The goals of the Health Services Office at the Department of Social Services (DSS), are to improve the health and well-being of New Yorkers experiencing homelessness, reduce morbidity and mortality, thereby increasing their chances of succeeding in permanent housing and independent living, improving access to care and health outcomes for low-income and vulnerable populations.
The Office brings public health and evidence-based interventions to DSS in the areas of health, mental health, substance use and nutrition and our staff work with other divisions at DSS and with shelter and clinical providers on linkage to health services, coordination with hospitals and other health care providers, implement interventions, conduct programmatic research and evaluation and provide medical consultation.
DHS provides temporary emergency shelter to families with children in facilities throughout New York City. DHS is developing a new program to provide care coordination services for families with children clients to improve the stability of high-risk families experiencing homelessness and move them into permanent housing.
DHS is recruiting one (1) City Research Scientist III to function as a Family Care Coordination Assistant Director to develop, implement, monitor and evaluate the Family Care Coordination Program, as well as supervise program staff - and these positions’ functions are interchangeable. Under the supervision of the Assistant Commissioner of Behavioral Health, the Assistant Directors who will:
- Direct program development and research in the field of family with children health among people experiencing homelessness, by evaluating relevant research literature, selecting appropriate quantitative and qualitative research methods, and analyzing findings to evaluate and improve programs.
- Develop and train subordinate staff to use program standards, practice tools, training materials, and data collection instruments. Monitors and Evaluates job performance using standard performance metrics.
- Conduct program evaluation and uses findings to develop original ideas and new approaches to problems, by critically reviewing agency practices, identifying problems and designing innovative strategies to improve outcomes.
- Design and manage data informed quality improvement initiatives by developing performance metrics, documentation, and monitoring tools and dashboards; review and analyze data to prompt performance improvement.
- Monitor data obtained from social scientific research investigations, by analyzing reports and trends to determine that findings are based on valid reliable social research methods and prepares and presents regular reports on findings to agency leadership.
- Lead collaborations and workgroups with external agencies, including but not limited to other City agencies (e.g., ACS, HRA, DOHMH, H&H), State agencies (e.g., SDOH, SOMH, OASAS, OPWDD), community health, mental health, and managed care organizations around child mental health services at DHS.
Hours: M-F, 9:00AM - 5:00PM
CITY RESEARCH SCIENTIST - 21744