Deputy City Attorney - Dependency & Mental Health Team - City Attorney's Office (8177)
Deputy City Attorney - Dependency & Mental Health Team - City Attorney's Office (8177)
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Job Description
About the Team
The Team is a collaborative and dynamic group of 14 attorneys two paralegals two legal secretaries and one legal assistant who handle two confidential court-based practices dependency and mental health (conservatorship and CARE Court) cases. In its dependency practice the Team represents the interests of abused and neglected children in San Francisco. There are nine dependency attorneys who advise the Citys Human Services Agency (Agency) prior to the filing of dependency petitions and represent the Agency in court in all phases of dependency litigation.
Every party to a dependency action both parents and the child has court appointed counsel. Any hearing can be set for contest from the initial hearing (detention hearing) jurisdiction and disposition review hearings (that occur every six months while parents receive reunification services) hearings to terminate services hearings to terminate parental rights and subsequent review hearings for youth who are in long term foster care or on a pre-adoption track. In dependency parents are afforded court-appointed counsel and may appeal any court finding with the exception of the detention hearing. Our appellate specialist handles all writs and appeals for both our dependency and mental health cases.
In its mental health practice the Team advises the Citys Public Conservator (PC) and represents them in court proceedings on Lanterman-Petris-Short conservatorships. They also represent the Citys Department of Public Health (DPH) in CARE Court proceedings.
Deputy City Attorney Position and Responsibilities
Attorneys assigned to dependency work juggle caseloads of close to 100 cases at various stages in the dependency process. In addition to working with social workers they work with professionals such as doctors (child abuse specialists) child psychologists and psychiatrists law enforcement and service providers. Our Team provides on going trainings for child welfare workers about the legal aspects of their practice and advises the Agency on requests for confidential child welfare records.
Qualifications :
Minimum Qualification
- Licensed to practice law in California.
Desired Qualifications
- Three or more years of litigation experience.
- Three or more years of dependency practice whether litigation or advice.
- Ability to assume responsibility quickly and work independently collaboratively and efficiently.
- Ability to manage a high volume fast paced caseload and adjust to occasional workload increases.
- Excellent oral and written communication and advocacy skills.
- Ability to exercise good judgment multi-task and meet deadlines.
- Strong interpersonal skills and a positive attitude.
- Commitment to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment.
- Desire and ability to work successfully as part of a team.
Verification
Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. If education verification is required information on how to verify education requirements including verifying foreign education credits or degree equivalency can be found at Falsifying ones education training or work experience or attempted deception on the application may result in disqualification for this and future job opportunities with the City and County of San Francisco.
All work experience education training and other information substantiating how you meet the minimum qualifications must be included on your application by the filing deadline. Information submitted after the filing deadline will not be considered in determining whether you meet the minimum qualifications.
Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a completed City and County of San Francisco application.
Applications completed improperly may be cause for ineligibility disqualification or may lead to lower scores.
Selection Procedures
The selection process will include evaluation of applications in relation to minimum requirements. Applicants meeting the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed advancement to the interview. Depending on the number of applicants the Department may establish and implement additional screening mechanisms to comparatively evaluate the qualifications of candidates. If this becomes necessary only those applicants whose qualifications most closely meet the needs of the Department will be invited to participate in the oral/performance interview.
Additional Information :
Salary and Benefits
The Deputy City Attorney position has a 16-step salary scale ranging from $153140 to $268320. The successful applicant is appointed to a salary step based on years of experience as a lawyer. The City offers robust health retirement and other benefits. For more information please visit: Attorneys are represented by the Municipal Attorneys Association. Information about compensation and benefits is available by entering Classification Code 8177 at Information Regarding Employment with the City and County of San Francisco:
- Information About the Hiring Process
- Conviction History
- Employee Benefits Overview
- Equal Employment Opportunity
- Disaster Service Worker
- ADA Accommodation
- Right to Work
- Copies of Application Documents
- Diversity Statement
HOW TO APPLY
Applications for City and County of San Francisco jobs are only accepted through an online process. Visit begin the application process.
- Select the Apply Now button and follow instructions on the screen
- Include your CA Bar Number in the education section on your application
- Upload a Cover Letter and a Resume
Applicants who advance in the selection process must submit two references and at least one writing sample.
Applicants may be contacted by email about this recruitment and therefore it is their responsibility to ensure that their registered email address is accurate and kept up-to-date. Also applicants must ensure that email from CCSF is not blocked on their computer by a spam filter. To prevent blocking applicants should set up their email to accept CCSF mail from the following addresses (@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and @).
Applicants will receive a confirmation email that their online application has been received in response to every announcement for which they file. Applicants should retain this confirmation email for their records. Failure to receive this email means that the online application was not submitted or received.
Human Resources Analyst Information: If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process please send your inquires to Jumy Dang Senior Human Resources Analyst at
The City and County of San Francisco encourages women minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex race age religion color national origin ancestry physical disability mental disability medical condition (associated with cancer a history of cancer or genetic characteristics) HIV/AIDS status genetic information marital status sexual orientation gender gender identity gender expression military and veteran status or other protected category under the law.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Employment Type
Full-time
