The Administration for Children's Services (ACS) protects and promotes the safety and well-being of New York City's 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 general supervision, with wide latitude for independent action and decision, the Close to Home Placement and Permanency Specialist (PPS) will play a critical role in ensuring the success of a youth's placement with a Non-Secure or Limited-Secure Placement provider, including implementation, coordination and monitoring of youth's care while in placement and through aftercare. These are youth who have been adjudicated Juvenile Delinquents by NYS Family Court.

The Placement and Permanency Specialist (PPS) responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Effective case management for youth throughout the term of placement and therapeutic aftercare services to ensure quality case practice and adherence to release conditions.
- Coordinate the work with placement providers, youth and families, or other resources to ensure youth's physical, mental and emotional needs are being met and ensure that consistent permanency and discharge planning is occurring.
- Assist in the formulation of a service plan for the youth, by assessing the youth's needs by obtaining personal social data, conferring with medical/psychiatric or other relevant professional consultants as required and submitting appropriate forms.
- Ensure that the placement provider coordinates with appropriate community-based aftercare services and that there is an appropriate educational transition plan for the youth upon release.
- Monitor the length of stay for each youth in placement and assisting with identifying and resolving barriers throughout placement and aftercare.
- Coordinate with ACS Family Court Legal Services (FCLS) to ensure Extensions of Placement Petitions and any other legal documents are filed as necessary.
- Coordinate with placement providers to ensure documentation is adequate for any court petitions or hearings.
- Draft reports for court, when necessary, regarding the youth's history, assessment of underlying issues and any recommendations including an extension of placement.
- With the supervisors' approval, recommend or disapprove movement of youth between facilities and documenting decisions in Connections, Juvenile Justice Information System (JJIS), and/or any other system of record.
- Coordinate with other divisions within ACS to track and record unusual incidents and follow up with the youth and the provider as necessary.
- In coordination with a supervisor, conducting case conferences to analyze each youth's progress in residential placement as well as therapeutic aftercare services; meeting with the youth and the family once the youth is placed in aftercare services.
- Answer mail/telephone inquiries from providers/courts/other interested parties, by referring to case records/files/procedures, in order to advise/inform parties of current status of each case.
- Coordinate assessment, under close supervision, with the aftercare provider, regarding whether a youth's aftercare service needs to be revoked and the youth needs re-placement based on the youth's behavior in the community and cooperation with services.
- Coordinate with FCLS regarding any legal documents that may be necessary for a revocation hearing.
- Enter updates and retrieve case information in Connections, JJIS, Prevention Organizational Management Information System (PROMIS), and other electronic information storage systems.
- Complete administrative functions, including timely documentation and data entry.

Note, candidate must be willing to travel to contract agencies within the five boroughs and adjacent areas.

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to the duties described above; or
2. High school graduation or equivalent and six years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to the duties as described above; or
3. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1" or "2" above. However, all candidates must have at least one year of experience as described in "1" above.

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 https://studentaid.gov/pslf/

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.

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.