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Direct Support Professional Position: - Ensure appropriate supervision, health and safety of individuals; Implement Individual Plan of Protective Oversight. - Advocate for individuals in the community (medical appointments, church, recreation activities etc.). - Ensure individual’s plan of care is implemented. - Ensure that individual medication is administered as prescribed. - Assist in daily living skills (e.g. personal hygiene, food preparation, house keeping, laundry, shopping) - Maintain facility in compliance with the OPWDD and COA standards. - Facilitate individual’s learning and skill training in fire safety. - Implementation and documentation of individual’s goals. - Complete daily progress notes and other individual logs. - Maintain updated certifications in CPR/first aid, SCIP, and AMAP. - Provide atmosphere conducive to positive behavior. - Observe, report regressive and unusual behavior and work cooperatively with clinical staff. - Planning and preparing balanced meals. - Cleaning and maintaining of the residential unit. - Assist individuals with the purchase of groceries, clothing, hygiene supplies and other items needed. - Attends appropriate workshops, trainings, and meetings. - Assist in providing spiritual development. - Assist in providing ethical and moral values. - Transport and escort individuals on recreational activities, medical appointment, home visits, etc. - Assist in development of social skills. - Remain on shift until your relief has arrived. - Complete job related tasks as needed.   Job Coach Position: - Job coaching refers to the training of an employee who is learning the skills of a new profession.  - Use structured intervention techniques to help the employee learn to perform job tasks to the employer's specifications and to learn the interpersonal skills necessary to be accepted as a worker at the job site and in related community contacts.  - Can include related assessment, job development, counseling,advocacy, travel training and other services needed to maintain the employment - Will cater their role to working on improving the weaknesses and highlighting the strengths of the individual as outlined in the individual work plan. - Will familiarize themself with the goals the individual is working on and track the frequency of which he coaches the individual on those goals on the data collection sheet daily. - Will encourage the individual to advocate for him/herself, but can advocate on their behalf if that is absolutely necessary. - Will essentially learn all skills required to do the job. - When at a worksite, the job coach may have to prompt the individual on how to complete tasks, and if necessary model a task, but the job coach never completes tasks for the individual.   Residence Manager Position: - Supervise and instruct Lead Youth and Child Care Specialists (Lead YCCS) to ensure that the Youth and Child Care Specialist (YCCS) staff carry out their shift responsibilities. - Interpret and provide guidance around the agency's and programs policies to the clients, Leads as well as YCCS staff. - Serve as the Champion on the evidence-based model for Lead YCCS staff as well as YCCS staff and youth in the program to ensure all best practice programming is enforced as part of the model implementation. - Complete payroll sheets for the Lead Youth and Child Care Specialists. - Maintain accountability of petty cash and client accounts in adherence to budgetary guidelines. - Supervise staff to assist clients in developing good parenting skills and positive behavior while promoting independence. - Ensure that facilities meet compliance standards as required by NY Foundling, Administration for Children Services (ACS) and New York State (NYS). - Ensure that proper documentation is reviewed and submitted in a timely manner, i.e. (fire drills, progress notes on clients, shift logs and medication records, etc.). - Supervise and instruct Lead YCCS as well as YCCS staff to schedule recreational activities, shopping (food and clothing), laundry and prepare menus and food list on a weekly basis. - Provide weekly one-on-one and complete probation and annual evaluations for Lead YCCS. - Ensure that all Leads and Youth and Child Care Specialists receive all necessary training, i.e. (CPR, TCI, First Aid, Abuse and Prevention, Infection Control, etc.). - Ensure that the Lead YCCS or YCCS escort clients to medical appointments, ER visits and school, as needed. - Participate in all intake, weekly check-ins, ITM and treatment planning meetings. - Co-lead all monthly house meetings with other leadership staff. - Coordinate with all AOBH Program staff and AVP monthly staff meetings. - Ensure that all clients attend all structured programs, including tutoring, IL sessions, Health Group Parenting classes, Human Sexuality Sessions, etc. - Track reimbursable meals for the AOBH program and submit to finance. - Collaborate with the Nutritionist to maintain and edit weekly menus based on 4-week cycle. - Work with the Program Coordinator and Nutritionist to hold monthly wellness workshops highlighting various physical activity and nutrition related issues/topics relative to population at the AOBH. - Partner with the Nutritionist and Program Coordinator to plan cooking workshops to promote healthy eating and nutrition education at the AOBH. - Work closely with the Lead YCCS and YCCS staff to ensure compliance with Department of Health regulations for food service operations. - Collaborate with the Nutritionist to complete Food Protection Certification and train direct service staff in completion of Food Protection Course. - Elicit feedback from the residents on preferred food menu items. - Maintain and update the Local School Wellness Policy and Food Safety Plan accordingly.   