Graham SLAM Supervisor, Mobile Unit Job Details Job Location 195 Montague Street, Brooklyn NY 11201 - Brooklyn, NY Position Type Full Time Salary Range $65,000.00 Salary/year Description Position Title: Graham SLAM Supervisor, Mobile Unit Position Type: Full-Time, Salary, Non-exempt Schedule: 35 hours/week Format: Hybrid (in-person and remote) Department/Program: Graham SLAM Location: 195 Montague St., 8thFloor, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Direct Supervisor: Director, Graham SLAM Direct Reports (if any): SLAM Coaches, This Is America Interns About Graham Windham: In full partnership with families and communities, Graham Windham strives to make a life-altering difference with children, youth, and families who are overcoming some of life’s most difficult challenges and obstacles, by helping to build 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 500 full-time employees serving children and families in multiple programs throughout the Bronx, Brooklyn and Harlem, Graham Windham provides an exciting and enriching work experience. Program Description: The Graham SLAM (Support, Lead, Achieve, Model) program works with youth between the 8th grade and age 26 who are in Graham Windham’s programs including foster care, foster care prevention and community-based afterschool programs. The program aims to put youth on a livable wage path by focusing on their success in high school, college, and career development. The program ‘sticks with’ youth through age 26, or until they are on a living wage career path. Principal Objective/Role Overview: We seek a dynamic manager to provide direct supervision to the Graham SLAM Youth Coaches. The Graham SLAM Supervisor will support the coaches in forming transformational relationships with youth to help youth build critical skills and guide youth to academic milestones and career success. Job Responsibilities: + Delivers ongoing management, direction and support to coaches. Guides staff to use Solution-Based Casework and Motivational Interviewing techniques to develop and follow action plans to reach these goals, with consistent support, communication, and follow-through. + Provides supervision to assigned staff creating psychological safety by leading with vulnerability, authenticity and accountability, enabling staff to offer appropriate and consistent services through ongoing training and skills development + Supports staff in developing strong relationships with young people using effective modeling of pro-social skills. + Responsible for recruiting youth for Graham SLAM therapeutic peer groups. + Helps staff facilitate therapeutic peer groups which focus on skill building such as effective communication, interpersonal relationships, teamwork, leadership, conflict management, self-composure, personal accountability and service learning. + Forms strong relationships across Graham with case planners, supervisors, care coordinators and therapists and works to create a collaborative culture within Graham SLAM. + Helps build systems to collect data and participates in data-informed management meetings + Ensures that efficient administrative procedures are in place + Effectively manages financial information, and physical resources to achieve the program’s objectives + Partners with the Program Director to conduct outreach to outside community agencies and provide direction to all program staff + Collaborate with other system providers to help ensure that the varied systems are driving towards similar goals in a coordinated fashion. + Is committed to furthering anti-racist efforts, can work with diverse cultures and populations including LGBTQIA+, can process information and respond empathically. + Participate in scheduled staff meetings and staff training. A Graham SLAM Supervisor: + Is strengths-focused, believes that change is possible and inspires hope + Understands the importance of fostering positive relationships with youth, families and colleagues + Respects and values families and is genuinely willing to engage the family’s energy and commitment towards their youth’s success. + Expresses 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. Qualifications Position Qualifications: + Bachelor’s Degreerequired; master’s degree preferred + Minimum of three years of experience working with adolescents and experience working with at-risk adolescents is highly desirable, preferably in the field of child welfare. Supervisory experience preferred. + Ability to work well with others + Capacity to lead, train and coach a team of direct reports + Demonstrates sound observation skills, judgment and commitment to promoting principles of youth development Salary & Compensation: + Base Salary or Hourly Rate: $65,000.00/year + FLSAStatus: Exempt + Benefits Eligibility: This role is eligible to participate in our Performance Based Merit Award program at the end of each fiscal year, and eligible for benefits including health insurance, retirement plans (pension and 403B thrift), career coaching via Bravely, and more! EEO Statement The Equal Employment Opportunity Policy of Graham Windham (GW) is to provide a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability. GW hires and promotes individuals solely based on their qualifications for the job to be filled. Graham Windham believes that associates should be provided with a working environment which enables each associate to be productive and to work to the best of his or her ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability. We expect and require the cooperation of all associates in maintaining a discrimination and harassment-free atmosphere.