Vice President, Education and Supportive Housing Services

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 ur 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 Vice President, Education and Supportive Housing Services oversees The Foundling’s programming for youth, families, and individuals involved in the primary prevention educative programs, tutoring, college success initiatives, and supportive housing services operating throughout New York City, managing program slots capacity in Road to Success, Fostering College Success Initiative, Supportive Housing teams, and the child abuse prevention and health education programs, while strategizing to sustain and increase contract for business growth. These programs are part of Community Based and Education Programs (CBEP).

The person will be a member of The Foundling’s senior staff team, working in a shared leadership environment with the senior staff and others to set vision, leadership, and performance standards for the programs. The person

will work closely with the leadership team to develop strategies and budgetary planning for meeting families, youth, and community needs, achieving programmatic and funding goals. The person will be key champion in

forming relationships with state, federal and other non-profit organizations for community welfare, while maintaining strong community relationships and routinely identifying new opportunities for collaboration and partnerships. The VP will be responsible for maintaining service excellence for the programs in their portfolio, which comprise a $18M+ budget and oversight of over 120 staff members. They will also be responsible for the clinical and financial performance of programs within their portfolio, including serving as the leader and voice of

clinical excellence, and driving the development of clinical innovation, best practice standards, while keeping youth/individual and family voice at the heart of service delivery.

Responsibilities

The Vice President, Education and Supportive Housing Services oversees The Foundling’s programming for youth, families, and individuals involved in the primary prevention educative programs, tutoring, college success initiatives, and supportive housing services operating throughout New York City, managing program slots capacity in Road to Success, Fostering College Success Initiative, Supportive Housing teams, and the child abuse

prevention and health education programs, while strategizing to sustain and increase contract for business growth. The person will be a member of The Foundling’s senior staff team, working in a shared leadership environment with the senior staff and others to set vision, leadership, and performance standards for the programs. The person will work closely with the leadership team to develop strategies and budgetary planning for meeting families, youth, and community needs, achieving programmatic and funding goals. The person will be key champion in

forming relationships with state, federal and other non-profit organizations for community welfare, while maintaining strong community relationships and routinely identifying new opportunities for collaboration and partnerships. The VP will be responsible for maintaining service excellence for the programs in their portfolio, which comprise a $18M+ budget and oversight of over 120 staff members. They will also be responsible for the clinical and financial performance of programs within their portfolio, including serving as the leader and voice of clinical excellence, and driving the development of clinical innovation, best practice standards, while keeping youth/individual and family voice at the heart of service delivery.

Position Description

• Responsible for maintaining programmatic service excellence, quality management, and infrastructure to support and advance the services needed to meet families and program’s needs.
• Models and promotes dependable, responsible, professional, and accountable behavior as well as positive program norms and teamwork across all programs, promoting one Foundling.
• Designs and /or implements community-based evidence-based programs, and other promising Evidence Based models, service innovation, in accordance with fidelity requirements, funders’ regulations, and within The Foundlings mission/values.
• Recruits and hires staff in consultation with the program leadership and clinical staff, coordinates the training and cross-training of staff with model developers and their purveyor organizations, and supports the efforts of clinical supervisors and developers to identify and develop clinical competencies needed to execute programming.
• Ensures full program compliance with state or funding regulator/licensor, ex. ACS, OCFS, OMH, DOHMH, DOE, DOH, etc.
• Provides leadership and guidance to the leadership team, fostering a collaborative, accountable, and effective team environment.
• Works closely with leadership team to identify opportunities for strategic program expansion, innovation, and improvement. Establish and maintain quality assurance measures to ensure that programs meet agency and funder standards and that clients receive high- quality services.
• Responds with urgency and intentionality when addressing the time sensitive needs of children, individuals, and families along with other staff demonstrates approachability and an interest in listening to, building trust, and supporting bio and foster parents, children, and youth.
• Communicates as a regular senior team member and works closely with all other agency departments. Works with SVP, NYF support Team, and program administration to develop fundraising strategies, grant proposals, grant reporting, and external communication strategies. Works with finance to achieve budget compliance and maximize revenue and reimbursement. Works with Human Resources to identify opportunities for staff hire, retention, development, and cultural activities. Works with External Affairs and Comms team on student/youth speakers and agency publication/marketing.
• Develops KPIs and outcomes to ensure metrics align with NYF strategic plan, goals and mission, as well as stakeholder’s metrics, bringing strong knowledge and experience in management by data.
• Represents The New York Foundling at stakeholder meetings, business development, and/or relationship building opportunities.
• Stays abreast of the changing landscape in service delivery/funding models on Federal, State and City level. Assesses new opportunities for innovation in new models by assessing new opportunities and measuring outcomes for children/youth and families served.
• Creates vision for innovative approaches to leveraging services, including developing and leading our transformation to outcome-driven services for families and children.
• Oversees and reviews the collection of program data and ensures accurate and timely reporting to track program performance, outcomes, and impact. Use this data to make data-informed decisions and drive continuous improvements.
• Manages program budgets, monitors, and regularly assesses efficiencies and implement resolutions to address any operational deficits.
• Participates in NY Foundling managerial and senior staff meetings, and Chair Meetings for the division.
• Adheres to The Foundling’s employee policies, Code of Conduct and applicable rules, laws, regulations, or bargaining agreements.
• Demonstrates commitment to The Foundling’s mission, vision and values (Compassion, Dignity, Family and Community, Diversity, Excellence).
• Adheres to The Foundling’s employee policies, Code of Conduct and applicable rules, laws, regulations, or bargaining agreements.
• Provides On call Support for After Hours and Weekend - on a rotating basis.
• Performs other duties as assigned, including, but not limited to, participating in staff conferences, retreats, agency, and stakeholder fairs, assisting with special organizational projects/events, and speaking engagements
  
  

Salary Range: $155,000.00 to $176,600.00/year

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

• Master’s degree in social services, Health Care Administration, Public Policy, or another relevant field. Advanced degree preferred.
• 8 years of progressive management and leadership experience with a proven track record; and experience in the child welfare, preventive, family justice, youth development, school-based, and higher education realm. Strong experience in child welfare, juvenile justice, school based, schools, higher education, and connection youth to housing and college resources.
• Licensed (LCSW, LMHC, LMFT) with clinical supervision capacity (SIFI, etc.) preferred.
• Comfortable with public speaking at city and state level, and all sectors.
  
  

See Complete JD For Additional Preferred Experience/Knowledge.

Self-initiator, thoughtful, and collaborative leadership style

• Strong experience in working collaboratively with support departments and stakeholders.
• Experience in building partnerships and management of MOU and grant reporting
• Successful experience management annual scope of work.
• Experience with working with school-based services, Foster Care providers, and college entities.
• Experience with clinical treatment for young adults with severe mental health concerns and crisis de-escalation.
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of program administration, organizational design, fiscal management and government regulations and reimbursements.
• Knowledge of NYC Court System, Child Welfare System, School-Based, OMH, and Higher Education field
• Knowledge of a variety of services and funding streams for services for Community Based Services
• Knowledge of citywide Foster Care agencies and Residential and Community Foster Care Operations
• Coordination of services with other community providers and program promotion and marketing.
• School based mental health service experience.
• Direct use of programmatic (i.e. structural, strategic, and functional) family therapies.
• Networking within NYC agencies.
• Understanding of foster care and other child welfare programs that support overall health and collaboration for families in the foster care sector
• Awareness of state and city regulations and protocols for education, mental health, and child welfare.
  
  

Education Required

Masters