Job Description

ONLY PERMANENT EMPLOYEES IN THE TITLE AND THOSE THAT ARE REACHABLE ON THE SPECIAL CONSULTANT (MHSS) CIVIL SERVICE LIST ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY.

Division/Program Summary:
The NYC Department of Health is expanding access to home visiting services to improve maternal and child health addressing racial and socioeconomic disparities. The program focuses on prenatal to postpartum care and reducing maternal morbidity and mortality. We seek a leader who can inspire and empower others to achieve these goals.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:
Guide and assist home visitors to ensure effective assessment and referral for social and mental health needs of eligible families.
Develop and implement strategies to successfully engage eligible families ensuring they are connected to resources that promote selfsufficiency.
Participate in a multidisciplinary team to identify resources address service gaps engage stakeholders and facilitate both internal and external training sessions.
Independently conduct home visits and perform assessments to ensure program interventions are delivered effectively including orienting counseling and training staff on psychosocial assessment and intervention techniques.
Conduct mental health assessments for clients and link them with appropriate services.
Assess refer and follow up with families to maintain a continuum of social support services and ensure connection to interventions.
Identify citywide and community resources establish and maintain linkages with community organizations and partners.
Act as a subject matter expert on social services and mental health providing technical assistance and training to program staff.
Keep detailed records and provide regular activity summaries using standardized data collection tools.
Represent the program during meetings with internal and external stakeholders.

Why you should work for us:

Benefits: City employees are entitled to unmatched benefits such as:
oa premiumfree health insurance plan that saves employees over $10K annually per a 2024 assessment.
oadditional health fitness and financial benefits may be available based on the positions associated union/benefit fund.
oa public sector defined benefit pension plan with steady monthly payments in retirement.
oa taxdeferred savings program and
oa robust Worksite Wellness Program that offers resources and opportunities to keep you healthy while serving New Yorkers.
Work From Home Policy: Depending on your position you may be able to work up to two days during the week from home.
Job Security you could enjoy more job security compared to private sector employment and be able to contribute to making NYC a healthy place to live and work.


Established in 1805 the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC Health Department) is the oldest and largest health department in the U.S. dedicated to protecting and improving the health of NYC. Our mission is to safeguard the health of every resident and cultivate a city where everyone regardless of age background or location can achieve their optimal health. We provide a wide array of programs and services focused on food and nutrition antitobacco support chronic disease prevention HIV/AIDS treatment family and child health environmental health mental health and social justice initiatives. As the primary population health strategist and policy authority for NYC with a rich history of public health initiatives and scientific advancements from addressing the 1822 yellow fever outbreak to the COVID19 pandemic we serve as a global leader in public health innovation and expertise.

Come join us and help to continue our efforts in making a difference in the lives of all New Yorkers!

Commitment to Equity:

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.

The NYC Health Department is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation to all individuals. To request reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process contact SyeEun Ahn Director of the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity at or.

Qualifications :

A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and either:
1. A Masters degree in Social Work from an accredited college or university in the school of social work or 60 graduate semester credits from an accredited university in social work psychology health rehabilitation public health psychiatric nursing or special education; plus one year of fulltime satisfactory experience providing direct care in a social psychiatric health mental ation/developmental disabilities or substance abuse/chemical dependency/alcoholism agency or in the administration of a
program providing direct care as described above or as a consultant on program planning or evaluation for such services; or


2. A Masters degree of at least 30 graduate semester credits from an accredited university in psychology sociology anthropology public health special education
psychiatric nursing counseling human services health rehabilitation public administration or business administration; plus two years of experience as described in 1 above; or


3. A satisfactory combination of education and/or experience. Candidates without either a Masters degree as described in 1 or 2 above or at least 60 graduate semester credits in the areas listed in 1 above must have at least:
a) a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and one year of actual experience as described in 1 above; plus
b) a satisfactory combination of: (i) graduate semester credits in the areas listed in 1 and 2 above; and/or (ii) additional experience as described in 1 above to equal 60 graduate semester credits or 2 years of experience. Graduate semester credits from an accredited university may be substituted for the experience in qualification 3 b) only on the basis of 30 graduate semester credits for each year of experience. Experience may be substituted for graduate semester credits in qualification 3 b) only on the basis of one year of experience for each 30 graduate semester credits.


NOTE: For assignment to Assignment Level II in addition to meeting the above qualification requirements all candidates must have one additional year of experience as described in 1 above.

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 :

Fulltime

Job Tags

Permanent employment, Full time, Remote job, 2 days per week,

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