Borough Commissioner

THIS POSITION IS ONLY OPEN TO INTERNAL ACS APPLICANTS.

THE SELECTED CANDIDATE WILL BE OFFERED A SALARY OF $166,987.

The Administration for Children’s 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 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 Division of Child Protection (DCP) is charged with investigating all allegations of child abuse and maltreatment that the City of New York receives from the New York Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment. The Division of Child Protection encompasses Child Protective and Placement Services. Child Protective Services include the Child Protective Borough Offices, Family Preservation and Family Services Unit, Emergency Children’s Services (ECS), and the Office of Special Investigations (OSI).

The New York City Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) is seeking an outstanding candidate to serve as the Borough Commissioner/ Assistant Commissioner for the Bronx North Borough office within the Division of Child Protection (DCP). The Borough Commissioner will report to the Deputy Commissioner of Child Protection and be responsible for overseeing all operations and administration of the Borough office. With wide latitude to exercise independent judgment and decision making, each Borough Commissioner is responsible for ensuring that mandated investigations of reports of child abuse and neglect are initiated upon receipt from the State Central Registry (SCR).

The Borough Commissioner will be responsible for the following:

- Oversee Deputy director and Managers who are accountable for activities of several units of Child Protective workers providing a broad range of protective, foster care and preventive services
- Ensure the provision of crisis intervention and preventive services to families identified as being at risk
- Ensure that each unit within the borough is sufficiently staffed, equipped, trained and capable of carrying out its responsibilities in accordance with applicable law, rules, regulations, and policy
- Oversee the implementation of agency policy and operational systems within the borough to ensure the effective delivery of services including Connections and all management compliance systems
- Implement and monitor necessary management controls and accountable for the evaluations of subordinate supervisors
- Take the necessary steps to improve the quality of services and carry out other administrative assignments as required
- Resolve procedural, personnel and overall operational problems within the borough
- Design and oversee the implementation of creative solutions to management and case practice issues within the borough
- Represent the agency before the City Council and /or other executive bodies
- Exemplify leadership skills of effective communication, modeling, coaching, educating and support to foster quality supervision with the borough staff on a consistent basis

Preferred Skills

The preferred candidate should possess the following:
- Record of proven managerial or supervisory accomplishments in child protection, or a closely related human service field
- Master of Social Work degree or Master’s degree in a related discipline
- Excellent communications skills
- Ability to deal tactfully and effectively with diverse constituencies at all levels.
- Extensive understanding of child welfare issues
- Knowledge of the NY State Connections comprehensive case management system, or other automated child welfare system
- Familiarity working with NYC’s diverse communities
- Experience and ability to step into an existing unit and assume all responsibility quickly
- Bilingual ability to communicate clearly in Spanish or other languages is considered a plus for this position

TO APPLY:

- Please go to www.cityjobs.nyc.gov or www.nyc.gov/ess for current NYC employees and search for Job ID #725485

- NO PHONE CALLS, FAXES, OR PERSONAL INQUIRES PERMITTED

- NOTE: ONLY THOSE CANDIDATES UNDER CONSIDERATION WILL BE CONTACTED


ADDITIONAL INFO:

The City of New York and the Administration for Children’s Services are inclusive equal opportunity employers 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 individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.

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.

DIRECTOR OF FIELD OPERATIONS ( - 95600

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 Master's degree in Social Work may be substituted for one year of the required general experience.

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 individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.