Position Summary:

JCCA is seeking a Permanency Coordinator to lead and accelerate permanency planning to meet ACS/OCFS targets, including overseeing all ICPC cases. The Coordinator will guide children and families through each step from permanency-goal change to finalization of Adoption or KinGAP and successful discharge.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead Permanency Planning & Case Progression

• Drive permanency outcomes by facilitating progress from goal change to final adoption or KinGAP discharge.
• Oversee ICPC cases, ensuring timely coordination and compliance.
• Lead Long Stayers/Permanency Review meetings—scheduling, guiding discussions, and documenting outcomes.
• Facilitate permanency conferences to identify challenges and solutions.

Lead Teams & Build Collaboration

• Conduct bi-weekly Adoption/KinGAP calls with FHS supervisors to advance permanency work across programs.
• Supervise Adoption/KinGAP Specialists and clerical support staff.
• Work closely with Reunification and Adoption Specialists to move cases smoothly through the ASFA timeline.

Ensure Legal & Procedural Alignment

• Partner with JCCA’s legal team to ensure a seamless pipeline from TPR filing to finalization.
• Coordinate with ACS and OCFS, serving as the agency’s ICPC liaison.
• Participate in monthly EFFC implementation calls and support agency discharge targets.

Drive Agency Permanency Success

• Monitor annual Adoption/KinGAP goals and support performance improvements.
• Collaborate with program leadership to ensure permanency goals are accurate, timely, and child-centered.
• Carry a small caseload and/or coordinate ICPC or Adoption/KinGAP cases as needed

*Work primarily out of the Brooklyn office with one day per week in the Bronx as needed.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in social work, human services or related field. Masters degree in relevant field preferred
• Must have previous leadership or administrative experience
• Must have in-depth knowledge of Foster Care and New York City Child Welfare system.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Strong people and interpersonal skills with the ability to work with very diverse groups of clients and staff
• Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks, and requests simultaneously
• Proficient with MS Office with the ability to learn new technology platforms
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to communicate and interact effectively at all levels of the organization;
• Ability to assign, and direct subordinate personnel in a manner conducive to productive performance
• An understanding of the impacts of institutional and structural racism on the child welfare system and in disadvantaged communities

Pay Rate: $55K -$60K ($30.22 -$32.97 per hour)