Director of Developmental Monitoring, Bureau of Early Intervention - New York City, NY : Job Details

* Open to candidates who are permanent in the civil service title of Health Services Manager or for provisional hire to candidates who meet the minimum qualification requirements for Consultant (Early Childhood Education).

Established in 1805, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (the NYC Health Department) is the oldest and largest health department in the country. Our mission is to protect and improve the health of all New Yorkers, in service of a vision of a city in which all New Yorkers can realize their full health potential, regardless of who they are, how old they are, where they are from, or where they live.

As a world-renowned public health agency with a history of building transformative public health programming and infrastructure, innovating in science and scholarship to advance public health knowledge, and responding to urgent public health crises from New York City's yellow fever outbreak in 1822, to the COVID-19 pandemic we are a hub for public health innovation, expertise, and programs, and services. We serve as the population health strategist, and policy, and planning authority for the City of New York, while also having a vast impact on national and international public policy, including programs and services focused on food and nutrition, anti-tobacco support, chronic disease prevention, HIV/AIDS treatment, family and child health, environmental health, mental health, and racial and social justice work, among others.

Our Agency's five strategic priorities, building off a recently-completed strategic planning process emerging from the COVID-19 emergency, are:

1) To re-envision how the Health Department prepares for and responds to health emergencies, with a focus on building a response-ready organization, with faster decision-making, transparent public communications, and stronger surveillance and bridges to healthcare systems 2) Address and prevent chronic and diet-related disease, including addressing rising rates of childhood obesity and the impact of diabetes, and transforming our food systems to improve nutrition and enhance access to healthy foods

3) Address the second pandemic of mental illness including: reducing overdose deaths, strengthening our youth mental health systems, and supporting people with serious mental illness

4) Reduce black maternal mortality and make New York a model city for women's health

5) Mobilize against and combat the health impacts of climate change

Our 7,000-plus team members bring extraordinary diversity to the work of public health. True to our value of equity as a foundational element of all of our work, and a critical foundation to achieving population health impact in New York City, the NYC Health Department has been a leader in recognizing and dismantling racism's impacts on the health of New Yorkers and beyond. In 2021, the NYC Board of Health declared racism as a public health crisis. With commitment to advance anti-racist public health practices that dismantle systems that perpetuate inequitable power, opportunity and access, the NYC Health Department continues to work in and with communities and community organizations to increase their access to health services and decrease avoidable health outcomes.

PROGRAM AND JOB DESCRIPTION:

Via the collaborative oversight support of the Assistant Director and Office Manager, the Director will provide daily administrative leadership of the Early Childhood Developmental Monitoring Unit by executing the following duties and responsibilities:

* Early Childhood Developmental Monitoring: Direct and supervise a team of Developmental Monitoring Specialists utilizing established systems to ensuring timely and accurate administration, dissemination, scoring and reporting of results of Ages and Stages Questionnaires to families of childbirth to agree three at risk of developmental delays or disabilities as define in NYS regulations and Public Health Law.

* ACS Hotline: Ensure infants and toddlers with a substantiated case of abuse or neglect access Early Intervention seamlessly.

* Newborn Hearing Screening: Ensure that infants and toddlers who fail or do not receive a newborn hearing screening have the opportunity to receive another screening, and gain access to Early Intervention services when appropriate.

* Lead Follow-up: Ensure children with an elevated blood lead level has access to ongoing developmental screening and a referral for multidisciplinary evaluation when needed.

* Maximize participation in Early Intervention and Developmental Monitoring amongst families of children born with conditions that auto quality for the Early Intervention Program, including Low Birth Weight

* Ensuring use of best practices in team members' interactions with families and partners

* Using data to monitor compliance with mandated timelines.

* Monitoring use and reviewing results of the Ages and Stages Questionnaire.

* Collaborating with other agency and programmatic partners including the Administration for Children's Services (ACS), Healthy Homes program, the office of vital statistic, and the five Bureau of Early Intervention Regional Offices to ensure appropriate referral of children.

* Engaging in continuous quality improvement activities to improve unit operations, relationships with external partners and the rate of return of Ages and Stages Questionnaires.

* Promoting equity in services and in Unit operations.

* Serving as a member of the Bureau's Leadership Team, providing input on Bureau decisions, and collaborating with colleagues.

IMPORTANT NOTES TO ALL CANDIDATES:

Please note: If you are called for an interview you will be required to bring to your interview copies of original documentation, such as:

* A document that establishes identity for employment eligibility, such as: A Valid U.S. Passport, Permanent Resident Card/Green Card, or Driver's license.

* Proof of Education according to the education requirements of the civil service title.

* Current Resume

* Proof of Address/NYC Residency dated within the last 60 days, such as: Recent Utility Bill (i.e. Telephone, Cable, Mobile Phone)

Additional documentation may be required to evaluate your qualification as outlined in this posting's Minimum Qualification Requirements section. Examples of additional documentation may be, but not limited to: college transcript, experience verification or professional trade licenses.

If after your interview you are the selected candidate you will be contacted to schedule an on-boarding appointment. By the time of this appointment you will be asked to produce the originals of the above documents along with your original Social Security card.

LOAN FORGIVENESS

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education's website at StudentAid.gov/PSLF.

FINAL APPOINTMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT & BUDGET APPROVAL

Minimum Qualifications

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and five years of full-time professional satisfactory experience acquired within the last fifteen years, in a health services setting such as a laboratory, hospital, or other patient care facility, or in a public health, environmental health, or mental hygiene program, at least 18 months of which must have been in a managerial capacity, consisting of managerial experience clearly demonstrating the ability to perform difficult and responsible managerial work, requiring independent decision-making concerning program management, planning, allocation of resources, and the scheduling and assignment of work.

2. Education and/or experience equivalent to 1 above. Education may be substituted for experience on the basis that each 30 graduate semester credits from an accredited college in hospital administration, public health, public administration, business administration, management or administration can be substituted for one year of non-managerial experience up to a maximum of 60 semester credits for two years. However, all candidates must have a minimum of a baccalaureate degree and 18 months of managerial experience as described in 1 above.

Preferred Skills

* Extensive knowledge of early child development -Extensive experience in early childhood social service and/or educational settings, 0-3 preferred -Experience working with children with disabilities or at high risk for disabilities and their families preferred -Experience with administering and scoring the Ages and Stages Questionnaire or similar screening instrument highly preferred. -Experience with the NYC foster care system is a plus -Experience with the Early Intervention Program is a plus -Experience managing a large team with multiple units -Ability to balance competing priorities and meet goals with existing resources -Outstanding verbal communication skills, including phone communication, and excellent writing skills -Team orientation and commitment to working collaboratively with colleagues and staff to advance the goals of the Early Intervention Program and Developmental Monitoring -Ability to use data for managing work and teams, including generating data reports for Bureau management -Bilingual Spanish is a plus

55a Program

This position is also open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate at the top of your resume and cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position through the 55-a Program.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education's website at

Residency Requirement

New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.

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