Case Manager, Community Site

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:

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 ovatingjustice.org.

Brooklyn Justice Initiatives (BJI), the largest operating project of the Center, seeks to re-engineer the experience of criminal court in Brooklyn, New York, by providing judges and attorneys meaningful alternatives to bail, fines, and jail sentences. Operating out of Kings County Criminal Court and community-based offices, BJI is a team of social service providers, court-based resource coordinators, mental health practitioners, compliance specialists, and others who seek to improve the quality of justice.

Supervised Release offers an alternative to jail by providing pretrial supervision, case management, and voluntary social services to people charged with misdemeanor and felony offenses, and in doing so, uses an arrest as a window of opportunity to change the direction of a participant’s life, avoiding the harmful effects of incarceration. Program participants are monitored to ensure their appearance at court dates and mandatory programming, and receive referrals to services like job training, drug treatment, and mental health counseling.

BJI seeks a Case Manager for the borough’s Supervised Release Program (SRP) Brownsville/East New York office. Reporting to Supervising Case Manager, Case Manager is the front line of service delivery and key to ensuring that the program meets its mandate. Specifically, the Case Manager will supervise SRP participants according to their assigned tier and level; work with participants to identify and address barriers to compliance and court attendance;

conduct outreach to participants, court stakeholders, community-based service providers, and collateral contacts; connect participants to appropriate services in the community to support their stabilization, and ensure accurate and timely court reporting on participants’ compliance with program requirements. Accurate and timely data entry is a core responsibility for this position. Additionally, the Case Manager will co-facilitate pro-social and psycho-educational groups. Please note that this role is not eligible for clinical hours.

• Provide supervision and court monitoring for SRP participants according to their assigned tier and level by completing check-ins in the specified method and frequency, while treating all participants with dignity and respect;
• Proactively communicate and reinforce program expectations with participants;
• Work with participants to identify and address barriers to compliance with supervision requirements and court attendance;
• Provide comprehensive, clinically-informed case management services by orchestrating internal and external resource allocation and service referrals;
• Referrals should align with participants’ needs and goals, including but not limited to substance use, mental health, trauma, intimate partner violence, housing, education, and employment;
• Monitor participants’ compliance with supervision requirements;
• Conduct outreach to participants, their collateral contacts, and defense attorneys to maximize compliance with supervision requirements;
• Maintain accurate and timely data entry and case documentation aligned with the program model, court reporting obligations, and best practices;
• Submit accurate and timely reports to court within designated time frames, including…