Clinical Case Coordinator

Center for Alternative•New York, NY

5h•$69,010•Hybrid

About The Position

CASES is currently seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented Clinical Case Coordinator for our Pretrial Services Case Management Team. Rapidly after release into the program, the Clinical Case Coordinator conducts Supervision Introduction/Orientation meetings with new participants to review supervision conditions that will be required under the supervision plan. The Clinical Case Coordinator assists participants to comply with supervision appointments and court appearances during the pendency of their legal case. In this role, you will 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. The goal is to 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 Bronx Community Office and fieldwork in the larger NYC community as needed to assist participants. The ideal candidate for this position will possess excellent organizational skills, effective communication abilities, and the capacity to prioritize tasks efficiently. 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.

Requirements

Master’s degree in social work, Mental Health Counseling or comparable professional degree.
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
Experience using databases such as Salesforce
Must be able to sit for extended periods.

Nice To Haves

NYS Licensure preferred
Bilingual Spanish and English preferred

Responsibilities

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.
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).
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.