Night Associate Team Leader, Court Services

Job Title: Night Associate Team Leader, Court Services 

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CASES is a New York City agency at the forefront of the intersection between behavioral health and the criminal justice system. Our mission is to increase public safety through innovative services that reduce crime and incarceration, improve behavioral health, promote recovery and rehabilitation, and create opportunities for success in the community. The CASES Court services department services facilitate court mandates or endorsed programming at all points in the criminal legal process. CASES operates alternative to detention (ATD) and alternative to incarceration (ATI) community-based programs that are facilitated by the NYS Office of Court Administration (OCA) judiciary. CASES interfaces with multiple stakeholders to support these ATD and ATI program options for thousands of defendants in multiple boroughs. Specifically, the arraignment team screens approximately 10,000 defendants per year for ATD and ATI programs, Supervised Release and newSTART. Additionally, the ATI intake assessment team screens 500 amount per year to divert people into 3 (three) CASES community-based programs, Reframing Opportunity Alternatives and Resilience (ROAR), Nathaniel Community Success (NCS) and Nathaniel Assertive Community Treatment (NACT). All Court services teams are dedicated to the CASES mission, facilitating release and positive court outcomes. 

Shift Hours: This position is full-time Monday – Friday from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM. 

Salary: The salary for this role is $75,000 - $82,000 per year. 

Location Address: 100 Centre Street, New York, N.Y. 10013. Our office is easily accessible by public transportation. 

Workplace Flexibility: On-site (for roles that are 100% in-office/in-person)

What You Will Be Doing:  

• Maintain excellent professional relationships with Judges, District Attorneys, defense counsel, Probation, and other Court partners to facilitate program admissions and maintain CASES’ credibility in Court 
• Review referrals to determine a person’s eligibility for CASES’ programs, including arrest case information, RAP sheet, attorney recommendations, and preliminary information about participant needs 
• Engage potential participants and their legal representation in and around the Courtroom 
• Undertake clinical screening interviews with potential participants to explain CASES’ program(s) and administer and score standardized mental health, drug use, and other screening instruments to identify needs and suitability for CASES’ programs 
• Assess acute clinical needs of participants and implement effective evidence-based strategies for participants to obtain such needs 
• Ensure participants are matched to the appropriate CASES program based on assessed needs and eligibility
• Achieve monthly intake and other performance targets 
• Accompany participants to all Court appearances and advocate to judges, verbally and through written Court reports, for participants to be enrolled or maintained in CASES’ services 
• Complete all necessary intake paperwork, including entering participant information into the Salesforce databases 
• Ensure participants understand the conditions of their release or plea agreement and expectations regarding participation in CASES program 
• Collaborate with CASES colleagues in the community, who are providing services, to ensure the Court’s community supervision conditions are being met 
• Provide timely notification to the Court when participants are not in compliance, have gone missing (absconded), failed to report as required, been rearrested 
• Collect and track information on participants’ intake and re-arrest cases, as well as warrants
• Help ensure we maintain a safe working environment by reporting any hazards or unsafe conditions, e.g., liquid spill in hallway, to the appropriate facilities staff member or supervisor

What We Are Looking For:  

• Bachelor’s degree in social work or related field required 
• At least two years mentorship experience 
• At least three years of experience in human services with individuals with serious mental illness and those with serious mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders. 
• Experience understanding family systems based on diversity of cultural and ethnic backgrounds 
• Experience understanding various evidence-based models and theories pertaining to psychoeducation, motivational interviewing, serious mental illness and recovery
• Ability to mentor and provide concrete, constructive feedback to others 
• Knowledge of the NYC criminal justice system, court processes and diversion services and sensitivity to issues facing justice-involved individuals 
• Proven ability to function effectively in a high paced and stressful environment
• Ability to work effectively with a diverse group of participants and staff 
• Ability to quickly gather and evaluate the accuracy of information and use good judgment within time constraints and high-volume courtrooms 
• Excellent public speaking skills. Ability to formulate persuasive verbal arguments for eligible defendants to be placed in CASES programs. 
• Excellent analytical and written skills 
• Ability to work autonomously

Preferred Skills: 

• Preferred but not required: Fluency in Spanish. 

Employee Benefits: 

CASES cares about employee wellbeing, and we offer a comprehensive benefits package to support you and your family, including:   

• Medical 
• Dental 
• Vision 
• Vacation and Paid Time Off – starting at 25 days-off annually, plus an additional summer self-care day
• 12 Paid Holidays per year
• Retirement 403b Competitive matching up to 6%
• Employee Referral Program
• Visit www.cases.org/careers/ to learn more about benefits offered by the CASES

Our Values

At CASES, we like to move with PURPOSE, which reflects our values:

PEOPLE| Hold people’s stories with dignity

UNITY| Commit to a shared mission

RESPECT| Celebrate the strength of diversity

PROGRESS| Always work to improve

OPTIMIZE| Make the best use of resources

SOLUTIONS| Work together to solve problems

EMPATHY| Seek to understand others

Although we would love to learn about the skills of every candidate, only selected candidates that are selected will receive a response. We encourage you to apply for any position(s) you feel you are qualified for.  
   

CASES is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment with CASES is based solely on qualifications and competence for a particular position without regard to race, color, ethnic or national origin, age, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or marital, military, or citizenship status. We also actively recruit individuals with prior involvement in the criminal legal system.