Coach Supervisor

Description The Organization

Founded in 1846 to care for the children of sailors in the Port of New York, Seamen's Society for Children and Families ("Seamen’s Society") was one of the first organizations in the US to care for abandoned children in family settings, rather than institutions. Today, Seamen's Society is a comprehensive $28 million nonprofit organization that offers foster care and adoption services, mental and behavioral health care services, prevention/family stabilization services, domestic violence intervention services, a health home care management program, education financial support, a childcare center, and a youth tutoring program.

The agency’s 200+ professionals serve over 1,250 children and over 500 families in New York City. Programs are conducted in a trauma‑informed, caring manner that understands and embraces the diversity of the communities served by the organization.

The Coach Supervisor of the Youth Services Program at Seamen’s Society for Children and Families plays an integral role in Enhanced Family Foster Care (EFFC) and is responsible for ensuring youth are provided with individualized attention and support.

The department aims to put youth on stable paths by focusing on their academic success, career development, and independent living supports.

The Supervisor’s overall job is to support empowerment coaches and a specialist in building relationships with young people and helping them progress towards their goals. The program is able to support youth and young adults until they’re 27 years of age.

• Provides ongoing supervision to Empowerment Coaches, enabling them to provide appropriate and consistent services through ongoing training and skills development.
• Guide Coaches to use Motivational Interviewing techniques to develop and follow action plans with young people.
• Supports Coaches with the academic and career development goal‑setting process, including walking through how to use the process maps and dashboards, and selecting goals based on that young person’s situation.
• Oversees a program specialist dedicated to Career and Internship planning and/or housing.
• Help Coaches prevent and navigate crises, as they arise.
• Supports staff in developing strong relationships with adolescents using effective modeling of pro‑social skills.
• Forms strong relationships with agency staff including case planners and other departments to create a collaborative culture within the program.
• Works collaboratively with other system providers to conduct outreach to outside community agencies and provide direction to all program staff.
• Ensures documentation requirements into both databases;
  Care4 platform and Connections.
• Responsible for ensuring transitional Medicaid applications, credit checks, Preparing Youth for Adulthood (PYA), and discharge checklists for all youth are completed.
• Responsible for overseeing and recruiting youth to attend youth workshops and peer groups including topics of career readiness, job interviews, mental health, achieving personal goals, and time management.
• Assist and coordinate with the Youth Advisory Board.
• Ensure timely and transparent submissions of staff evaluations.
• Reviews and tracks CCS
  21+ applications.
• Facilitate and participate in scheduled staff meetings, group coaching sessions, staff training, and Fair Futures Leadership meetings.
• Participate and attend ongoing Family Team Conferences and Interdisciplinary Team meetings.
• All other related duties as assigned.

• Microsoft 365 proficiency
• Team player with strong planning, organizational and follow‑up skills
• Ability to manage and supervise all staff
• Ability to perform the essential functions of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation
• Ability to handle and resolve recurring problems

• Master’s Degree with 2 years of experience working with at‑risk youth required. Supervisory experience preferred.
• Our Agency operates in 2 locations, Staten Island and Brooklyn. The ability to travel between sites is necessary.

At Seamen’s Society for Children and Families, we value our team members and are committed…