Day Habitation Specialist Position: - Displays a congenial, warm acceptance for all individuals. - Interact constantly with the individuals to develop a sense of security and belonging. - Is responsible to support and supervise the individuals visiting the particular program assigned. - Interprets the Agency policies and program to the individual, other Day Habilitation Specialist and the community. - Is alert to the expressions of attitudes, feelings and relationships of each individual. Develops an awareness of the individual’s needs, not only through the observation and interaction of everyday living but, also through a study of the individual’s case history and by appropriate consultation with other members of the staff. - Must keep a record of pertinent observations and impressions about the group and the individual’s behavior. - Attempts to form a meaningful relationship with each individual in the group. S/he helps each individual make the most of his/her day at program. - Is responsible for matters of everyday living concerning personal cleanliness of the individual, and cleanliness of the program area, furniture, supplies and habilitation activities. - Provide a solid program of constructive and interesting activities for the individuals. - It is essential that Day Habilitation Specialist know and protect individual’s rights. - Maintain control of the individuals within the program in a discreet and non-threatening manner. - Must keep accurate records, pertaining to the day-to-day operation of the Day Habilitation program. Be sure to record and report any unusual or bizarre behaviors or incidents.   Interventionist Position: - Reports to assigned program supervisor or covering supervisor.  - Provides home-based clinical treatment utilizing the Functional Family Therapy – Therapeutic Case Management (FFT-TCM) model to assigned caseload of up to 10 cases and provides coverage for peer's caseload as needed   - Manages the extensive travel requirements involved in serving families in their homes.  - Conducts assessments including intakes, review of referral information, identifying and engaging key participants, identifying relational patterns, and individualized treatment planning.  - 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.  - Adheres to model expectations and implement with fidelity including the timely completion of progress notes, session planning guides, session impact scales and appointment notes in the Care4 documentation system.   - Actively participate in weekly consultation and supervision and site visits when they occur.  - Identify and address family risk factors that give rise to possible child removal, ACS involvement, and out of home placement due to continued referral behavior or new risk/safety factors. This includes the completion of safety plans and incident reports if necessary.  - Identify community-based resources for families, collaborate and build relationships with stakeholders/providers (i.e., ACS, schools, doctors, mental health providers, courts, etc.) to monitor participation in services and accompany families to appointments if needed.  - Provides 24/7 coverage during the week and participates on a weekend on-call rotational schedule as applicable.     Youth and Child Care Specialist Position: -Supervise and support pregnant/parenting teens. Actively participate in effective implementation of recreation and structured programming for residents. Teach independent living skills (i.e. laundry, cleaning, cooking) and effective parents skills (positive role modeling); and co-facilitate groups when necessary; participate in the training and implementation of Trauma Systems Therapy and the successful dissemination of a strengths based behavior management system among residents, maintaining a thriving therapeutic milieu; - Provide safe child care and developmentally appropriate learning to call children in the program; - Change diapers, bathe, dress and feed children, as need or instructed. In the absence of the program cook, assist with meal preparation for residents; - Administer medications to the adolescent mothers, pregnant teens and children, as instructed; accurately document that medication on required forms; - Prepare room for new admission (sanitize and clean room, make bed with fresh linens, make room with welcoming basket), facilitate new admission orientation (review Resident M/C Program Manual), and ensure proper medical clearances; - Uphold expectations of the Primary role once/if selected and implement trauma informed responses with youth; -Assist the pregnant and parenting residents in developing effective parenting skills and positive behavior while promoting independence; - Comply with Agency rules, policies and procedure, as well as uphold Program standard operating procedures for Specialists and residents; - Work collaboratively with case planning team to ensure youths goals are identified and consistently monitored - Promote and maintain a safe, secure and nurturing environment for residents   Homefinder Position:  - Study/assess recruited and kinship homes, including gathering documentation, interviewing all family and household members, babysitters, and references. - Conduct home visits to assess the family dynamics and physical plant and safety of the home. Insure that all homes meet the physical standards required. - Interview collateral resources where necessary. - Write home studies that are both complete and timely. - Enter all necessary information in the NYS Connections home record in a timely manner. - Conduct and assist with MAPP and Mini-Mapp training of resource parents. - Complete the annual recertification of resource families. - To recertify home; conduct home visits, interviews, safety assessment, procure documents and completes written assessment as needed. - Attend Community meetings as needed - Attend foster parent recruitment events. - Attend internal and external meetings as necessary. - Perform other tasks as assigned by supervisor and administrators.     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.

Position Description:  The case planner in the Mother/Child Residence is responsible for providing case planning/case management & social work services to pregnant and parenting adolescents who are residing in the maternity and mother/child residential programs, as well as providing after-care services to the parenting youth on trial discharge from current caseload.   Work collaboratively with all Program staff of each Residence; as well as ACS, the Referring Agency/Case Planning Agency for the pregnant teens, as well as the social work and medical staff of Bellvue Hospital Dept of Obstetric Care and Gynecology; Beth Israel Hospital; Sidney Hillman Institute of Family Health, and other Hospitals and Medical Clinic in the Bronx and Staten Island communities.   JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: - Provide case planning/case management and social work services to the pregnant and parenting youth in the maternity residence and the mother/child residential program; - Complete Intake interviews; psycho-social evaluation reports; collaborate and assist child care staff in developing ICMP (Individual Crisis Management Plan) - Collaborate with clinicians of NYF Mental Health Dept with regard to the youth’s initial mental health screenings and annual development screenings of the babies; - Collaborate with the respective Hospital Pre-Natal & Obstetric Clinic staff, and NYF Medical Clinic staff regarding the on-going health care of the pregnant and parenting youth and their infants - Provide weekly individual counseling sessions with pregnant youth and bi-weekly individual counseling sessions with parenting youth; fulfill the required contacts with the biological families of these youth; make home visits as required - Co-facilitate weekly therapeutic group with pregnant and parenting youth in the program - Document all contacts, interviews, casework and case planning sessions in Connections; Complete FASP’s and Court Reports/Permanency Hearing Reports in a timely manner. - Attend all required Court Hearings - Compliance with NYF, ACS and NYS face-to-face contacts and record-keeping requirements - Responsible for assuring the completion of all Mother/Baby Referral Packages for the pregnant youth in the maternity residence, which includes psycho-social evaluation, psychiatric evaluation and psychological evaluation for processing to ACS Office of Placement and the Case Planning agency - Attend bi-weekly team update meeting with the maternity and mother/child Program staff; - Responsible for scheduling; treatment team Conference for all pregnant youth with the case planning agency/ ACS/DCP, and the NYF psychiatrist and psychologist; schedule FTC conferences for the parenting youth; - Assure the implementation of the Service Plan Goals as agreed upon at the FTC conferences - Actively participate in individual and group supervision; clinical case conferences; treatment team meetings; FTC conferences; Discharge conferences; Program staff meetings and on-going In-Service trainings - Provide weekly parenting education group lessons to parenting teens in the mother/child AOBH program. - Provide weekly pregnancy education through individual and group lessons to pregnant teens at the AOBH program. - Attend all required trainings - Complete other duties as assigned Salary Range: $56,100/year - $63,400/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.  

