Senior Advisor for Investigations
Senior Advisor for Investigations
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THE SELECTED CANDIDATE WILL BE OFFERED A SALARY BETWEEN $150000.00 $156499.00
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 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 Office of Investigations is comprised of a team of former law enforcement investigators who have been deployed throughout ACS to support child protective investigations as well as the agencys work with youth. Under the direction of the Administration for Childrens Services (ACS) Commissioner with very wide latitude for the exercise of independent initiative and judgment the Senior Advisor for Investigations will oversee experienced Investigators placed in each ACS borough office to assist Child Protective workers as they conduct thorough and often complicated investigations.
The Senior Advisor will review and amend as necessary all ACS practices and procedures regarding investigatory practice and help to improve ACS frontline investigatory practice to ensure child safety. The Senior Advisor will also oversee the Office of Safety First which provides assistance to mandated reporters including staff from schools foster care and preventive service providers and early care and education programs that have concerns about the progress of a current or closed child protective investigation. In addition the office addresses ongoing safety concerns and facilitate partnerships between ACS staff and mandated reporters.
Specific duties will include:
Direct the Protection Agents (Investigative Consultants) activities to assist staff performing child welfare/protective work and making decisions on appropriate action to be taken regarding investigations
Direct the training and development of staff in child welfare investigative techniques
Ensure that ACS frontline staff is aware of and utilizes best practices in child welfare investigations
Collaborate with law enforcement officials City agencies and other important partners to ensure strong child welfare investigation practice and that all appropriate resources
are available to ACS frontline staff
Ensure that Instant Response Team Managers and Coordinators are properly enhancing cases that fit the IRT Protocol
TO APPLY:
APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY USING ONE OF THE OPTIONS BELOW:
Please go to or for current NYC employees and search for Job ID #712650
NO PHONE CALLS FAXES OR PERSONAL INQUIRES PERMITTED
NOTE: ONLY THOSE CANDIDATES UNDER CONSIDERATION WILL BE CONTACTED
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
THE SELECTED CANDIDATE WILL BE OFFERED A SALARY BETWEEN $150000.00 $156499.00
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.
SR ADVISOR FOR INVESTIGATIONS 95076
Qualifications :
1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and six years of satisfactory fulltime experience in the field of investigations auditing law enforcement criminal justice or in a major operational area of the agency in which the appointment is to be made 18 months of which must have been in an administrative managerial or executive capacity or supervising a staff performing investigations or related work; or
2. Educational and/or experience which is equivalent to 1. However all candidates must have 18 months of experience in an administrative managerial executive or supervisory capacity 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
