

Note : Only candidates under consideration will be contacted.

CHILD AND FAMILY SPECIALIST - 52408

Qualifications :

A Masters Degree in Social Work from an accredited school of social work and

1. A valid New York State Registration as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and at least one year of full-time satisfactory post-graduate experience that includes substantial experience in one or more of the following modalities of practice : facilitation of family team conferences or family group decision-making meetings utilizing a conferencing model which emphasizes family engagement and consensus based decision-making; clinical group work with children youth parents or individual families; or the conduct of professional training on topics related to child and family services; or

2. A valid New York State Registration as a Licensed Master of Social Work (LMSW) and at least three years of the experience required in 1 above. Up to two years of this experience may have been in the supervision of social work practice areas described in 1 above; or

3. At least three years of the experience required in 1 above. A valid New York State Registration as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Licensed Master of Social Work license (LMSW) must be obtained within one year of appointment.

Note : Employees who fail to obtain their LCSW or LMSW within one year after appointment may have their probationary periods extended for no more than six months. Failure to obtain the LCSW or LMSW by the end of the probationary period will result in dismissal.

Note : At least one year of the required experience described in 1 2 and 3 above must have been obtained in the last five years.

Additional Information :

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work : No

Employment Type : Full-time

Key Skills

Experience Working With Students,Communication skills,Classroom Experience,Data Collection,Adult Education,Meeting Facilitation,Calculus,LMS,Teaching,Training & Development,Exercise Planning,Remedy

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1