About the Role
This role is a field-based, clinical support position focused on providing direct therapeutic interventions, behavioral management, and daily care coordination for children with complex needs within the foster care system. The specialist serves as a critical bridge between the treatment team, foster parents, and community resources to promote stability, skill development, and family reunification.
What You’ll Do
· To provide direct services to children assess as needing therapeutic services.
· Attend FTC and other related case conferences for children assessed as needing clinical support
· Assists foster parents and children in carrying out our treatment plan.
· Make home visits and collateral contacts to meet ACS and OCFS requirements.
· Provide in home and in community behavior management, therapeutic and developmental support to children with complex needs.
· Support specific behavioral goals as developed by treatment team.
· Create, develop, and implement daily experiences for the children that promote self-esteem, socialization skills, prepare children for family unification.
· Performs child/youth care functions relevant to daily home care, ADL skills, scheduling and setting plan for respite, crisis intervention.
· Document progress notes in CONNECTIONS
· Other related duties as assigned by supervisor.
Your Qualifications
- BA/BS, Degree with 2 years’ experience working with children and families,
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Computer Proficient, Knowledge of Connections
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) a plus
Supervisory Responsibility:
No
Work Environment:
- Field
- Office
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:
This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are Monday through Friday in our Headquarters at 1333 Broadway office in Midtown Manhattan. Work hours are 9:00 am - 5:00 pm.
Additional Requirements:
- Authorized to work in the U.S.
- Ability to work in-person in New York City (NY) for at least 3 days or more per week.
- Ability to travel to other Rising Ground sites (if required).
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
It is the policy of Rising Ground that the Agency wholly complies with equal treatment of all employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination as to an individual’s perceived or actual race, creed, color, national origin, alienate, citizenship status, gender, age, disability, marital status, partnership status, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, or veteran status in all employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, training and apprenticeship, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, layoff and termination and all other terms and conditions of employment.
Skills Required
- BA/BS Degree with 2 years experience working with children and families
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Computer Proficient, Knowledge of Connections
- Bilingual (English/Spanish)
What We Do
Driven by the belief that each of us can thrive when life has hope and opportunity, Rising Ground provides caring support and proven paths to positive change, helping children, adults, and families rise above adversity. With an annual budget of $203 million and 101 programs at 138 sites throughout the New York City and lower Westchester area, we deliver dedicated support to promote safe environments for children and help families thrive through our family stabilization, family foster care and adoption programs; innovative special educational programs that advance learning from early childhood through high school; result-focused programs that help court-involved youth change the trajectory of their lives; caring services that promote independence for children and adults with developmental disabilities; and pro-active community health initiatives that foster well-being. Across programs, we continually engage new, innovative techniques and implement evidence-based models to increase our impact and promote better outcomes.
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