The Foster Care Case Planner works toward the goal of permanency for children either through reunification with parents, and if not possible, through adoption or preparation for independent living.  Trained and supported in implementation of multiple evidence-based models used to support families and caregivers.  Conducts birth home and foster home visits in addition to field visits; provide referrals to community service providers in accordance with the service plan for the family; accompanies families to drug treatment, medical, school, housing, welfare setting; works with children in onsite care programs; attends court hearings in a timely manner with prepared court reports and/or permanency reports. Clinical Responsibilities: - Engage with birth parents, foster parents and foster youth using motivational interviewing techniques and assess for safety and risk factors for children currently in care and in planning for permanency. - Implement evidence-based and evidence-informed models with foster parents, birth parents/discharge resources, and youth. This includes participating in family conferences and supervising family visits. - Serves as primary liaison accompanying and advocating for families in medical, drug treatment and screening, school and housing settings. - Collaborate closely with socio-therapist. - Advise / counsel / advocate / case plan with parents and/or discharge resources and children in care - Provide family planning counseling to youth 12 years old and older and document discussion with parents - Develop safety plans and utilize crisis intervention skills to de-escalate conflicts in a trauma-informed approach Administrative Responsibilities - Document progress notes, reports, FASPs, plan amendments via Connections within the required time frames - Maintain access to Connections and other database systems for entering confidential information as required by New York state, city and Foundling’s compliance guidelines - Attend team meetings, case consultations and individual and group coaching - Collect required documentation and compile applications for special rate OR housing OR special services as needed in coordination with foster care support departments Job Responsibilities - Maintain a caseload of 8 active and 2 suspended pay cases on average - Attend all court proceedings on time with prepared court reports and/or permanency reports. Be prepared to testify when required. - Conduct home visits to the homes of foster parents and birth parents / discharge resources. - Coordinate and facilitate family and sibling visitations/meetings. Supervise as required by the service plan - Provide extensive outreach/advocacy services. Engage absent or hard to reach family members and act as a resource for referrals and community services. - Any other duties as assigned Requirements: - BA/MA in Psychology, Sociology or related field.  BSW or MSW with 1-2 years child welfare experience preferred. Other Requirements/Preferences: - Knowledge of community resources and ability to effectively negotiate systems for multi-problem families - Experience with drug treatment populations preferred - Bilingual Spanish/English preferred - Typing skills and computer literacy required. - Excellent interpersonal skills - Valid Driver’s license Salary Range: $56,100 - $63,400 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.  

