Overview

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 ur 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.Salary: $16.07 / hour Ideal per diem/as needed position where you can work up to 20 hours a week providing vocational/interpersonal & prosocial activities. Full compensation to include: direct client care, travel time, all agency specific task {supervision, individual/group meetings, all staff meeting}. This position is a perfect match for those who are in the field of education, coaching, mentoring. This position provides flexibility where you get to set your own hours and work remotely from the community or in the office. Salary: $15/hr

Responsibilities

Reports to assigned program supervisor or covering supervisor.

• Engage young adults with skills training activities twice a week. Skills training areas are directly related to the goals of the client's treatment plan, and may include behavior management skills, communication skills, coping skills, problem solving, educational, or vocational skills.
• Engage clients in recreational activities each week
• Conduct role plays and practice new skills with clients
• Deliver incentives to reinforce clients for positive behavior and new skills learned
• Follow modules from the Coach binders developed by the MST-EA Consultant
• Focus and build on clients’ positive attributes
• Engage the social network in supporting clients
• Follow directives by the MST-EA Therapist and Supervisor
•  Provide documentation of each visit with clients
• Provide weekly oral and/or written reports to the MST-EA Supervisor on activities completed with clients
• Participate in supervision with the MST-EA Supervisor
• Attend all required trainings per agency and model requirements
• Participate in all meetings as required by the MST-EA program and agency
• Perform all duties in accordance with the agency’s policies and procedures
• Adopts a strength focused approach with families, stakeholder, and within the program/treatment team. Maintain collaborative relationships with funders, referral sources, and community providers
• Ability to accompany families/clients to psychiatric appointment and other community needs appointment.
• Manages the extensive travel requirements
• Provides 24/7 coverage during the week and participates on a weekend on-call rotational schedule
• Perform all duties in accordance with the agency’s policies and procedures
• Other duties as assigned

Organizational expectations include:

• Regular and punctual time and attendance, and adherence to The Foundling's and your department’s specific time and attendance policies and protocol.
• Consistent demonstrated commitment to The Foundling's BHAG, mission, vision and values (Compassion, Dignity, Family and Community, Diversity, Excellence).
• Adherence to The Foundling's employee policies, Code of Conduct and applicable rules, laws, regulations or bargaining agreements.
• Appropriate engagement with support departments to ensure appropriate and timely hiring, performance management, investigation, discipline, suspension, and restructuring decisions concerning direct reports. Regular supervision and performance evaluation of direct reports.
• Any other duties and/or tasks that may be assigned.

Requirements:

• High School diploma or General Educational Development (GED) certificate required
• Successfully working or in college required
• Experience working with the population preferred
• Must have a valid driver’s license and be able to provide transportation
• Must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily

Preferred Experience:

• Direct use of pragmatic (i.e., structural, strategic and functional) family therapies Individual therapy with children and adults using cognitive behavioral techniques Marital therapy using behaviorally-based approaches Substance abuse treatment for adults and children using behaviorally-based approaches Behavioral therapy targeting behavioral change in children at home and school Trauma treatment for adults and children using exposure and cognitive therapiesImplementation of interventions within or between systems in the family’s natural ecology (i.e., family, peer, school, and neighborhood)

Preferred Knowledge:

• Family systems theory and application
• Social ecological theory and application
• Behavioral therapies theory and application
• Cognitive-behavioral therapy theory and application particularly in the areas of trauma treatment and anger management
• Exposure based cognitive behavioral trauma treatment
• Pragmatic family therapies theory and application
• Child development research and its application in treatment
• Research on child physical abuse and neglect
• Social skills assessment and intervention

Preferred Core Competencies:

• Ability to engage clients
• Willingness and ability to be strengths focused
• Ability to problem solve and make decisions
• Willingness to advocate for caregiver, youth, and family
• Ability to manage stress and self-care
• Appreciation, respect, and understanding for teamwork and company systems
• Ability to maintain high level of self-awareness
• Ability to be comfortable with cultural differences; to relate in ways that are respectful, strength-focused, and culturally sensitive

Salary: $16.07 / hour

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.

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.

Qualifications

Education Required?YesDegreeHS Graduate or EquivalentMajorLicense/Certification Required?YesLicense/CertificationDriver's License