Overview

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

A vital area of the Center’s operating programs work is the Supervised Release Program. Supervised Release offers an alternative to jail, providing pretrial supervision, case management, and voluntary social services to people charged with misdemeanor and felony offenses. Program participants are monitored to ensure their appearance at court dates and receive referrals to community-based programming such as job training, drug treatment, and mental health counseling.

Brooklyn Justice Initiatives, an operating project of the Center for Court Innovation, is seeking a Clinical Director for the Borough’s Supervised Release Program. Court-based clinical work is an exciting and demanding area of practice, and the Clinical Director will lead a dynamic team of clinical staff who provide meaningful pre-trial supervision, case management, mental health intervention, and voluntary referrals at scale to thousands of participants in the Supervised Release in Brooklyn each year.

Reporting to the Project Director for Supervised Release at Brooklyn Justice Initiatives, the Clinical Director will oversee senior Supervised Release clinical staff and the program’s clinical practice and policies. These responsibilities include helping design and facilitate trainings, and collaborating with senior leadership on new program initiatives and interventions, all with the goal of supporting staff to deliver the best possible services to participants in the Supervised Release Program. The Clinical Director also plays a key role in ensuring the program’s quality assurance, including helping oversee internal auditing and case management systems, and working with Supervised Release Project leadership in Brooklyn and Center-wide, as well as external stakeholders, including the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, to further strengthen and develop the Supervised Release model.

Brooklyn Justice Initiatives and the Center for Court Innovation strongly encourage and seek applications from women, people of color, LGBTQIA community members, as well as individuals with lived experience with the legal system.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Oversee clinical operations of Supervised Release Program at Brooklyn Justice Initiatives;
  • Manage and provide weekly individual clinical and administrative supervision to senior clinical Supervised Release staff;
  • Support senior clinical leadership in facilitating weekly individual clinical and task supervision for all Supervised Release case managers and social workers;
  • Help design, develop, and implement new programs, initiatives, and interventions, including innovative service modalities, psychoeducational groups, and internal site practices;
  • Create, facilitate, and oversee trainings on a variety of topics including conducting assessments, Intimate Partner Violence, Cognitive Behavioral Intervention, Crisis Management, and other internal trainings in consultation with Supervised Release Program and Center leadership, as needed;
  • Oversee the health and direction of all elements of Supervised Release clinical practice, including: assessments; treatment recommendations; case audits; case assignments and caseloads; and compliance monitoring;
  • Oversee the professional development of clinical staff through biweekly group supervision, prioritizing psychoeducation, case conferencing, skill development and implementation;
  • Ensure that clinical staff maintain appropriate and up-to-date participant information in an electronic database, in coordination with Supervised Release Program and Center leadership, to ensure that programming is effective, performance measures are met, and services have the desired outcomes;
  • Liaise and work collaboratively with judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and other court and programmatic staff as well as external stakeholders, including the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice;
  • Support clinicians serving participants presenting with high-needs and, as needed and on occasion, intervene with participants presenting with high-needs in such areas as administering assessments and providing comprehensive services for individuals contending with issues such as severe mental health needs, substance use, domestic violence, and unstable housing;
  • Assist with crisis intervention and de-escalation when needed;
  • Ensure thorough and accurate documentation and reporting on progress and compliance of mandated clients to court stakeholders (including judges, defense, prosecutors);
  • Support data collection and program evaluation initiatives;
  • Support grant writing;
  • Participate in Brooklyn Justice Initiatives’ evening and weekend meetings, events, and programming; and
  • Additional relevant tasks, as necessary.

Qualifications:

  • LCSW strongly preferred; LCSW or equivalent required;
  • At least 4 years of relevant work experience in a criminal justice or court setting, or a related field required, including direct service with clients;
  • At least 3 years of supervisory experience, including experience supervising managers;
  • SIFI certified or eligible preferred;
  • Knowledge and/or lived experience related to the criminal legal system and its impacts on communities;
  • Knowledge of the needs of the homeless and/or unstably housed population, and familiarity with housing programs and related community resources to assist participants facing housing instability,
  • Experience working with drug /alcohol treatment, mental health services, co-occurring disorders, adolescent development, trauma-informed and strength-based approaches strongly preferred;
  • Commitment to, and experience using, holistic and strengths-based approaches, meeting “participants where they are”, as well as the ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds in a culturally-responsive manner;
  • Excellent communication and writing skills;
  • Excellent organizational skills;
  • Ability to work professionally and collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary team;
  • Ability to work effectively and collaboratively in a court setting, including working collaboratively with a variety of judges, court personnel, and partner agencies in a high-pressure and fast-paced work environment;
  • Openness and ability to engage constructively with differing and, at times, competing perspectives.
  • Bilingual (English-Spanish) preferred.

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

Position Location: Brooklyn, NY

Compensation: Salary range starts at $92,000 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%.

HPAPP

The Center for Court Innovation is an equal opportunity employer. The Center does 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 seek 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.

As of September 9, 2021, all new hires are required to be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus, unless they have been granted a reasonable accommodation for medical, disability or religious reasons by the Center’s Human Resources Department.

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete an employment eligibility verification document form upon hire. Only applicants under consideration will be contacted. No phone calls please.

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