Senior Supervisor - EFFC at The New York Foundling

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.

The Senior CP Sup will support a team of CP's by providing supervision, guidance, and support to families and children in foster care by ensuring that all aspects of permanency, safety and wellbeing is achieved to the best of our ability. The supervisor ensures families and children are receiving trauma informed treatment as part of best quality service delivery.

Note: No headcount will be added, only current supervisors from the dept and region are eligible to apply.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Supervisor, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the safety of children and families. You will lead and mentor a team of employees and peers, driving their professional development, ensuring adherence to best practices and ensuring the team meets their key performance indicators to promote staff morale and programmatic excellence.

Core Responsibilities

• Support and assist the AVP with coverage when AVP is out of the office (including liaison with Admin and facilities on site issues and on-site supervisory coverage) and providing training and shadowing to new supervisors being on-boarded.
• Monitor Monthly safety assessments to the homes of a child/youth in care, the foster/resource parent (1X monthly or as needed based on case circumstances/ACS or OCFS requirement), Natural Parent (2x's monthly) performed by the case planner or Parent Advocate Mandated by NYF and our collaborative and governing partners (ACS and OCFS)
• Perform overall case management oversight by completing documentation of supervisory case reviews in Connections and through coaching case reviews with staff in unit to provide collaborative partnership in safety, permanency and well-being assessments and to provide guidance and support to staff assigned to unit.
• Monitor timely Submission of Documentation of staff that supports providing evidence of safety, permanency and well-being (Progress notes, Family Assessment and Service Plans, Permanency Hearing Reports in connections,) of families and meets the city, State and Federal casework contact requirements for meeting with children and families
• Lead in the coordination, scheduling/invitation and follow up of all ITM’s for the region. Support in facilitating ITM’s when AVP is out of the office. Attend Case conferences with staff to facilitate collaborative assessments towards permanency and compliance with required mandates as set by NYF and city and state regulatory stakeholders
• Monitor Staffs attendance to court appearances in compliance with court Hearings as set by NYC Family Court System to assess, promote and advocate for safety, permanency and well-being of families within the foster care system.
• Participate in required coaching sessions set within NYF Coaching and Mentoring model with supervisor to support professional growth, provide case management guidance and support.
• Attend trainings as identified by self-and/or supervisor to promote professional growth, increase knowledge relating to working with children and families, increase skills to meet job requirements
  
  

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

Master's degree needed in Sociology, Psychology, Mental Health or Social Work

Experience in working with children and families

Strong Analytical and decision-making skills

Adaptability and flexibility to changing policies and practices

Microsoft Office Tools proficiency

Education Required

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

Recruitment Tagline

Hiring Impact, Changing Lives Together

Salary Range

($79,535.67 + Education Additive + Language Additive + licensure)