Facilitator - CW

The New York Foundling; Brooklyn (AL); On-site; USD 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

The New York Foundling is seeking a dedicated Child Welfare Facilitator in Brooklyn to support permanency planning for children and families.

You will conduct quarterly and crisis-related conferences, engage with birth and foster families, and collaborate with case staff using motivational interviewing to assess safety and risk. A bachelor’s degree and strong writing and communication skills are required. This role offers a mission-driven environment committed to equity and well-being.

Qualifications

• Must have 2 years of relevant experience in child welfare or related field.
• Excellent writing, communication, interpersonal, problem-solving, time management and organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team with self-management and meeting deadlines.
• Ability to engage with a diverse client population and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to receive feedback and adapt to programmatic changes; maintain self-care and stress management.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate quarterly permanency-related conferences and related events.
• Implement conference facilitation model with ACS protocols to align safety, permanency, well-being, stability, and equity.
• Engage with birth parents, foster parents, and youth, as well as staff and advocates using motivational interviewing to assess safety and risk.
• Use crisis intervention skills to deescalate conflicts in a trauma-informed approach and document invitations.
• Maintain access toConnection and document the Service Plan Review within required timelines.
• Provide copies of FTC plan to attendees and participate in regional debriefings and site visits.

Skills

Excellent writing

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Problem-solving

Time management

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Human/Social Service related field

Job description

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.

Responsibilities

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 approachSend 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 immediatlyCollaborate 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.

Qualifications

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.

Education Required

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

Recruitment Tagline

Fostering Talent, Changing Lives

Salary Range:

$55,729.08 + (Bilingual Additive $3,500+ Education Additive $3,800)