Sociotherapist - Brooklyn - ref. m17948319
Brooklyn
Overview:
Fostering Talent, Changing Lives
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 ur 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.
ST role is to Support foster parents to manage children's emotional/behavioral issues and provide support around sustainability in the foster home by developing and implementing individual Trauma Systemic Therapy (TST) action plans based on core mode for Treatment Family Foster Care.
The Socio-Therapist will conduct weekly home visits to foster parents and children and ensure that the TST model is implemented; and collaborate with EFFC Case Planners, school/day treatment programs, and NYF treatment team staff to develop corresponding treatment plans.The ST will assist as needed to achieve safety, well-being and permanency. The ST will participate in all treatment plans, case management and clinical reviews. The ST will take a primary/secondary role during all crises and ensure follow up after such events.
The ST shall engage medical and or mental health providers in the case planning for the child’s medical and mental health services. The ST will help the foster parents develop and reinforce the behavior modification program to achieve stability for the youth.
Track and monitor when youth attend outside mental health clinics to ensure NYF receives all necessary reports. The ST will participate in behavior management training, TST training, and must be available for emergencies, some weeknights and some weekends.
Salary $56,100
Responsibilities:
- Engage with 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.
- Provide intensive training, consultation and supportive services to children and youth with identified Axis V diagnoses who with additional resources can remain in a family setting and achieve positive growth and development.
- Conduct behavior modification trainings with therapeutic foster parents using the ABC model.
- Implement evidence-based and evidence-informed models including Trauma Systems Therapy (TST) and ABC action plans with foster parents, and youth. This includes weekly home visits, participating in family conferences and treatment team meetings.
- Responsible for planning and engaging youth in therapeutic recreational and social activities.
- Develop safety plans and utilize crisis intervention skills to de-escalate conflicts in a trauma-informed approach
- Provide close monitoring of medication(s) (Pill count)
- Attend court when necessary.
Qualifications:
- Demonstrated strong commitment to safety.
- Regular and punctual time and attendance, and adherence to The Foundling’s and your department’s specific time and attendance policies and protocol.
- 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.
- [If applicable:] Appropriate engagement with support departments to ensure appropriate and timely hiring, performance management, investigation, discipline, suspension, and restructuring decisions concerning direct reports. Regular supervision and performance evaluation of direct reports.
- All other duties and/or tasks that may be assigned.
Bachelor’s Degree from a U.S. accredited educational institution or Credential Evaluation for a non-U.S. educational institution
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