Legal Case Assistant
Legal Case Assistant
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Job Description
THE SELECTED CANDIDATE WILL BE OFFERED A SALARY BETWEEN $60889 $70022.
The Administration for Childrens Services (ACS) protects and promotes the safety and wellbeing of children and families through child welfare and juvenile justice services and community supports. ACS manages communitybased supports and foster care services and provides subsidized child care 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 work of the Queens Family Court Legal Services Unit is litigationfocused and all FCLS Agency Attorney staff including supervisors and managers spend most of their time in court appearing before judges and referees on child neglect and abuse cases. When not in court FCLS attorneys spend their time counseling Child Protective Specialists preparing for trial or other hearings contacting agency caseplanners or Child Protective Specialists to ensure court orders are adhered to and generally engaging in all aspects of litigation.
Under the general direction of the Legal Case Assistant Manager in the Queens Family Court Legal Services (FCLS) Borough Office with some latitude for independent initiative and judgment the Legal Case Assistant (LCA) performs work in coordinating monitoring and assisting the FCLS Divisions interactions with foster care agencies preventive agencies and service providers other divisions of ACS opposing counsel and the court.
The Legal Case Assistant is responsible for tasks including but not limited to:
Work with NYC community partners including over 25 different foster care agencies and preventive provider agencies and other providers who deliver critical services to community members in order to address case related issues; independently determining when information is needed from a community service provider for case preparation
Prepare compliance reports based on data in electronic legal tracking system (LTS) on court preparedness of provider agencies and other ACS divisions; making recommendations on procedures to improve court preparedness
Draft correspondence to provider agencies and other community service providers including hospitals healthcare providers treatment centers schools and educational organizations and nonprofit legal organizations; conducting legal research and drafting memorandum for judges and other family court stakeholders on behalf of FCLS. Drafting other legal documents such as subpoenas motions and reports summarizing legal history
Work with community service providers to coordinate receipt of court documents and reports and respond to discovery requests of family court stakeholders. Obtain documents from criminal court
May attend case conferences and share information between community service providers (i.e. healthcare providers educational providers therapeutic organizations and nonprofit organizations) family court participants and other ACS divisions to facilitate case resolution. Retrieve documents from the court
Screen cases for the intake process including checking LTS UCMS and criminal court records
Evaluate/access and respond to inquiries from ACS Divisions and Contract Agencies by reviewing CONNX records PH Reports Court Action Summaries LTS and/or UCMS in order to ensure that accurate and appropriate information is provided by FCLS
ADDITIONAL INFO:
Section 424A of the New York Social Services Law requires an authorized agency to inquire whether a candidate for employment with childcaring responsibilities has been the subject of a child abuse and maltreatment report.
TO APPLY:
Please go to www.cityjobs.nyc or www.nyc/ess for current NYC employees and search for Job ID#702120
NO PHONE CALLS FAXES OR PERSONAL INQUIRIES PERMITTED
NOTE: ONLY CANDIDATES UNDER CONSIDERATION WILL BE CONTACTED
COMMUNITY COORDINATOR 56058
Qualifications :
1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to the duties described above; or
2. High school graduation or equivalent and six years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to the duties as described above; or
3. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to 1 or 2 above. However all candidates must have at least one year of experience as described in 1 above.
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 :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
