Facilitator - CW

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

Job summary

The New York Foundling in New York, NY is seeking a dedicated Child Welfare Facilitator to lead Conference facilitation across permanency and safety planning. You will work with birth families, foster families, youth, and staff using motivational interviewing to support safe, stable and equitable outcomes.

Responsibilities include conducting 2–3 daily conferences, coordinating with ACS per protocol, documenting plans, and sharing FTC plans with attendees.

Qualifications

• Must have 2 years of relevant experience in child welfare or social services.
• Excellent writing, communication, interpersonal, problem-solving, time management, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team, meet deadlines, and maintain case records.
• Ability to engage diverse client populations and adapt to program needs with flexibility.

Responsibilities

• Conduct 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 protocol across the child welfare continuum to ensure safety, permanency, well-being, stability, and equity alignment.
• Engage with birth parents, foster parents, and youth as well as staff, using motivational interviewing while assessing safety and risk for children in care.
• Utilize crisis intervention skills to deescalate conflicts in a trauma-informed approach; send invitations and document in connections.
• Maintain access to Connection and document the Service Plan Review within required timeframes as per NYS, ACS and NYF guidelines.
• Provide copies of FTC plan to all conference attendees at the end of each conference.
• Conduct 2-3 conferences daily including FTCs, critical case conferences, final discharges and goal-change conferences; alert management to safety concerns.
• Collaborate with ACS by attending regional debriefings and NYF meetings.

Skills

Child welfare

Communication skills

Written communication

Time management

Team collaboration

Motivational interviewing

Self-management

Cultural competency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Human/Social Service 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 areinclusive, 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

Pursuing 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)