Interventionist

Location US-NY-Queens
Job ID 2025-2931
Job Family
Child Welfare
Job Type
Full-Time
Shift Days
Monday - Friday
Shift Hours
9am - 5pm
Salary Range
57,783.00 /Year
Hours Per Week
35

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 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.

 

Interventionist will provide direct home-based interventions to address risk factors, increase protective factors, and ensure the safety of families. 

Responsibilities

***UP TO $1000 SIGN ON INCENTIVE***

***Sign-on Bonus is not permitted for internal candidates***

 

 

· Engages families to sign for services and completes intakes with families within the required ACS

timeframes.

· Participates in all required agency, model and stakeholder trainings, individual and group

coaching and staff meetings.

· Applies and is adherent to NYF Coaching and Mentoring Model to support staff development

and completes the performance evaluation process. Leads weekly group supervision.

· Provide guidance and direct supervision of staff’s implementation of the FFT-TCM model.

Ensures that team adheres to model expectations and implement with fidelity including the

timely completion of progress notes, session planning guides, session impact scales,

appointment notes, intake and discharge assessments in the Care4 documentation system.

· Consistently meets all program and model Key Performance Indicators (including session

pacing, required casework contacts, successful client outcomes, timely completion of Family

Assessment Service Plans, data entry in all systems, etc.). Participates in case reviews and

Continuous Quality Improvement meetings.

Qualifications

Experience: 

  • Two years of relevant experience. 

 Preferred Core Competencies: 

  • Ability to engage clients 

  • Willingness and ability to be strength focused 

  • Ability to problem solve and make decisions  

  • Willingness to advocate for caregiver, youth, and family 

  • Ability to manage stress and self-care 

  • Ability to maintain high level of self-awareness 

  • Ability to receive and execute feedback in a timely manner 

  • Ability to be comfortable with cultural differences; to relate in ways that are respectful, strength-focused, and culturally sensitive 

  • Ability to work well as part of a team 

  • Good time management skills 

  • An understanding and commitment to complying with the New York State Central Register of Abuse and Neglect protocol (requirements to report any suspected abuse, maltreatment or neglect of any child).

  • Strong understanding and the ability to implement the following:  

  • Family safety planning  

  • Risk and Safety assessments  

  • Crisis Management   

  • Incident Reporting  

  • Creating and following a treatment plan 

  • Demonstrated strong commitment to safety

 

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. 

 

Salary 57,783.00 /Year 

Education Required

Bachelor’s Degree from a U.S. accredited educational institution or Credential Evaluation for a non-U.S. educational institution

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