Bilingual Facilitator, Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)

Center for Justice Innovation • New York, NY

109d • $52,000 - $59,500

About The Position

The Center’s Gender and Family Justice (GFJ) team is rooted in researching, developing, and implementing evidence-based best practices for the handling of domestic violence, sexual assault, teen dating violence, stalking, exploitation and trafficking cases. The team is values-based and is committed to actively promoting equitable, open, and intentional spaces within our team and within greater community discussions. In order to facilitate collaborative conversations that center well-being and self-reflection, the team encourages respectful conduct towards each other, our staff, and our guests — conduct that strives to be anti-racist and inclusive of marginalized individuals. The team acknowledges that we work within systems that uphold institutional inequity and are committed to listening to and amplifying the voices and perspectives of institutionally harmed communities in our work. The Center’s Gender and Family Justice team is seeking a Bilingual Facilitator to facilitate classes that address intimate partner and family violence. The Bilingual Facilitator will teach primarily in the Tactics and Choices class, which facilitates classes for those arrested for Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) charges and who are participating in the Supervised Release Program. Participants are either mandated or encouraged to voluntarily attend this class as part of their supervised release program. The class offers participants an overview of basic principles of power and control dynamics and uses an interactive format to introduce strategies for making healthy choices in intimate relationships. The Bilingual Facilitator will provide this class as part of a larger IPV supervised release track, with the goal of increasing compliance with court mandates and return to court. The Bilingual Facilitator will also train in other IPV and domestic violence groups and classes as the team seeks to expand programming. The Bilingual Facilitator will primarily teach online but will is also required to teach classes in person throughout New York City's five boroughs as the program expands. The class will be offered in several separate groups: Spanish-speaking, male, female, and LGBTQ+ defendants utilizing different curricula. Classes are offered in other languages with an interpreter on an as-needed basis.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree or 2-3 years of group facilitation experience required, preferably with court-involved population
• Bilingual fluency in English and Spanish is required
• Experience facilitating group work in-person and online
• Experience working with underserved and underrepresented populations
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to function independently and work in a team
• Ability to work days, evenings and weekends
• Ability to travel to any of New York City's five boroughs to conduct in person trainings
• Minimum of 1-3 years work experience providing domestic violence prevention and intervention services in a community-based or criminal legal setting is preferred
• Experience of working with adults who have caused harm in their relationships preferred
• Training and experience in working with survivors of domestic violence in trauma-informed settings is preferred

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience facilitating restorative justice-based programming, and/or a familiarity with principles of restorative justice

Responsibilities

• Facilitate classes for IPV participants on supervised release (in person and online)
• Communicate with case managers on participant completion
• Manage data collection for reporting including attendance and participation
• Participate in peer and group supervision
• Participate in individual supervision
• Review, revise, and assist in the development of curricula
• Provide on-site support and training to supervised release case managers as needed
• Attend stakeholder meetings as needed
• Attend and facilitate workshops and conferences as needed
• Facilitate other IPV groups as needed and requested
• Must be able to travel to all boroughs and facilitate classes in person as requested
• Perform other administrative and program support functions, as needed
• Additional relevant tasks, as needed

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%

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees