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Clinical Coordinator, Pre-Trial. Job in Brooklyn Gr8Jobs at Center for Court Innovation

Center for Court Innovation

Full-Time

Independence, KS 67301, USA

Not defined

15 Nov → 15 Dec

Expired

Job Description

THE ORGANIZATION
The Center for Court Innovation is committed to reducing crime and incarceration, addressing violence, supporting survivors, and building communities while strengthening public trust in justice. The Center seeks justice for marginalized groups, bringing an equity lens - particularly a racial and gender equity lens - to its work. For 25 years, the Center has worked to foster justice and equity to create safe, healthy, and thriving communities and, ultimately, to transform the justice system.

The Center is an 800-employee, $100 million nonprofit that accomplishes its vision through three pillars of work: creating and scaling operating programs to test new ideas and solve problems, performing original research to determine what works (and what doesn't), and providing expert assistance and policy guidance to justice reformers around the world.

Operating Programs
The Center's operating programs, including the award-winning Red Hook Community Justice Center and Midtown Community Court, test new ideas, solve difficult problems, and attempt to achieve systemic change within the justice system. Our projects include community-based violence prevention programs, alternatives to incarceration, reentry initiatives, and court-based initiatives that reduce the use of unnecessary incarceration and promote positive individual and family change. Through this programming, we have produced tangible results like safer streets, reduced incarceration, and improved neighborhood perceptions of justice.

Research
Researchers at the Center conduct independent evaluations, documenting how government systems work, how neighborhoods function, and how reform efforts change things. We believe in the action research model; accordingly, our researchers provide regular feedback on the results of the Center's own operating programs. The Center has published studies on topics including youth in the sex trade, reentry, gun violence, and drug treatment as an alternative to incarceration. Our researchers have been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals.

Policy & Expert Assistance
The Center provides hands-on, planning and implementation assistance to a wide range of jurisdictions in areas of reform such as problem-solving courts (e.g., community courts, treatment courts, domestic violence courts), tribal justice, reducing incarceration and the use of fines/fees and reducing crime and violence. Our current expert assistance takes many forms, including help with analyzing data, strategic planning and consultation, policy guidance, and hosting site visits to its operating programs in the New York City area.

THE OPPORTUNITY

We also operate supervised release programs (as an alternative to bail) in Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Staten Island; Project Reset, an early diversion program in Manhattan, the Bronx and Brooklyn; young adult courts in Brooklyn and Manhattan; and a new felony alternative-to-incarceration program in Manhattan. Our criminal justice programs work with nearly 30,000 individuals each year-with the prospect of more in the days to come.

Brooklyn Justice Initiatives seeks to re-engineer the experience of criminal court in Brooklyn, New York by providing judges and attorneys meaningful alternatives to bail, fines, and jail sentences. Operating out of Kings County Criminal Court, Brooklyn Justice Initiatives is a team of social service providers, court-based resource coordinators, and others who seek to improve the quality of justice. By providing meaningful pre-trial supervised release and post-conviction sentencing options, Brooklyn Justice Initiatives seeks to use an arrest as a window of opportunity to change the direction of a participant's life and avoid the harmful effects of incarceration.

Brooklyn Justice Initiatives is seeking a Clinical Coordinator, Pre-Trial for the Supervised Release Program. Supervised Release offers an alternative to jail, providing pretrial supervision, case management, and voluntary social services to people charged with bail-eligible felony and misdemeanor charges. Program participants are monitored to ensure their appearance at court dates, and they receive referrals to community-based programming such as job training, drug treatment, and mental health counseling. The Clinical Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating the day-to-day clinical operations of pre-trial services, including providing individual and task supervision to Senior Social Workers, providing crisis intervention and emergency referrals to participants, and collaborating with other programs and departments at BJI to ensure continuity of services.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Provide clinical operational support to pre-trial clinical staff;
• Manage Senior Social Workers and Manager of Youth Engagement in clinical and task supervision;
• Scheduling and facilitating team meetings and clinical group supervisions for clinical and non-clinical staff;
• Troubleshoot clinical issues as they arise, including providing crisis interventions and de-escalation in conjunction with BJI staff, as needed;
• Provide pre-trial staff with professional development, training opportunities, and management support, as needed;
• Ensure program coverage for clinician evening & weekend hours, as needed;
• Provide coverage for staff, as needed;
• Support case assignment and auditing process for pre-trial staff;
• Monitor compliance through ongoing caseload audits;
• Work closely with senior clinical staff to ensure policies and procedures are consistent across the program;
• Work collaboratively with managerial staff of other departments to ensure continuity of services;
• Manage data, track and monitor program performance, and oversee evaluation activities;
• Assist with community engagement and the implementation of community-based programming options;
• Coordinate collaboration and communication between operations and clinical staff as needed;
• Attend all required staff meetings and trainings;
• Provide on-call clinical support to evening and weekend clinical and non-clinical staff, on rotation as needed;
• Coordinate with the Clinical Director to develop and implement new policies, programs, initiatives, and/or interventions;
• Assist with other Brooklyn Justice Initiatives intakes, assessments, and other related tasks, as needed;
• Perform individual counseling sessions and provide voluntary referrals to community-based services, as needed;
• Conduct outreach to collateral sources to provide supervision and court monitoring, as needed;
• Attend Brooklyn Justice Initiatives' events after hours, as needed; and
• Additional relevant tasks, as needed.

