Fair Futures Workforce Supervisor - Close to Home

Little Flower Children and Family Services of New York•New York, NY

49d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Fair Futures Workforce Supervisor supports Fair Futures Coaches & Liaisons in helping resident youth progress along their academic and career development journey by providing ongoing management, direction, and support. Creates a harmonious, strength-based work environment and uses the environment to successfully monitor case progress through regular, formal supervisory sessions, as well as during crisis situations. Helps create a strength-based, trauma-informed environment and provide ongoing management, direction, and support staff in building relationships with young people and helping them progress towards their goals. This position offers a full-time, 35 hour-per-week, hybrid/in field work schedule. This position requires work outside of normally scheduled working hours.

Requirements

MSW or Master’s in related field required with a minimum of 2-years of supervisory experience
Professional with strong written/verbal communication skills, time management, organizational skills and attention to detail.
Ability to conduct outreach and build partnership with outside community agencies.
Experience in or openness to interpreting data to inform decision-making.
Experience in or openness to implementing evidence-based practices.
Ability to use Motivational Interviewing techniques.
Ability to use trauma-informed techniques.
Ability to facilitate therapeutic groups.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of child welfare, preferably in congregate care setting is a plus, along with former case management experience.

Responsibilities

Demonstrates fidelity to the agency’s service values and organizational imperatives.
Responsible for supervision of Fair Futures team, as needed/identified.
Expected to engage each staff in weekly supervision to review documentation in Care4/Connections (which include weekly contact with youth, Fair Futures Goal, and target services) and to monitor staff adherence to agency expectations
Responsible to conduct weekly Fair Futures Reports (Coached Youth, Goals, youth contact, census) to ensure monthly adherence of documentation by Fair Futures team
Engages/facilitates Fair Futures/Workforce TA Sessions as needed (assistance with goal documentation, report errors, census errors, re-freshers, or for additional support)
Ensures supervision and documentation of progress/ areas of improvement of staff related to documentation in Connections.
Ensures all Non-Coached and Coached youth are documented in Connections.
Ensures at least bi-weekly supervision with Director of Social Services.
Expected to engage in bi-weekly group supervision with Director of Social Services, MST Supervisor, and Case Planner Supervisor
Monitors and assesses and makes recommendations around the occurrence of bi-weekly Fair Futures workshops.
Monitors the occurrence of bi-weekly PYA workshops and weekly group work by PYA Specialist
Collaborates with Fair Futures stakeholder’s, social services team and agency providers for best service.
Attend all mandatory Fair Futures training as indicated on the Fair Futures workshop.
Oversight and coordination of Fair Future’s and Youth engagement activities.
Schedules/facilitates conferences with youth’s who are having difficulty achieving their Fair Futures goals .Ensures pertinent parties are invited to attend/participate.
Ensures timely celebration of youth’s achievement.
Ensure that Fair Future Staff are meeting with Case Planners/ MST and providing support to youth regarding compliance in agency services and engagement in case planning activities.
Attends and participates in scheduled Family Team Conferences.
Expected to provide weekly updates to Case Plannersregardingyouth engagement.
Attends any/all scheduled trainings as recommended.
Ensures the Youth Service Engagement Tracking Sheet (assists with monitoring youth referrals in services)
All other duties as assigned