Child Care Inspector, Bureau of Childcare

Child Care Inspector, Bureau of Childcare

The Bureau of Child Care ensures that child care services in New York City operate in compliance with the New York City Health Code and New York State Social Service regulations and are licensed or permitted as required by law. The Bureau routinely monitors child care programs to protect the health and safety of children while in the child care environment and actively works to improve and expand access to high quality programs which support early childhood development and learning.

The Bureau of Child Care seeks to hire Child Care Inspectors (Public Health Sanitarian) to conduct inspections of child care programs throughout New York City and to enforce pertinent laws, rules and regulations. Duties will include but not be limited to:

• Conduct periodic inspections of childcare programs involving visual inspection of premises, review of documents and records field testing and sample collection
• Prepare reports using a handheld tablet to document inspection findings in a complete, clear, accurate and timely fashion
• Review findings with and instruct operators on regulatory compliance and remedial measures including but not limited to proper food handling, sanitation, vermin control and other areas of environmental health
• Issue court summonses and hearing notices and may close establishments in cases of imminent danger
• Determine site viability related to applications for permits to open a child care program under the NYC Health Code and/or NYS Regulations
• Conduct data collection and reporting activities for routine operations and for special studies and surveys
• Attend and testify at administrative hearings as representative of the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
• Travel throughout New York City using mass transit or a personal car and carry approximately 15 pounds of inspection equipment. Selected candidates will be expected to travel to Albany, NY for training and elsewhere throughout the State for an annual NYS Regulator's meeting. Expenses paid by the agency.

Preferred skills include strong communication, analytic and observational skills, ability to deduce potential impacts of conditions or assess risk, writing skills including the ability to adequately describe observations in detail, and computer skills including the use of mobile computing devices.