Family Advocate

21 hours ago


New York, New York, United States Graham Windham Full time
About the Role

Graham Windham is seeking a dedicated and compassionate Family Advocate to join our team. As a Family Advocate, you will play a vital role in supporting families at risk of removal of children to foster care due to neglect and abuse.

Key Responsibilities
  • Build relationships and support parents in coping with the trauma of child welfare involvement, making decisions for their families, and communicating effectively with those involved in their case.
  • Partner with case planners to help families engage and navigate targeted resources.
  • Prepare parents and participate in Family Team Conferences, including ERC, Safety Conference, Service Termination Conference, Six Month Service Plan Review, Joint home visits, Administrative Meeting with Families, and court proceedings.
  • Encourage parents to engage in supportive interventions that will strengthen their families.
  • Coach parents to develop skills that will allow them to independently develop problem-solving skills, discover their strengths, hopes, dreams, and priorities.
  • Collaborate and maintain effective and timely communication with team members, case planners, and other stakeholders to ensure that the overall needs of the parents are met.
  • Participate in routine case consultation with case planning teams to assure the parents are following through with their required service plan and demonstrating behavior change.
  • Assist parents in establishing structure during home visits and meeting the needs of their children by utilizing hands-on teaching and modeling techniques.
Requirements
  • Experience as a parent or primary caregiver who has navigated multiple child-serving systems on behalf of their child(ren) with social, emotional, developmental, health, and/or behavioral healthcare needs.
  • College experience is a plus, High School Diploma, or its equivalent (GED) is preferred but not required.
  • Good verbal and written communication skills are required.
  • Knowledge of child and adolescent development.
  • Ability to work with and engage hard-to-reach populations, as well as families impacted by trauma, poverty, complex stressors, violence, mental health, juvenile justice, and substance abuse.
  • Culturally competency and trauma-informed approach.
  • Computer literate.
  • Ability to complete paperwork in a timely manner, flexible, willing to travel, and working well with peers.
  • Capable of traveling and working with families in their homes and communities.
  • Knowledge of the Preventive or foster care system preferred.
What We Offer
  • Salary: $45,172.00 to $47,172.00/annually + Potential to Earn Performance-Based Merit Award for Eligible Staff + Comprehensive Benefits + Professional Development Opportunities.
  • FLSA Status: Non-exempt, position is eligible for overtime.

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