Under the supervision of the Assistant Vice President (AVP) or covering AVP:
- Responsible for meeting with youth and family to develop individual success plans inclusive of the youth and
family’s goals, needs and wishes. In addition, the Social Worker can provide mental health counseling to
youth and family if that has been identified as a needed support. - Works with youth directly for 5 to 8 hours per week to discuss the youth’s goals, provide support in using the
extra learning, offer academic guidance (including on topics such as managing study time, sequential
learning, staying focused, and getting to know their learning style), help coach them in developing important
life skills (social skills, decision-making skills, health and safety, computer skills, etc.), and encourage
community/civic involvement. - Identifies various resources and supports that will help meet the individual needs of each youth and family.
- Provides mentoring success among high-risk populations, and includes one-on-one and group mentoring,
tutoring, life skills training, college preparation, and youth leadership training. - Responsible for the assigned caseload to build proficiency to the model and/or reach model fidelity, and
meeting the documentation requirement - Responsible for getting to know the participants’ teachers, peers, and family and make visits home to discuss
problems and find solutions. - Engages the youth by working with them to develop a plan, and providing them with rewards and
encouragement as they work toward their goal(s). - Undertakes advocacy and outreach with parents, teachers, the criminal justice system and other institutions
- Collaborates as team players and empower youth to do the same;
- Retains strong ties to the community;
- Organizes effectively to meet agency deadline and weekly contact requirements;
- Attends coaching and mentoring and group supervision with the supervisor at the main office, alternate
office, or in the community as needed. Come ready in supervision having planned and prep for supervision - Works closely with the social worker and supervisor to effectively support the youth and their families.
- Ensures adherence to all agency, City and State regulations and policies.
- Conduct intake, psychosocial, and on-going assessment, and developing treatment plan. Intakes and
psychosocial to be completed within program timelines and expectations. - Responsible for timeliness of documentation and data entry while maintaining confidential client records, and
meeting program deadlines. - Maintains clear, concise and accurate clinical approved documentation of treatment efforts that promote peer
and supervisory review and feedback, and that demonstrates compliance with evidenced based clinical model,
OMH, and meeting our agency’s expectation (i.e. Benefit Assignments, diagnosis, treatment plan, progress
notes, and on) - Assures documentation (data entry) for contacts, incidents, and reports are submitted timely (as indicated by
program). - Adopts a strength focused approach with families, stakeholder, and within the program/treatment team.
- Communicate advances and barriers experienced with the clients, team, and stakeholders, including
escalating any feedback received regarding own areas of improvement, to the supervisor - Plays an active role in development a Development plan that is tracked monthly to Quarterly.
- Participates in consultation with model developer consultant.
- Maintains communication with supervisor and escalate any incidents related to clients and/or staff and
complies with agency incident reporting policy. - Participates in all model program training, supervision and consultation activities
- Builds a relationship with the schools, FAP, and other stakeholder to ensure collaboration and proactive communication.
- Available 24/7 for the team and participates in weekend on-call rotation.
- Provides coverage support as needed to peers/team members at the main office, community, or other site.
- Able to respond to the needs of the team and program by shifting schedule to support
- Conducts presentation at stakeholder meeting on the program and services as needed
- Splits time between the main office and other offices, community based on meeting needs and client services needs
- Attends staff meeting and agency activities.
- Attends required training set by program, funding source, agency, and continued commitment to professional development
- 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
Salary Range: $50,872.50 - 58172.50/year
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.
