Social Worker, Alternative to Incarceration

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:

1. Operating Programs that pilot new ideas and address local challenges;
2. Conducting original research to evaluate what works—and what doesn’t; and
3. 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.
Learn more about our work at www.innovatingjustice.org.

THE OPPORTUNITY
Bronx Community Solutions (BCS) is seeking a Social Worker for their adult intervention programming. Bronx Community Solutions 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.  

Reporting to the Clinical Supervisor/Program Manager, 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 include but are not limited to:

• Bilingual (English/Spanish) strongly preferred; 

• Excellent written skills are a must;  

• Familiarity with trauma-informed care practices;  

• 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; 

• Experience with drug/alcohol treatment, mental health services, co-occurring disorders, trauma-informed and anti-oppressive practice strongly preferred;  

• Conduct clinical assessments and make appropriate referrals for treatment and other services; 

• Critical thinking skills and ability to manage high-pressure/fast-paced work environment is a plus.  

• Candidate must be skilled communicator able to work in multi-disciplinary setting and maintain strong relationships with multiple agencies and organizations both onsite and in the community;  

• Highly organized and excellent time management skills; and  

• 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; and;

• Perform additional duties as assigned. 

Qualifications: The candidate will have an 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.  Candidate must be skilled communicator able to work in multi-disciplinary setting and maintain strong relationships with multiple agencies and organizations both onsite and in the community.  Extensive group facilitation experience a plus and co-facilitation experience preferred. Experience with drug/alcohol treatment, mental health services, co-occurring disorders, trauma informed and anti-oppressive practice