Fair Hearings Case Assistant

City of New York • New York, NY • 1h ago

Job Description

THE SELECTED CANDIDATE WILL BE OFFERED A SALARY BETWEEN $46,503 - $53,479.

THIS POSITION IS ONLY OPEN TO CANDIDATES WHO ARE PERMANENT (NOT PROVISIONAL) IN THE CIVIL SERVICE TITLE OF CLERICAL ASSOCIATE.

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 child care 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 Office of the General Counsel (OGC) provides legal representation and advice to the Commissioner and all divisions at ACS. OGC identifies areas of legal vulnerability and coordinates with other Divisions to ensure compliance with court orders, consent decrees, and other legal and regulatory mandates. OGC also works closely with the NYC Law Department to minimize risk and avoid litigation and defend ACS in class action and individual lawsuits. OGC is comprised of six legal units and two non-legal units.

The Fair Hearings & Compliance Unit (FHCU) is a litigation and compliance unit reporting to the ACS General Counsel. FHCU, under the supervision of the Associate General Counsel/Supervising Attorney, represents ACS before the NYS Office of Children and Family Services/Bureau of Special Hearings (OCFS/BSH) and before the NYS Office of Temporary Disabilities and Assistance in the following @types of administrative hearings and reviews: foster care payments, NY Social Services Law 422/424-a, adoption subsidy and kinship guardianship. FHCU also handles Article 78 Proceedings (CPLR) in NYS Supreme Court in which appellants seek to challenge administrative fair hearing decisions unfavorable to them.

The FHCU Case Assistant job duties will include:

Perform CONNECTIONS database search for relevant records.

Redact social services records found in the CONNECTIONS database and hardcopy records stored in the warehouse pursuant to Social Services Law, Public Health Law, and other Confidentiality Statutes.

Assist with trial preparation, including but not limited to redaction of case records, drafting subpoenas, summonses, correspondences and/or other forms and papers as requested by attorney staff.

Assist in performing legal research using Lexis Nexis among other reference materials.

Assist with legal research, including the retrieval of court decisions, statutes, regulations and other legal documents

Obtain court documents and records from all five boroughs.

Provide Administrative support to FHCU attorneys and staff including but not limited to copying, scanning, and mailing documents.

Respond to requests for information from staff and others by researching files and retrieving files from the warehouse; Enters files in WITS and coordinate the transfer/retrieval of files to/from the warehouse

Maintain appointment calendars by scheduling/ confirming appointments and recording/ updating time and nature of appointments

Maintain various FHCU case logs, including Article 78 and other proceedings.

Assist with data entry.

ADDITIONAL INFO

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.

TO APPLY

Please go to www.cityjobs.nyc.gov or www.nyc.gov/ess for current NYC employees and search for Job ID # 733935.

No phone calls, faxes or personal inquiries permitted.

Note: Only candidates under consideration will be contacted.

CLERICAL ASSOCIATE - 10251

Qualifications

Qualification Requirements

A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State's department of education or a recognized accrediting organization and one year of satisfactory clerical experience.

Skills Requirement

Keyboard familiarity with the ability to @type at a minimum of 100 key strokes (20 words) per minute.

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.

Salary Min: $ 46,503.00

Salary Max: $ 73,002.00

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