Intake and Assessment Specialist - NYC Administration for Children's Services : Job Details

The Administration for Childrens Services (ACS) protects and promotes the safety and well-being of New York Citys children and families by providing child welfare, juvenile justice, and early care services. In juvenile justice, ACS manages and funds services including detention and placement, intensive community-based alternatives for youth, and support services for families.

Under administrative direction, the Intake and Assessment Specialist will work within the DYFJs continuum to assess and identify the needs and strengths of youth for post-adjudicated placement.

Salary: $60,428.00. This position is only open to candidates who are permanent (not provisional) in the civil service title listed above.

• Perform day-to-day operations including the intake, assessment, matching, and placement of youth who are adjudicated as juvenile delinquents in New York City Family Court and placed with ACS under the Close-to-Home initiative.
• Once a judge issues a dispositional order, ensure a timely comprehensive intake and assessment including review and synthesis of pertinent court, legal, health, education, and social history documents, assessment of youth and family needs and strengths, coordinate collateral interviews in detention or in the community with youth, families, providers, and ACS personnel prior to the youths transfer from detention to residential placement, and appropriate match of youth to providers that can best cultivate their strengths and interests and address needs and risks over a period of no more than 15 calendar days, or as otherwise required by law.
• Maintain ongoing relationships and collaboration with DYFJs Confirm Unit, DYFJs Placement and Permanency Unit, detention DYFJ and contracted staff, attorneys, and court staff to ensure timely information relays and completion of screenings and assessments, matching of youth to providers, transfer of responsibility, and monitoring of youth to ACS-contracted placement providers and Placement and Permanency staff.
• Engage with DYFJs Detention, Operations, Placement and Permanency, Planning, Policy and Performance, and other ACS cross-divisional units, and ACS-contracted provider agencies to ensure appropriate coordination, oversight, monitoring, and technical support.
• Maintain an ongoing case tracking, data collection, and reporting system that informs the identification of placement trends, review of incidents, placement needs and capacity.
• Conduct interviews of families in their homes and other sites in the community, including frequent visits to off-site facilities where youth reside.
• Provide consistent evening coverage to maximize engagement of working families.

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college including or supplemented by 24 semester credits in one or a combination of the following fields: social work, psychology, sociology, human services, criminal justice, education (including early childhood), nursing, or cultural anthropology, with at least 12 of these credits in one discipline.

• Upon satisfactory completion of six months of training and experience at Assignment Level I, an employee shall be assigned to Assignment Level II.
• Upon completion of one year of satisfactory experience at Assignment Level II of Child Welfare Specialist and satisfactory completion of the probationary period an employee shall receive no less than the minimum salary after 18 months in title.
• To be appointed directly to Assignment Level II, a candidate must have, in addition to meeting the minimum qualification requirements set forth above, one year of satisfactory child welfare casework experience.

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 Educations website at

Residency Requirement: New York City Residency is not required for this position.

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.

Applications must be submitted electronically using the NYC Careers portal. For current city employees, go to Employee Self Service (ESS), Recruiting Activities, Careers and search for Job ID#611114. For all other applicants go to www.nyc.gov/careers and search for Job ID#611114. Click on the Apply button. If you do not have access to a computer, most public libraries have computers available for use. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.