Court Compliance Specialist

Center for Alternative•New York, NY

36d•Hybrid

About The Position

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 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 a year for ATD and ATI programs, Supervised Releasee 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 and facilitating release and positive court outcomes.

Requirements

Associates degree and 2 years of data entry and data management experience, including running reports, experience within a community-based organization as support staff, evaluator or direct service provider
Ability to function effectively in a high-paced, high-stakes environment and work independently
Ability to work effectively with a diverse participants and staff

Nice To Haves

Fluency in Spanish
Database development, management and analysis skills

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain excellent professional relationships with judges, prosecutors, defense counsel, and other court partners to facilitate program admissions and maintain CASES’ credibility in the Manhattan Criminal and Supreme Courts
Provide mentorship and support to less experiences colleagues
Assist with training new staff on all database and reporting procedures
Ensure timely, complete, and accurate documentation in the case record database including collecting and tracking participant demographics, intake, re-arrest cases, court dates and warrants for all court mandated programs
Facilitate effective collaboration with SRP, ROAR, ATI and NCS staff delivering services in the borough-based offices to ensure the court receives accurate information and participants satisfy conditions of supervision
Provide timely and accurate notification to the court about participant non-compliance (when participants are missing/absconded, fail to report, and are rearrested)
Provide culturally competent and anti-racist services in the court 1) in accordance with CASES’ policies and the delivery of excellent court services to address the needs of youth and young adults, adults, and individuals with behavioral health needs and 2) that are responsive to the race, ethnicity, sexuality, gender, and criminal legal history of program participants
Maintains quality assurance of all data entry tasks to ensure reporting is accurate
Analyzes and compares data between multiple databases including OCA, WebCRIMs, PSYCKES and eJusticeNY
Ensures the accessibility of information by program staff by developing and maintain a filing system for all administrative and case records
Responds appropriately, accurately and timely to all judicial inquiries and attorney correspondence
Assists the court parties in all compliance/noncompliance inquires and matters
Participates in peer review and quality assurance activities with the intent to improve data management
Ensuring QA data is complete and accurate
Analysis power bi and salesforce reports, and multiple database for trends to assist program teams to better serve participants
Documents and disseminates findings of data analyzation timely and constructively and aids the team with solutions of data management and program delivery
Work a regular schedule and adhere to schedule changes to ensure SRP consistently maintains coverage for all court shifts; perform other related duties as assigned by supervisors and senior staff
Participate in supervision, case review and staff meetings, and in-service trainings to develop professional skills
Complete all other tasks as noted by supervisors
Part time in-person position. One work from home day permitted at supervisory discretion