Intervention Specialist

Position Overview

Community Partners in Action (CPA) seeks an Intervention Specialist to join our team at the Waterbury Alternative in the Community (AIC). CPA is committed to criminal justice reform and offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical and dental insurance, a 401k, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, generous vacation, personal, and sick time, and 13 paid holidays.

Essential Functions and Basic Duties

• Prepares, plans, and facilitates individual and group training sessions with integrity and fidelity to curriculum/manual.
• Mets with clients individually to ensure understanding of content of services.
• Performs case management functions as directed.
• Demonstrates clear, accurate, and concise written and verbal communication.
• Able to recognize and address client ambivalence and resistance and help clients maintain motivation to change.
• Conducts make-up sessions for clients.
• Conducts booster sessions based on client needs.
• Knowledge of cognitive-behavioral approaches.
• Predisposed to offer concrete problem solving and engage clients in skill building.
• Able to recognize anti-social thinking, feeling, and acting and demonstrate and reinforce concrete alternatives.
• Makes sure to monitor client behaviors and implement program behavior management system on a consistent basis.
• Remains current on research and literature reviews with “what works” in changing offender behavior and recidivism reduction.
• Serves as a role model to clients and staff modeling pro-social behaviors.
• Promotes a culture of respect, empathy, mutual support, and belonging and works to eliminate any unconscious bias or discrimination in our beliefs, rules, and systems.
• Assists in the development and implementation of Individual Service Plans.
• Completes the necessary case documentation on each client in a timely and accurate manner.
• Inputs data into the Contractor Data Collection System (CDCS) and maintains, updates, and utilizes the data as directed.
• Utilizes the CPA Case Management System as directed.
• Attends and participates in all training and booster sessions related to position.
• Participates in quality assurance review of groups and client sessions.
• Solicits client satisfaction feedback.
• Establishes and maintains appropriate boundaries with clients and significant others.
• Conducts urinalysis as requested.
• Participates in related seminars, panels, and workshops to enhance visibility of agency and program.
• Participates in efforts to meet performance-based measures set by CSSD.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree plus 3 years of experience working with criminal justice population.
• Equivalent work experience may be considered in lieu of education.
• Ability to interact with people of diverse backgrounds.
• Experience with individual and group facilitation and group dynamics.
• Experience conducting client assessments helpful.
• Experience working with both men and women preferred.
• Bi-lingual skills (English/Spanish) preferred.
• Must be computer literate.
• Must possess strong verbal and written and interpersonal skills.
• Must have valid driver’s license.
• Schedule is Monday-Friday that includes two late days per week – Tuesday/Thursday 12:30 PM – 8:00 PM.