Engagement Facilitator
Engagement Facilitator
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THE SELECTED CANDIDATE WILL BE OFFERED A SALARY BETWEEN $66062.00$75971.00.
THIS POSITION IS ONLY OPEN TO CANDIDATES WHO ARE PERMANENT (NOT PROVISIONAL) IN THE CIVIL SERVICE TITLE OF PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSOCIATE.
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 Division of Youth and Family Justice (DYFJ) provides a wide range of services and programs for youth at every stage of the juvenile justice process. Our goals are to (a) build stronger and safer communities and advance public safety by preventing juveniles from entering the New York Citys juvenile justice system (b) provide therapeutic treatment and services to youth in our custodial care and (c) help juveniles access the tools they need to leave the justice system for good. We strive to help families and young people by providing supportive services that are responsive to the needs of individual youth and families. DYFJ also oversees a wide network of providers throughout the five boroughs that operate NonSecure and Limited Secure Placement sites for youth who are adjudicated delinquent and are placed by the New York City Family Court and a vast network of communitybased alternative programs for youth involved in or at risk for involvement in the Juvenile Justice system.
Under general direction the Engagement Facilitator Specialists are responsible for the coordination and facilitation of secure detention resident youth contact and interaction with their families legal representatives and communitybased stakeholders to support the youths adjustment to the detention environment promote long lasting connections and ensure continuity of service upon release/discharge.
Specific duties include but are not limited to:
Schedule youth resident inperson and virtual visits with youths families and attorneys. Includes cross referencing external specialty medical appointments and court appearances with special visits
Facilitate visitation including coverage of the visiting desk and virtual visitation
Complete and maintain visitation log
Print and maintain special visit forms and deliver forms/list to the Tour Commanders mailbox daily
Organize and maintain intake packets for family distribution by designated case management staff
Sort and distribute incoming mail as necessary
Collaborate with other units and departments within the detention milieu as a member of an interdisciplinary team to ensure the proper coordination of activities and events including visitation resident youth interviews education and vocational programming medical and mental health services and enrichment programming and recreation
Maintain collaborative relationships with entities persons and agencies responsible for the permanency and wellbeing of youth in ACS care and custody
Maintain data collection and reporting that informs the identification of visitation trends incident reviews and development of related policies and procedures within secure detention
Special Note:
Candidates must be willing to work Monday Friday 12pm8pm including earlier schedules on holidays during visitation.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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 or for current NYC employees and search for Job ID #605370.
No phone calls faxes or personal inquiries permitted.
Note: Only candidates under consideration will be contacted.
PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSOC 10124
Qualifications :
1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and three years of satisfactory fulltime progressively responsible clerical/administrative experience one year of which must have been in an administrative capacity or supervising staff performing clerical/administrative work of more than moderate difficulty; or
2. An associate degree or 60 semester credits from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory fulltime progressively responsible clerical/administrative experience including one year of the administrative supervisory experience described in 1 above; or
3. A fouryear high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a States department of education or a recognized accrediting organization and five years of satisfactory fulltime progressively responsible clerical/administrative experience including one year of the administrative supervisory experience as described in 1 above;
4. Education and/or experience equivalent to 1 2 or 3 above. However all candidates must possess the one year of administrative or supervisory experience as described in 1 above. Education above the high school level may be substituted for the general clerical/administrative experience (but not for the one year of administrative or supervisory experience described in 1 above) at a rate of 30 semester credits from an accredited college for 6 months of experience up to a maximum of 3 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 :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
