Social Worker, Alternative to Incarceration

About the Organization

The Center for Justice Innovation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing community safety and racial justice. Since 1996, we’ve worked alongside communities, courts, and those most directly affected by the justice system to build stronger, healthier, and more equitable neighborhoods. With a team of over 900 staff and an annual budget of $130 million, the Center carries out its mission through three core strategies:

• Operating Programs that pilot new ideas and address local challenges;
• Conducting original research to evaluate what works—and what doesn’t;
• Providing expert assistance and policy guidance to reformers across the country and beyond.

Backed by decades of on-the-ground experience and nationally recognized expertise, we bring innovative, practical, and lasting solutions to justice systems nationwide.

About the Role

Bronx Community Solutions (BCS) is an initiative that seeks to reengineer the response to low-level crime in the Bronx. By providing judges with additional sentencing options for non-violent offenders, Bronx Community Solutions reduces the reliance on short-term jail sentences and offers defendants the assistance they need to avoid further criminal conduct.

The ATI Social Worker will be primarily responsible for the facilitation and coordination of a brief group intervention for justice-involved individuals, as well as conducting clinical assessments, making appropriate treatment referrals, and reporting to court. The intervention is grounded in procedural justice, risk-need-responsivity, and trauma-informed care and is designed to help participants reflect on environmental factors that influence, and often constrain, decision making. The Social Worker will work closely with an interdisciplinary team providing adult case management services.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate a range of on-site psychoeducational groups and conduct individual counseling sessions;
• Assist clinical staff and other departments with crisis intervention and de-escalation, as needed;
• Provide comprehensive, clinically informed case management services to a caseload of short- and long-term mandated clients;
• Conduct clinical assessments and make appropriate referrals for treatment and other services;
• Participate in individual and group supervision;
• Participate in department staff meetings, interdisciplinary meetings, and on- and off-site trainings;
• Assist with administrative responsibilities, including data management, grant reporting and compliance monitoring;
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Requirements

• LMSW or a degree in a related field, with a minimum of 1-2 years of experience in a related area;
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) strongly preferred;
• Excellent written skills are a must;
• Familiarity with trauma-informed care practices;
• Experience with drug/alcohol treatment, mental health services, co-occurring disorders, trauma-informed and anti-oppressive practice strongly preferred;
• Extensive group facilitation experience a plus and co-facilitation experience preferred;
• Highly organized and excellent time management skills;
• Critical thinking skills and ability to manage high-pressure/fast-paced work environment is a plus;
• Skilled communicator able to work in multi-disciplinary setting and maintain strong relationships with multiple agencies and organizations both onsite and in the community.

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare with a national network;
• Free basic dental coverage;
• Vision insurance;
• Short-term and long-term disability;
• Life insurance;
• Flexible spending accounts including commuter FSA;
• Mental health care services like Talkspace and Ginger through healthcare plans;
• 403(b) retirement plan with a two-to-one employer contribution up to 5%.

Pay

The compensation range for this position is $57,500 - $75,700 and is commensurate with experience.

Position Type: Full time. Position Location: Bronx, New York.