• First and foremost, build effective supportive relationships with parents.
• Conduct initial and ongoing assessments of parents' strengths and challenges.
• Assist parents to name and own their challenges and to start to develop their own solutions.
• Engage in ‘straight-talk’ with parents when necessary to help parents who are conflicted or ‘stuck’ is maladaptive patterns of behavior.
• Will regularly meet parents in-person either at one of Graham’s sites or in the community or parents’ home.
• Support a minimum of 20 parents at any given time.
• Escort parents to appointments – I.e.Housing, therapy, HRA, Family Court etc.
• Recruit and facilitate support groups with a minimum of 6 parents/group.
• Introduce relevant and practical information, skills, and tools for individual behaviors or specific parenting challenges.
• Coach parents to strengthen problem-solving skills while discovering their strengths, hopes, dreams, and priorities.
• Regularly work with parents to celebrate their achievements.
• Encourage parents to engage in supportive interventions that will strengthen their Help families navigate resources within the community.
• Facilitate family foster care visits as needed.
• Collaborate with case/care management staff to provide support to parents and children.
• Provide ongoing coaching and consultation to intervene effectively with parents mental health challenges.
• Regularly document all contacts with families.
• Regularly attend required supervisions, group meetings, trainings, and Graham staff meetings – whether in-person or hybrid.
• Adhere to Graham’s Hybrid Work Policy.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

• A natural collaborator
• Warm, enthusiastic, able to engage and positively impact individuals
• Someone who has a sincere appreciation for people and how they are each uniquely motivated.
• Committed to anti-racism and changing structurally racist systems.
• Skilled at working in a fast-paced environment on multiple projects occurring simultaneously.
• Able to embrace Graham’s Pillars of Respect, Thrive, Grow and Lead.
• Able to maintain a high level of confidentiality
• Able to work flexible hours
• Able to travel extensively to all NYC boroughs

• Bachelor’s Degree (BSW highly preferred)
• Experience holding challenging conversations
• Experience working with clients with mental health challenges
• Strong interpersonal skills to assist with parent engagement and are geared towards working sensitively on topics involving trauma, stress, and healing
• Proficiency with using Microsoft Office Suite
• A Passion for parent leadership and preventing child welfare involvement

• Have experience facilitating meetings
• Are bilingual (Spanish)

• Base pay range $50,000/yr
• Medical Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Pension plan
• Holiday pay

In full partnership with families & communities, Graham Windham strives to make a life-altering difference to children, youth and families affected by abuse, neglect and delinquency by providing each child we serve with a strong foundation for life: a safe, loving, permanent family and the opportunity and preparation to thrive in school and in the world. With over 400 full-time, part-time and On-call employees serving children and families in multiple programs throughout Westchester County, Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn and Harlem, Graham Windham provides an exciting & enriching work experience.Graham has pioneered programs for New York City’s children, families and communities for over 200 years.Today, Graham is one of New York City’s leading social services organizations, providing educational and social services to over 4,000 children, young people, and parents in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Harlem.GRAHAM ‘s IMPACT: 2019 HIGHLIGHT-Graham served 4,128 children, young people, and parents across New York City.-99% of families in our prevention program, who were at risk of having children placed in foster care, remained intact six months after receiving family support services.*95 kids in foster care reunited with their families within one year and 25 were adopted.*Over 90% of children in foster care who were reunified with their families avoided re-entering foster care in the year after reunification.*92% of young people in the Graham SLAM education and career support program graduated from high school by age 21 (compared with 22% of young people across the New York City foster care system).*We helped to lead close to 100 stakeholders in successfully advocating for New York City to invest $10 million in an approach similar to Graham SLAM for young people across NYC through the Fair Futures campaign.