***UP TO $2,000 SIGN ON INCENTIVE*** - Provide trauma-based treatment (TST) to youth and families (within their system of care) who are involved with a child serving service system. - Collaborate with In-Home Therapist on a daily basis in order to meet the goals, objectives and strategies/action tasks to meet fidelity of treatment model. - Engage in crisis intervention when necessary - Participate in Clinical Planning Conferences, Treatment Team Meetings, case reviews and other conferences to ensure continuity of care. - Document all service provisions as required. - Participate in department staff meetings and quality improvement effort. - Other duties as assigned - Participate in weekly supervision meetings with Supervisor/ Project Director Salary Range: $63,750-$72,250/year

***UP TO $2,000 SIGN ON INCENTIVE*** - - Provides home-based clinical treatment utilizing MST-SA Model and Implement an evidence-based model that pulls from Cognitive Behavioral therapy, Structural and Strategic Family Therapy and the social and ecological model - Works on a team of 3 therapists, 1 supervisor, 1 employment/education specialist, and one care navigator. - Manage caseload of 4 to 6 families and provide coverage for peer's caseload as needed, provides direct clinical treatment using methods compatible with assigned model. - • Participate in weekly team supervision and consultation - Provides home-based clinical treatment utilizing MST-SA Model and Implement an evidence-based model that pulls from Cognitive Behavioral therapy, Structural and Strategic Family Therapy and the social and ecological model - Works on a team of 3 therapists, 1 supervisor, 1 employment/education specialist, and one care navigator. - Manage caseload of 4 to 6 families and provide coverage for peer's caseload as needed, provides direct clinical treatment using methods compatible with assigned model. - Participate in weekly team supervision and consultation - Conducts 2 to 3 sessions with each family a week with youth and their families who are at risk of entering the Juvenile Justice System to prevent system entrance - Participate in weekly team supervision and consultation - Builds relationships with community stakeholders (i.e., child protection services, Guardians ad Litem, judges, schools, etc.) to ensure collaboration among service providers - Travels throughout assigned borough to conduct sessions with families. Each program serves families throughout the entire borough. Travels to 5 boroughs when needed during treatment. - Reports to assigned program supervisor or covering supervisor and attends weekly individual supervision. - Conducts assessments including review of referral information, identifying and engaging key participants, identifying systemic strengths and weaknesses and individualized treatment planning and conducts intakes as applicable. - Completes timely, clear and concise documentation of treatment efforts, case contacts and model adherent clinical progress. - Willingness to incorporate supervisor, consultant and peer feedback into case documentation and conceptualization - Manages multiple databases to comply with all stakeholder requirements, including ACS, MST model and OMH. - Adopts a strength focused approach with families, stakeholder, and within the program/treatment team. - Participates in all required agency, model and stakeholder trainings, individual and group coaching and staff meetings. - Adheres to MST-SA model expectations and implement with fidelity. - Willingness to meet families and clients in the community and/or places that meet their schedules; which may include accompanying them to psychiatric, school or other community appointments. - Attends weekly on-call meetings. - Provides 24/7 coverage during the week and participates on a weekend on-call rotational schedule as applicable - 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, etc.). - Identify and address family risk factors that give rise to possible child removal, ACS involvement, and out of home placement due to continued referral behavior or new risk/safety factors. This includes the completion of safety plans and incident reports if necessary. - Maintains clear, concise and timely documentation of treatment efforts in progress notes and Family Assessment and Service Planning (FASP) that demonstrate compliance with the MST-SA model and supervisory review feedback. - Manages the extensive documentation requirements in all databases to successfully comply with mandates from agency, ACS and model. - Identify community-based resources for families, collaborate and build relationships with stakeholders/providers (i.e., ACS, schools, doctors, mental health providers, courts, etc.) to monitor participation in services and accompany families to appointments if needed. - Ability to make and manage own schedule (client sessions, completing paperwork and managing other stakeholder meetings) - Other duties as assigned. Organizational expectations include: - Regular and punctual time and attendance. - 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. Please specify area of study: Master’s degree in Psychology, Social Work, Counseling or a related subject area.  Other Requirements: Preferred experience: - 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 therapies - Implementation of interventions within or between systems in the family’s natural ecology (i.e., family, peer, school, and neighborhood)   Preferred Knowledge:   - 2-3 years of accumulated experience (internships through post-graduate) providing direct services to youth and their families in their homes and communities  - 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).  - Experience with and willingness to work with culturally diverse population  - Experience in managing direct service providers who engage with the identified populations or similar population in high-risk court-involved youth either in Family Court or Adult Court, Child-Welfare programs.  - Direct use of pragmatic (i.e. structural, strategic, and functional) family therapies. - Implementation of interventions within or between systems in the youth’s natural ecology that affect or influence the behavior of youth (i.e. family, peer, school, and neighborhood)  - 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 - Research on child physical abuse and neglect - Social skills assessment and intervention - Strong understanding and the ability to implement the following:   - Family safety planning   - Risk and Safety assessments   - Crisis Management    - Incident Reporting &n   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 Range: $67,250 - $72,250/year

***UP TO $2,000 SIGN ON INCENTIVE*** - Conducts assessments including review of referral information, identifying and engaging key participants, identifying systemic strengths and weaknesses and individualized treatment planning and conducting intakes. - Participates in all required agency and model/stakeholder trainings. - Attend individual and group coaching, as well as staff meetings. - Videotape sessions and reviewing your own sessions in preparation for weekly supervision. - Attend 2 hours of weekly BSFT team supervision, that include review of your videotaped sessions with the BSFT Team and supervisor.  -  Attending workshops and other BSFT team activities as indicated. - Adheres to model expectations and implement with fidelity. - Conducting sessions with your clients under live supervision could be required - 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, etc.). - Identify and address family risk factors that give rise to possible child removal, ACS involvement, and out of home placement due to continued referral behavior or new risk/safety factors. This includes the completion of safety plans and incident reports if necessary. - Maintains clear, concise and timely documentation of treatment efforts in progress notes and Family Assessment and Service Planning (FASP) that demonstrate compliance with the BSFT Model and supervisory review feedback. - Manages the extensive documentation requirements in all databases to successfully comply with mandates from agency, ACS and model. - Identify community-based resources for families, collaborate and build relationships with stakeholders/providers (i.e., ACS, schools, doctors, mental health providers, courts, etc.) to monitor participation in services and accompany families to appointments if needed. - Provides 24/7 coverage during the week and participates on a weekend on-call rotational schedule as applicable. - Other duties as assigned. Organizational expectations include: - Regular and punctual time and attendance. - 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. Please specify area of study: Master’s degree in Psychology, Social Work, Marriage and Family Counseling, Mental Health Counseling or a related subject area.  Other Requirements:  BSFT model manager will support in determining fit for role.  Preferred Knowledge:   - 2 years of accumulated experience (internships through post-graduate) providing direct services to youth and their families in their homes and communities  - 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).  - Experience with and willingness to work with culturally diverse population  - Experience in managing direct service providers who engage with the identified populations or similar population in high-risk court-involved youth either in Family Court or Adult Court, Child-Welfare programs.  - Direct use of pragmatic (i.e. structural, strategic, and functional) family therapies. - Implementation of interventions within or between systems in the youth’s natural ecology that affect or influence the behavior of youth (i.e. family, peer, school, and neighborhood)  -  Work with families (grandparents, mothers, father figures [biological fathers, step-fathers and long-standing romantic partners], and children and adolescents) - Family systems experience - Experience with process-oriented family therapies - Comfort in working with father figures - Implementation of interventions within or between systems in the family’s natural ecology (i.e., family, peer, school, and neighborhood)  - 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    Preferred Core Competencies: - Ability to connect at a human level with clients to engage and maintain them in therapy - Ability to establish an effective and collaborative relationship with all family members, requiring the therapist to manage her/his own feelings about each family member. - Outstanding interpersonal skills - Willingness and ability to be strengths focused - Ability to function in the context of high tension and anger in the family - Ability to shift the family from content to process, from past and future discussions to interactions that occur in the present - Ability to manage stress and self-care - Appreciation, respect, and understanding for teamwork and organizational systems - Ability to maintain high level of self-awareness - Ability to observe the present- the interactions that occur in front of the therapist- as they occur. - Ability to think abstractly to permit the therapist to observe family interactions, diagnose them on the spot and determine what intervention may be appropriate in the present. - Ability to be comfortable with cultural differences; to relate in ways that are respectful, strength-focused, and culturally appropriate - Ability to be family-centered, and to allow the family to interact. The therapist does not need to be the center of the therapy but rather places the family at the center of the therapy. - Ability not to buy the family’s frame. Keep sufficient independence from the family to enable you to observe the family and come to your own conclusions based on what you see, rather than on what the family says.   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 Range: $67,250 - $72,250/year