Youth & Child Care Specialist - AOBH - PT
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The New York Foundling
New York, NY, US
Summary
The Youth and Child Care Specialist provides direct support to pregnant and parenting teens in a residential setting to foster independent living and effective parenting skills. They are responsible for maintaining a safe environment, documenting daily activities, and ensuring compliance with program regulations.
Job Description
Overview
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 Youth and Child Care Specialist oversees pregnant and parenting residents, ensuring a supportive and nurturing living environment. They encourage the development of essential independent living skills among the teens in our care.
Responsibilities
The Youth and Child Care Specialist oversees pregnant and parenting residents, ensuring a supportive and nurturing living environment. They encourage the development of essential independent living skills among the teens in our care.
Core Responsibilities:
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.
Qualifications
- High school diploma or GED required; Associates or Bachelor’s degree preferred.
- 1–2 year’s experience working with pregnant and parenting teens
- 1-2 year’s experience taking care of infants and toddlers
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Good organizational skills and inter-personal relational skills
- Good organizational skills and inter-personal relational skills
- Ability to support and nurture children and youth in a structured environment
- Clean and valid NY/NJ/PA Driver’s License preferred
- Demonstrated strong commitment to safety.
Education Required
High School / G.E.D.
At The New York Foundling, we believe that all people—no matter circumstance or zip code—have the opportunity to reach their full potential. But for all of us, discovering what we are capable of and reaching our full potential requires support along the way.
We believe and trust in the potential of all people. We work in partnership with more than 30,000 children, adults, and families each year on their own paths to stability, strength, and independence.
We believe in the power of personal choice and self-determination. The New York Foundling has deliberately challenged the notion that individuals are limited by their circumstances or are incapable of making the right choice for their future. Rather, our network of programs, services, and opportunities are carefully designed for children, families, and adults to create transformational change in their own lives.
We believe and invest in proven practices. With nearly 150 years of experience creating resources, tools, and social capital, we have learned from our community what works. At the same time, we’re not afraid to invest in bold new approaches that comprehensively address challenges and provide the foundation for people to drive their own future.
Founded
1869
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Nonprofit
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
New York, NY
At The New York Foundling, we believe that all people—no matter circumstance or zip code—have the opportunity to reach their full potential. But for all of us, discovering what we are capable of and reaching our full potential requires support along the way.
We believe and trust in the potential of all people. We work in partnership with more than 30,000 children, adults, and families each year on their own paths to stability, strength, and independence.
We believe in the power of personal choice and self-determination. The New York Foundling has deliberately challenged the notion that individuals are limited by their circumstances or are incapable of making the right choice for their future. Rather, our network of programs, services, and opportunities are carefully designed for children, families, and adults to create transformational change in their own lives.
We believe and invest in proven practices. With nearly 150 years of experience creating resources, tools, and social capital, we have learned from our community what works. At the same time, we’re not afraid to invest in bold new approaches that comprehensively address challenges and provide the foundation for people to drive their own future.
Founded
1869
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Nonprofit
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
New York, NY
