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About the Role

The Youth and Child Care Specialist oversees pregnant and parenting residents, ensuring a supportive and nurturing living environment and encouraging the development of essential independent living skills among the teens in our care.

Responsibilities

• Assist youth in foster care with activities of daily living skills to model and encourage independent living skills.
• Assist pregnant and parenting residents in developing effective parenting skills and positive behavior by modeling to ensure sustainable independence.
• Attend personal care appointments to provide support and educate on navigating community resources.
• Read communication log at the beginning of each shift and accurately document shift activities to ensure continuity of care and compliance with oversight regulations.
• Ensure proper documentation is submitted in a timely manner, including daily shift logs, program notes on residents, medication reports, and incident reports.
• Participate in recreational activities with pregnant and parenting residents and their children to engage them and build rapport.
• Adhere to regulation requirements such as 30-minute room checks and conducting fire drills to ensure safety and well-being.
• Participate in obligatory evidence-based model trainings such as EQ2 and Power Source Parenting to enhance program services.

Requirements

• 1-2 years of experience working with pregnant and parenting teens.
• 1-2 years of experience taking care of infants and toddlers.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Good organizational skills and inter-personal relational skills.
• Ability to support and nurture children and youth in a structured environment.
• Demonstrated strong commitment to safety.

Skills

• Independent living skills
• Parenting skills
• Child care
• Communication skills
• Organizational skills
• Inter-personal relational skills

Location

• New York

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• 1-2 years

Education Level

• High school diploma or GED required; Associates or Bachelor’s degree preferred.

Salary/Compensations

• 23.41 + education and language additive

About the Company

• 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.

Equal Opportunity

• 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.