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THE SELECTED CANDIDATE WILL BE OFFERED A SALARY BETWEEN $150000.00-$160000.00
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 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.
The Executive Office of DYFJ is responsible for leading the vision strategic planning and implementation for DYFJ and accordingly the NYC juvenile justice continuum. The Senior Advisor of Detention Strategies will be responsible for developing and implementing training and professional development programs providing enhanced conflict resolution and crisis management training and supporting facility leadership in corrective actions and staffing initiatives. They will be responsible for evaluating existing practices recommending improvements guiding changes and driving quality assurance and performance monitoring across two facilities. Their expertise in juvenile justice relationship building and implementing effective strategies will be essential to advance the agencys mission of serving the needs of young offenders and promoting rehabilitation and reintegration.
The selected candidate will be responsible for performing the following duties but not limited to:
- Develop and implement training programs for the detention facility staff including mandated internal training professional development and promotion training for tenured staff and new recruit onsite onboarding and acclimation.
- Provide enhanced training (conflict resolution crisis intervention de-escalation safe crisis management and incident command system training) as an alternative to use of force.
- Support facility leadership in developing corrective action and corrective action plans ensuring appropriate and measured implementation consistency and accountability across the staffing continuum.
- Develop staffing retention and professional development plans and support implementation integration and consistency in both facilities.
- Conduct comprehensive evaluations of existing detention staff engagement supervision and intervention practices programs and initiative and assessing their effectiveness efficiency and alignment with organizational objectives.
- Work closely with Policy Legal and Compliance teams to develop and recommend strategies to improve policies procedures and programs to better serve young offenders and the community.
- Identify areas for improvement propose strategic recommendations and monitor implementation.
- Support and guide the facility leadership through organizational change initiatives such as policy alignment program enhancements or systemic improvements.
- Drive quality assurance and quality controls to ensure consistency across facilities.
- Analyze data identify trends and provide recommendations for enhancing performance and achieving desired outcomes.
- Develop and implement Key Performance Indicator (KPI) frameworks to measure and monitor facility performance against established goals.
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#728876.
No phone calls faxes or personal inquiries permitted.
Note: Only candidates under consideration will be contacted.
DIRECTOR OF FIELD OPERATIONS ( - 95600
Qualifications :
1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of full-time satisfactory professional social services or related experience in organizations dealing directly with children and/or adolescents; such as (but not limited to) child welfare agencies Day-Care educational institutions mental health groups pediatrics juvenile justice. At least eighteen months of the required experience must be in a supervisor administrative managerial or executive capacity.
2. Education and/or experience equivalent to 1 above. However all candidates must have at least eighteen months of experience in a supervisory administrative managerial or executive capacity. A Masters degree in Social Work may be substituted for one year of the required general experience.
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
Employment Type
Full-time
