Case Coordinator

Job Title: Case Coordinator

Job Summary

CASES is currently seeking a Case Coordinator for our Harlem Pretrial Services team. Rapidly after release into the Supervised Release Program (SRP), the Case Coordinator conducts Supervision Introduction/Orientation meetings with new participants to review supervision conditions required under the supervision plan. In this role, you will help participants comply with their supervision appointments and court appearances during their legal case's pendency. You will also conduct ongoing service need assessments with participants and develop collaborative service plans addressing identified needs and goals. You will ensure participants receive services that are strengths-based, gender-specific, and culturally sensitive while adhering to the core principles of risk, need and responsivity to reduce recidivism, increase engagement in community treatment services and support participants to achieve their self-identified goals for treatment, recovery, rehabilitation, and crime-free community integration. This position is based in our Harlem Community Office and fieldwork in the larger NYC community as needed to assist participants.

CASES’ Supervised Release Program (SRP) annually diverts 7,500 people otherwise facing pretrial detention at Rikers Island to community-based supervision and support services. Program participants include youth and young adults, people with substance use disorders and mental illnesses, and individuals who are homeless. SRP participants have not been found guilty of a crime and are not mandated to engage in treatment or other services. This requires staff to tactfully deliver approaches to help participants tap into their intrinsic motivation to leverage their strengths and skills for meaningful life improvements while fulfilling all court requirements.

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

Location Address: 4 West 125 th Street, New York, NY 10027. Our office is easily accessible by public transportation.

Workplace Flexibility: Hybrid - For roles that have at least 1 full day remote per week

Salary: The salary for this role is $59,410 per year

What You Will Be Doing

• Provide supervision and community-based services to a caseload of pretrial participants
• Rapidly (within 24-48 hours of release) conduct Supervision
• Introduction/Orientation meetings with new participants to review supervision conditions, the reporting schedule (as assigned by level of recidivism risk), and the mandatory methods of communication (face-to-face, telephone, and texts) that will be required under the participant’s supervision plan
• Work collaboratively with the court and other pretrial staff team to facilitate and ensure caseload participants’ successful completion of mandated supervision appointments and court appearances during the pendency of their legal case
• Review legal and court screening documentation and work with participants to analyze their offending behavior patterns, identifying behavioral changes, need for implementation of supports that may reduce likelihood of any pretrial arrests
• On an ongoing basis, conduct service need assessments with participants to examine psychosocial needs and problems, including the severity of mental and substance use disorders, problems affecting participation, engagement, and continuity in supervision and treatment and individual motivation for treatment
• Link participants to treatment based on their eligibility, preferences and needs and provide escort to community services
• Ensure the timely flow of community outreach and case management activities to meet program goals and objectives
• Utilize problem solving techniques, motivational interviewing as an integral part of the pretrial supervision and case management process approach, to help motivate and engage individuals in any needed process of change
• Provide all services in a manner that is gender-responsive, trauma-informed, and that adheres to the core principles of risk-need-responsivity
• Maintain collaborative relationships with community providers (supported housing providers, Health Homes, care management programs, addiction treatment and mental health providers, peer-run providers, education, vocational training and employment services providers, legal services providers, medical care providers, and family providers)
• Follow program community-based monitoring protocols for high risk and high need program participants and request/participate in case reviews to addresses complex cases
• Enter assessment, supervision appointment reporting, progress note documentation into program database; conduct all electronic charting activities and reporting in accordance with confidentiality regulations and in a timely fashion
• Meet monthly case management contact and outreach goals as established by supervisory staff
• Provide culturally competent services in accordance with CASES policies and practice
• Any other duties as required by the Program Director and other supervisory staff
  
  

What We Are Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 1-2 years of experience, or an associate’s degree with a minimum of three years' experience working in human services with individuals with substance use disorders, co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders and involvement in the criminal justice system
• Extensive knowledge of community treatment, support services and resources
• Knowledge of the criminal justice system, court processes and alternative to detention/incarceration services
  
  

Preferred Skills

• Experience using databases such as Salesforce
• 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
• 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
  
  

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.

This position is full-time Monday - Friday from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

35 hours per week