• Position: SLAM Coach
• Program: Graham SLAM (Support, Lead, Achieve, Model)
• Department: Youth Development and Education

• Work one-on-one with each young person on their coach load to create individual goals. Uses Solution-Base Casework and Motivational Interviewing techniques to develop and follow action plans to reach these goals, with consistent support, communication, and follow-through.
• Use SLAM’s goal-setting tools to develop customized action plans for each youth to help them reach their goals.
• Establish strong relationships with adolescents using effective modeling of pro-social skills.
• Work collaboratively with other system providers in the youth’s life including to help ensure that the varied systems are driving towards similar goals in a coordinated fashion.
• Meet regularly with parents/foster parents/adult supports to plan with them for youth success, and to support them in helping the youth in their care, and reach their goals.
• Encourage youth to attend therapeutic peer groups which focus on skills such as healthy communication, positive peer relationships, dealing with peer pressure and service learning.
• Works closely with the SLAM Educational Success Coordinator to help students apply for college. Works closely with the SLAM Employment Success Coordinator to help students secure employment and thrive in the workplace.
• Visit schools to meet with guidance counselors or other school officials. This includes gathering report cards and attending parent/teacher conferences.
• Connect youth to resources in their community.
• Help students select vocational programs or colleges based on academic, social, and financial needs.

• Makes a long-term commitment to working with youth
• Is strengths-focused, believes that change is possible, and is able to inspire hope
• Is able to work with diverse populations (including LGBTQ) and cultures, process information, and respond empathically.
• Is able to express empathy and genuine caring, while maintaining healthy boundaries.
• Is open to learning new methods of working with youth and willing to hold him/herself to high practice standards.

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• Two years of experience working with adolescents and experience working with at-risk adolescents is highly desirable, preferably in the field of child welfare
• Computer literate and conversant with social media.

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.