At The New York Foundling, we trust in the power and potential of people, and we deliberately invest in proven practices. From bold beginnings in 1869, our New York-based nonprofit has supported hundreds of thousands of our neighbors on their own paths to stability, strength, and independence. We help children and families navigate through and beyond foster care. We help families struggling with conflict and poverty grow strong. We help individuals with developmental disabilities live their best lives, and we help our neighbors access quality health and mental health services—core to building lifelong resilience and wellbeing. Together, our interrelated programs provide a whole-person, whole-family, and whole-life approach that unlocks solutions for a lifetime.
ResponsibilitiesMentors and Coaches work with youth to instill core values such as problem solving, communication, responsibilities, and time management to address problematic behavior and encourage change.
Job Responsibilities:
- Provide home based services to youths via individual or group sessions to decrease risk and safety factors and meet their goals and needs.
- Engage primary caregivers and other key participants throughout treatment to engage in sessions and overcome barriers to engagement when they arise to ensure successful goal attainment.
- Complete timely and accurate documentation of session progress and collateral notes in all databases that includes Evolv, Connections, Promis and/or Care4 to support treatment fidelity, tracking, and planning.
- Establish and maintain collaborative working relationships with colleagues, community providers and model/external stakeholders to connect families to resources and support ongoing treatment communication and collaboration for effective treatment planning.
- Continuously assess for families safety, addressing crises, completing safety plans and incident reports in a timely manner as necessary to ensure the safety and well-being of all families served by the program with an emphasis on decreasing system involvement (could include after hour/on call support).
- Conduct intake through the completion of initial assessments and gather essential consent forms for new cases, ensuring timely case openings, completeness of information and family understanding of services to achieve a smooth start to treatment.
- Participate in group, individual supervisions, trainings, all staff meetings and community outreach events to strengthen professional development, skill growith, group cohesion and community visibility.
- Provide case coverage for peers, as needed, to ensure consistent clinical support within the team.
The New York Foundling is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse employee population, the Foundling will honor your experiences, perspectives and unique identity. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable and welcoming.
QualificationsBachelor's degree in Human/Social Service related field (including education, psychology, social work, or a related subject area).
- Must have 2 years of relevant experience in child welfare, social services, or a related field and a desire to work with children and families.
- Excellent writing, communication, interpersonal, problem-solving, time management and organizational skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team. Proven self-management abilities including meeting deadlines, prioritizing multiple tasks efficiently, timely completion of documentation and maintaining accurate and up-to-date case records.
- Ability to work effectively with a diverse, multidisciplinary team and connect with a diverse client population to engage them in services throughout treatment.
- Ability to receive and execute feedback to professionally grow and/or improve and be flexible with programmatic needs and changes. Ability to manage stress, self-care and maintain a high level of self-awareness.
- An understanding and commitment to complying with the New York State Central Register of Abuse and Neglect protocol (requirement to report any suspected abuse, maltreatment or neglect of any child).
- Must be comfortable and able to travel and visit families in their homes and perform safety assessments.
- Demonstrated strong commitment to safety.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree from a U.S.-accredited institution or credential evaluation for a non-U.S. institution
- Bachelor's degree in human or social services, education, psychology, social work, or a related field
- Two years of relevant experience in child welfare, social services, or a related field
- Desire to work with children and families
- Strong writing, communication, interpersonal, problem-solving, time management, and organizational skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Ability to manage multiple tasks, meet deadlines, complete documentation, and maintain accurate case records
- Ability to work effectively with diverse, multidisciplinary teams and client populations
- Ability to receive and apply feedback and adapt to programmatic changes
- Ability to manage stress, practice self-care, and maintain self-awareness
- Understanding and commitment to New York State Central Register of Abuse and Neglect reporting protocols
- Ability to travel and visit families in their homes and conduct safety assessments
- Strong commitment to safety
What We Do
The New York Foundling is a nonprofit social-services organization that helps children, youth, adults, and families achieve safety, stability, strength, and independence. Its whole-person, whole-family programs span child welfare, developmental disabilities, education, behavioral and mental health, and juvenile and criminal justice services. Through direct support, advocacy, and evidence-based programs, it works to strengthen families and communities and help people reach their full potential.
