Community Integration Coordinator - Part Time- Bridgeport, CT
About The Position
Liberation Programs is seeking a compassionate, resourceful, and experienced Community Reintegration Coordinator to support individuals returning to the Bridgeport community following incarceration. The position is based at Rest Here, a low-barrier community drop-in center offering practical assistance, healthcare connections, harm reduction, treatment and recovery supports, housing navigation, workforce development, and opportunities for community participation. The coordinator works directly with people navigating reentry, helping them address immediate needs, create individualized plans, access services, build employment skills, and strengthen community connections. The role also supports Rest Here's Community Workforce Placement Program, which provides structured, stipend-supported work opportunities so participants can gain practical experience, transferable skills, confidence, and employment readiness. The role calls for a nonjudgmental, relationship-based approach and understanding of challenges related to incarceration, poverty, homelessness, substance use, and stigma.
Requirements
- Experience working with individuals affected by incarceration, substance use disorders, homelessness, poverty, or related social and economic challenges.
- Strong interpersonal, communication, engagement, and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to provide practical case management, advocacy, and service navigation.
- Familiarity with community resources and barriers faced by people returning from incarceration.
- Strong organizational skills, including managing multiple participants, maintaining documentation, and coordinating services.
- Basic computer proficiency, including Microsoft Office and electronic documentation systems.
- Commitment to harm reduction, trauma-informed care, cultural humility, and person-centered services.
- Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively with a multidisciplinary team.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in reentry services, workforce development, community outreach, housing navigation, behavioral health, or related human services.
- Experience supporting employment readiness, job placement, or vocational training.
- Knowledge of Bridgeport community resources and Connecticut's criminal justice and reentry systems.
- Experience coordinating or supervising community-based work placements.
- Relevant degree or training in human services, social work, psychology, criminal justice, workforce development, or a related field.
- Spanish-language proficiency.
Responsibilities
- Engage people returning from incarceration and establish supportive, trusting relationships.
- Work with participants to identify goals, strengths, immediate needs, and barriers to reintegration.
- Develop and support individualized plans addressing housing, employment, healthcare, treatment, recovery, benefits, and community connections.
- Assist participants with identification, public benefits, transportation, and navigating community services.
- Provide ongoing case management, advocacy, practical assistance, and follow-up support.
- Coordinate referrals and access to Liberation Programs and community partner services.
- Help participants identify employment interests, strengths, and career goals.
- Assist with résumés, job applications, interview preparation, digital literacy, and workplace readiness.
- Support access to education, vocational training, certification programs, and employment opportunities.
- Build relationships with employers, workforce development organizations, and community partners; coach participants transitioning into employment.
- Coordinate R2-funded Community Workforce Placements for eligible participants returning from incarceration.
- Work with the Rest Here Community Workforce Supervisor on placement assignments, orientation, supervision, mentoring, and skill development.
- Help participants build communication, teamwork, reliability, problem-solving, and professional-boundary skills.
- Monitor participant progress, provide constructive feedback, and support transitions to longer-term employment.
- Ensure workforce placements provide meaningful learning opportunities and contribute to Rest Here's daily operation.
- Develop and maintain relationships with the Connecticut Department of Correction, probation, parole, CLEAR, reentry organizations, housing and healthcare providers, and workforce development agencies.
- Coordinate referrals and continuity of care for people transitioning from incarceration into the community.
- Collaborate with Rest Here staff, OnSide outreach teams, and other Liberation Programs services to coordinate participant support.
- Participate in community meetings, case conferences, and collaborative planning activities.
- Maintain timely, accurate, and confidential participant records, service plans, referrals, and follow-up documentation.
- Track participation, placements, employment outcomes, housing progress, and required grant performance measures.
- Assist with grant reporting, program evaluation, and continuous quality improvement.
- Seek participant feedback and contribute to the development of reintegration and workforce programming.
- Support a welcoming, safe, respectful, and inclusive environment for Rest Here members.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Education Level
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