THE ORGANIZATION
The Center for Justice Innovation is a community justice organization that centers safety and racial justice. Since our founding in 1996, the Center has partnered with community members, courts, and the people most impacted to create stronger, healthier,more just communities. Our decades of experience in courts and communities, coupled with our field-leading research and practitioner expertise, help us drive justice nationwide in innovative, powerful, and durable ways. For more information on how and where we work, please visit www.innovatingjustice.org.
The Center is a 900-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.
THE OPPORTUNITY
The Brownsville Community Justice Center seeks to reengineer how the justice system works in Brownsville, Brooklyn. In particular, the Justice Center is dedicated to building off-ramps for young people who come into contact with the justice system by providing much needed services to young people arrested in Brownsville. The aim is to provide the kind of support that young people need to become law abiding members of society. The ultimate goal is to reduce crime and the use of incarceration, while at the same time restoring local faith in the justice system.
Brownsville Community Justice Center is seeking a Case Manager, Workforce Development. Reporting to the Coordinator of Justice Initiatives, the Case Manager will be part of a team that provides clinically-informed case management services and restorative justice training to justice impacted youth. The Case Manager will be responsible for providing referrals to community-based services, offering comprehensive case management, and monitoring participant compliance.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Manage a caseload of young adults (15 - 21), which includes outreach, case management, coaching, crisis response, follow-up, coordination of care, referral services, and aftercare;Provide comprehensive, clinically-informed case management services to a caseload of justice impacted participants to help address issues such as substance use, mental health issues, trauma, domestic violence, housing and vocational needs, and other challenges in a participant's life;Make appropriate community-based referrals for a variety of social service needs;Provide written updates for court stakeholders for all court-involved participants;Assist with data entry and ensure the accuracy of information in the electronic case management system;Participate in regular interdisciplinary case conferences with Justice Center staff;Provide crisis intervention and de-escalation, as needed;Work closely with the Coordinator of Justice Initiatives to develop and oversee the implementation of a comprehensive community outreach plan;Assist with scheduling and rescheduling participants for intakes, assessments, and programming;Assist with the development of BCJC's youth workforce development strategies and partnerships;Facilitate orientation sessions and restorative justice circle keeping trainings;Assist in the development and implementation of strengths-based employment readiness assessments and plans;Support members in developing a career pathway to living wage employment;Provide individual assessments to discover strengths for and barriers to educational, employment or entrepreneurship opportunities;Work closely with participants to obtain educational goals to support learning and job-readiness;Maintain records of identified participants' contacts to produce regularly scheduled reports;Work with the Justice Center's Community Initiatives Manager to execute identified civic and community benefit projects;Work with the Justice Center's Program Manager to build and maintain relationships with local service providers and program partners;Attend community meetings and events to support recruitment, as requested;Organize and participate in all administration/management and program review meetings;Maintain a work culture conducive to innovation and team building;Model and facilitate creative problem solving and youth development strategies;Provide all services in a culturally competent manner.Qualifications:
A Bachelor's degree or a minimum of 3-4 years of experience working in a social service setting;Experience in pretrial, court-based, or criminal legal system strongly preferred;Must be detail-oriented with strong organizational and time management skills;Experience working within a specialized branch of service provision like substance use treatment, mental health services, co-occurring disorders, or adolescent development preferred;Experience using trauma-informed and strength-based approaches strongly preferred;Must be able to work effectively independently and as part of a highly interdependent, multi-disciplinary team;Professional demeanor and ability to work collaboratively with a variety of program stakeholders;Openness to work collaboratively with people from diverse backgrounds;Bilingual (English-Spanish) preferred;Mature grasp of community organizing and relationship building techniques;Strong administrative and computer skills for timely comprehensive tracking;Familiarity with the Central Brooklyn and/or Brownsville communities preferred.Position Type: Full-time temporary for 2-4 months. Monday-Friday, 11am-7pm; some nights and weekends.
Position Location: Brownsville, NY.
Compensation: The compensation range for this position is $28.57 - $34.89 per hour based on a 35-hour work week and is commensurate with experience.
The Center for Justice Innovation is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace, and as such, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other category protected by law. We strongly encourage and welcome applications from women, people of color, members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities, as well as individuals with prior contact with the criminal justice system.
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