Court Supervisor

The New York Foundling • New York, NY

3d

About The Position

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 intake and court specialist supervisor role is key in supervising intake and court specialist; and supporting leadership with client court needs. The supervisor role, directly supervises intake and court specialist by providing team and individual supervision. Supervisor assists AVP with court related presentations and stakeholder facing opportunities.
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.

Requirements

• Bachelors level degree in legal, psychology, or sociology related field
• Previous experience supervising a team of two or more people
• Previous experience working in a court related setting
• Experience in completing intakes with clients in the home or office setting
• Previous experience working in criminal justice services
• Cultural competency: Understanding different backgrounds and cultures of clients we work with
• Ability to complete tasks in a flexible manner. Last minute tasks may arise, ensuring that all workers can cover tasks in appropriate and professional manner

Responsibilities

• Networking with stakeholders to ensure stream of incoming referrals.
• Auditing performance and output of team on a monthly basis and reporting to leadership
• Assisting in the presentation to stakeholders to inform about services
• Supervising intake and court specialist to ensure that all required needs are met to ensure specialist role can be successful
• Screening incoming clients and families to ensure that services are clear and their consent is obtained to enroll new clients
• Assigning of court related needs on a weekly basis, by coordinating with therapeutic colleague to cover all court related needs for new and existing clients.
• Covering individual court related work
• Coordinating with program leadership on ensuring staff utilization is being met. This is done through identifying needs to be filled and developing ways to fill those needs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level