Qualifications: The ideal candidate will be a licensed mental health professional (LMSW or LMHC required, LCSW preferred) with 3-4 years of experience in the criminal justice field. Supervisory experience required. Must be SIFI certified or eligible. Court-based social work is an incredibly unique and demanding area of practice, and candidates must be open to constructive engagement with differing and, at times, competing perspectives. Preferred candidates will possess experience with the homeless and/or unstably housed population and familiarity with housing programs and related community resources to assist participants facing housing instability, and/or experience with drug /alcohol treatment, mental health services, co-occurring disorders, adolescent development, trauma-informed and strength-based approaches. The candidate will have the ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds in a culturally-competent and culturally-humble manner. The candidate must be a skilled communicator who can work professionally and collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary team, and must be willing and able to work collaboratively with a variety of judges, court personnel, and partner agencies in a high-pressure and fast-paced work environment. Excellent organizational and interpersonal, communication and writing skills required. Bilingual (English-Spanish) preferred.

Position Type: Full-time, weekend and evening hours required, as needed.

Position Location: Brooklyn, NY

Compensation: The compensation range for this position is $82,950 - $88,740 and is commensurate with experience. The Center for Court Innovation offers an excellent benefits package including comprehensive healthcare with a national network, free basic dental coverage, vision insurance, short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, and flexible spending accounts including commuter FSA. We prioritize mental health care for our staff and offer services like Talkspace and Ginger through our healthcare plans. We offer a 403(b) retirement plan with a two-to-one employer contribution up to 5%.

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Job Responsibilities

  • The Center provides hands-on, planning and implementation assistance to a wide range of jurisdictions in areas of reform such as problem-solving courts (e.g., community courts, treatment courts, domestic violence courts), tribal justice, reducing incarceration and the use of fines/fees and reducing crime and violence
  • Program participants are monitored to ensure their appearance at court dates, and they receive referrals to community-based programming such as job training, drug treatment, and mental health counseling
  • The Clinical Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating the day-to-day clinical operations of pre-trial services, including providing individual and task supervision to Senior Social Workers, providing crisis intervention and emergency referrals to participants, and collaborating with other programs and departments at BJI to ensure continuity of services
  • Provide clinical operational support to pre-trial clinical staff;
  • Manage Senior Social Workers and Manager of Youth Engagement in clinical and task supervision;
  • Scheduling and facilitating team meetings and clinical group supervisions for clinical and non-clinical staff;
  • Troubleshoot clinical issues as they arise, including providing crisis interventions and de-escalation in conjunction with BJI staff, as needed;
  • Provide pre-trial staff with professional development, training opportunities, and management support, as needed;
  • Ensure program coverage for clinician evening & weekend hours, as needed;
  • Provide coverage for staff, as needed;
  • Support case assignment and auditing process for pre-trial staff;
  • Monitor compliance through ongoing caseload audits;
  • Work closely with senior clinical staff to ensure policies and procedures are consistent across the program;
  • Work collaboratively with managerial staff of other departments to ensure continuity of services;
  • Manage data, track and monitor program performance, and oversee evaluation activities;
  • Assist with community engagement and the implementation of community-based programming options;
  • Coordinate collaboration and communication between operations and clinical staff as needed;
  • Attend all required staff meetings and trainings;
  • Provide on-call clinical support to evening and weekend clinical and non-clinical staff, on rotation as needed;
  • Coordinate with the Clinical Director to develop and implement new policies, programs, initiatives, and/or interventions;
  • Assist with other Brooklyn Justice Initiatives intakes, assessments, and other related tasks, as needed;
  • Perform individual counseling sessions and provide voluntary referrals to community-based services, as needed;
  • Conduct outreach to collateral sources to provide supervision and court monitoring, as needed;
  • Attend Brooklyn Justice Initiatives' events after hours, as needed; and
  • Additional relevant tasks, as needed

Requirements / Qualifications

  • Supervisory experience required

  • Must be SIFI certified or eligible

  • Court-based social work is an incredibly unique and demanding area of practice, and candidates must be open to constructive engagement with differing and, at times, competing perspectives

  • The candidate will have the ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds in a culturally-competent and culturally-humble manner

  • The candidate must be a skilled communicator who can work professionally and collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary team, and must be willing and able to work collaboratively with a variety of judges, court personnel, and partner agencies in a high-pressure and fast-paced work environment

  • Excellent organizational and interpersonal, communication and writing skills required

  • Position Type: Full-time, weekend and evening hours required, as needed

Benefits/What We offer

  • Compensation: The compensation range for this position is $82,950 - $88,740 and is commensurate with experience

  • The Center for Court Innovation offers an excellent benefits package including comprehensive healthcare with a national network, free basic dental coverage, vision insurance, short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, and flexible spending accounts including commuter FSA

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