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.
ResponsibilitiesThe Home Recruitment and Assessment Coordinator will identify new resource families and help support them through the certification process. The Home Recruitment and Assessment Coordinator will be part of a centralized home-finding department supporting the recruitment, certification, and retention of quality foster homes in all NYC boroughs. Home-Finding is the engine of foster care, which certifies foster parents to provide care for children who have experienced abuse and neglect and all work as a team towards permanency.
• Utilize evidence-informed strategies from initiatives such as Home Away From Home to implement effective recruitment strategies both on-line and in person in the communities where the need for homes are greatest.
• Utilize motivational interviewing skills and a trauma-informed approach to working with foster parents, case planning staff, and youth in foster care and be prepared to use crisis intervention skills to de-escalate conflicts when necessary.
• Master the concepts of the MAPP selection curriculum, mini-MAPP and therapeutic training for foster parents.
• Assess for safety and risk factors in homes of applicants as they determine best fit for age range, behaviors, and special needs.
• Support and guide foster parents as foster parent ambassadors as well as foster youth to share their experiences on navigating the foster care system as part of orientations and other recruitment activities.
• Collect and verify all initial documentation for foster home certification including foster parent applications, background clearances and fingerprint results.
• Work in conjunction with ACS wish line staff to guide inquiries in the Recruiting phase in BINTI to move through the system towards applying status.
• Identify inquiries via other means, I.e. on-line, website; phone calls, e-mails and guide them through the Recruiting phase in BINTI towards applying status
• Track inquiry referrals from NVF foster parents and staff and issue incentives accordingly
• Enter foster parent contacts, upload documents and training in BINTI, CNNX, Microsoft Teams Planner and EVOLV database systems in a timely manner
• Attend monthly Home-Finding team meetings and individual and group coaching for peer support, professional development, and updates to state, city and agency guidance.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience working in foster care settings, preferably with experience as a trainer
• Bilingual Spanish/ English ability preferred
• MAPP certified or willingness to become MAPP certified.
• Compassionate, warm, empathetic and a love for working with people
• Ability to work with diverse population
• Must have good verbal and written communication skills and excellent computer skills including Microsoft Office, spreadsheets for data tracking, BINTI online tools and professional platforms such as Microsoft Teams for communicating with Foundling foster parents
• Ability to remain calm under pressure and work well with people
• Ability to work from a strength-based, trauma-informed, youth development lens
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