Director of Graham SLAM, Foster Care & Community

Director of Graham SLAM, Foster Care & Community

Job Overview:

Graham SLAM works with youth from 8^th grade to the age of 26, who are in Graham Windham’s foster care, family support and empowerment (prevention), community-based centers and behavioral health and wellness programs.  SLAM aims to develop a strong network of support for each young person through high school and post-secondary education and training (college or recognized vocational certificate program) and into a living wage career pathway.

Responsibilities:

• Leads, manages, and directly supervises the Graham SLAM supervisors and coaches for youth who enter Graham through foster care, family support and empowerment and community-based centers. 
• Promotes a youth development philosophy and framework.  Works cross-branches to infuse youth development principles and skills across agency.  Builds a ONE Graham outlook across SLAM so all SLAM staff see themselves as full collaborators with all staff that partner with and support youth and families.
• While having fidelity to the Graham SLAM model including practice methods (Solution-Based Casework, Motivational Interviewing, Collaborative Problem Solving, youth groups) and processes (contacts, submission of critical forms, documentation), designs a program to specifically engage, support and partner with community youth and their families.
• For youth who enter SLAM through family support and empowerment or one of the community centers, ensures collaboration with parents/guardians to assist their children in educational and career planning.
• In concert with Human Resources, develops and reassesses staff recruitment plans.  Remains focused on attracting, hiring, and retaining talent.
• Helps to design and implement creative supervisory and professional development methods.  Leads staff and youth groups.  Supports staff in developing strong relationships with youth using effective modeling of pro-social skills.
• Is the face of the program with foundations and public and private stakeholders.
• Partners with Senior Performance Analyst and other SLAM Directors in strategic thinking and planning, data analysis and individual case reviews to make programmatic and individual youth decisions.
• Works with key Executive staff to determine the critical program performance benchmarks under which the program is tracked and assessed. 
• Ensures that efficient administrative procedures are in place within SLAM and that financial and physical resources are effectively used.

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in education, social work, or related field; significant history of working directly with at-risk youth.
• 4+ years of management experience including oversight of staff, budgets, and program outcomes.
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to connect and engage young people and families.
• Self-directed, strategic thinker with ability to engage community and government stakeholders while meeting deadlines.
• Detailed oriented, with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Able to easily travel throughout the five boroughs of New York City.

Compensation & Benefits:  $89,908/year

In addition to annual salary, we also offer eligible employees a Merit award in recognition of an employee achieving a rating based on their outstanding performance evaluation.  The award is based on a percentage of the employee’s annual earnings.

Graham Windham offers eligible employees a comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time and much more…

• Longevity Compensation for Years of Service
• Career Coaching with Bravely
• Paid vacation, sick, personal days and holidays
• Retirement Savings (i.e. Pension & 403b) with employer contribution
• Basic Term Life Insurance
• Dependent Care FSA - Transit/Commuter Benefit
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Employee Appreciation Programs and Events
• Employee Discount Programs
• Scholarship Assistance Program
• Professional Development Opportunities
• Cell Phone Reimbursement (for eligible positions)
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• Short & Long Term Disability
• Flexible Work Option (if feasible, requires approval)
• Rewarding work in a team environment