Facilitator - CW

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.

Facilitator roles is to conduct all quarterly permanency-related Team Decision Making Conferences, Crisis driven conferences, and goal change conferences that focuses on children's safety and well-being.

Implement conference facilitation model with ACS single protocol across the child welfare continuum with th goal of ensuring the shared lens of safety, permanency, well-being, stability, and  equity are consistently aligned.

Engage with birth parents, foster parents, and youth as  well as case planning staff, advocates and other's using motivational interviewing techniques while  assessing for safety and risk factors for children currently in care and in planning for permanency.

Utilize crisis intervention skills to deescalate conflicts in a trauma-informed approach

Send out electronic and paper invitations to all participants and document in connections

Maintain access to Connection and document the Servie Plan Review within the timeframe as required by New York State, ACS and NYF compliance guidelines.

Provide copies of FTC plan to all conference attendees at the end of each conference.

Conduct 2-3 conferences daily consisting of FASP driven permanency FTC's, Critical case conferences, including final discharges and certain goal change conferences. Alert management team when a safety concern is raised at an FTC immediatly

Collaborate with ACS by attending FTC regional debriefing meetings and site visits, as well as NYF regional meetings.

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.

Bachelor'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.