Sr. LifeSet Specialist

Fostering Talent, Changing Lives

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.

The Sr YV LifeSet Specialist role is to support YAs become self-sufficient by assisting in locating and learning how to use community resources such as housing, employment and education. The Sr LifeSet Specialist will also assist the supervisor in leading a team of specialists utilizing the LifeSet model.

$60,672-$66,205 

1. Engage YA w/ a background in Child Welfare by building & maintaining trusting relationship with a caseload of 8-10 YAs 

2. Conduct weekly sessions to provide support & service planning with YAs as well as conduct monthly assessments by developing monthly service plans to address treatment planning with YAs

3. The ability to establish and maintain collaborative working relationships with colleagues, & stakeholders in the community 

4. Attend weekly coaching, consultation & group supervision with LPE/SUP to receive appropriate feedback on next steps wih planning for each YA in the program 

5. Attend agency/ACS/LifeSet Booster training ongoing to support with professional development 

6. Complete timely and accurate documentation of YAs progress as it relate to TX Plans, Why What Asssesments, PEAs, Screeners, & Session Notes in CONNXs, & Evolv database systems

7. Ability to support shadowing opportunites & some coverage support to new & exisiting specialist as directed by supervisor 

8. Support supervisor in administrative tasks as needed, as well as contribute to the overall leadership/cohesiveness of the team to ensure the the program's model fidelity is met

• Demonstrated strong commitment to safety
• Bachelor's degree in Human/Social Service related field (including education, psychology, social work, or a related subject area)/ Masters degree perferred
• ld welfare, social services, or related field
• Excellent writing, communication, interpersonal, problem-solving, time management and organizational skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team to meet deadlines, & prioritize multiple tasks efficiently
• Ability to work with diverse population and work from a strength-based, trauma-informed, youth development lens
• Strong crisis management abilities to handle challenging YAs when incidents arise
• Ability to receive and execute feedback to professionally grow and/or improve and be flexible with programmatic needs and changes
• Must be able to travel to meet YA in their homes, in the community and as needed