Court Compliance Specialist

Center for Alternative•New York, NY

8h•$27 - $30•Onsite

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. In this role, the Court Compliance Specialist serves as a liaison between court stakeholders and internal teams, ensuring accurate and timely information flow to support decision-making. The position requires strong analytical skills to interpret data, identify inconsistencies, and improve processes. Working in a fast-paced court environment, the specialist must manage competing priorities while maintaining accuracy and professionalism. This role supports positive participant outcomes by promoting accountability and effective coordination across court-based programs.

Requirements

Associates degree
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

Database development, management and analysis skills
Fluency in Spanish

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
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 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
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
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
Participate in supervision, case review and staff meetings, and in-service trainings to develop professional skills
Complete all other tasks as noted by supervisors
One work from home day permitted at supervisory discretion