Intervention Specialist

Community Partners in Action • Waterbury, CT

10d • $26 - $26 • Onsite

About The Position

Community Partners in Action (CPA) is seeking an Intervention Specialist for the Waterbury Alternative in the Community (AIC) program. CPA, founded nearly 150 years ago, is dedicated to criminal justice reform and advocating for the dignity of individuals. The organization offers programs in reentry and housing, youth initiatives, a Prison Arts Program, and alternatives to incarceration, serving over 4,000 individuals annually in Connecticut. CPA is committed to a BEDI (Belonging, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) culture, aiming to build an inclusive workplace and positively impact criminal justice reform by ending racial inequities and ensuring the humanity and dignity of those interacting with the system.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree plus 3 years of experience working with criminal justice population. Equivalent work experience will be considered in lieu of education.
• Ability to interact with people of diverse backgrounds
• Experience with individual and group facilitation and group dynamics
• Experience conducting client assessments helpful
• Experience working with both men and women preferred
• Bi-lingual skills (English/Spanish) preferred
• Must be computer literate
• Must possess strong verbal and written and interpersonal skills.
• Must have valid driver’s license.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with both men and women preferred
• Bi-lingual skills (English/Spanish) preferred

Responsibilities

• Prepares, plans, and facilitates individual and group training sessions with integrity and fidelity to curriculum/manual.
• Meets with clients individually to ensure understanding of content of services.
• Performs case management functions as directed.
• Demonstrates clear, accurate and concise written and verbal communication.
• Able to recognize and address client ambivalence and resistance and help clients maintain motivation to change.
• Conducts make-up sessions for clients.
• Conducts booster sessions based on client needs.
• Knowledge of cognitive-behavioral approaches.
• Predisposed to offer concrete problem solving and to engage clients in skill building.
• Able to recognize anti-social thinking, feeling, and acting and demonstrates and reinforces concrete alternatives.
• Monitors client behaviors and implements program behavior management system on a consistent basis.
• Remains current on research and literature reviews with “what works” in changing offender behavior and recidivism reduction.
• Serves as a role model to clients and staff modeling pro-social behaviors.
• Promote a culture of respect, empathy, mutual support, and belonging and work to eliminate any unconscious bias or discrimination in our beliefs, rules and systems.
• Assists in the development and implementation of Individual Service Plans
• Completes the necessary case documentation on each client in a timely and accurate manner.
• Inputs data into the Contractor Data Collection System (CDCS) and maintains, updates, and utilizes the data as directed.
• Utilizes the CPA Case Management System as directed.
• Attends and participates in all training and booster sessions related to position.
• Participates in quality assurance review of groups and client sessions.
• Solicits client satisfaction feedback.
• Establishes and maintains appropriate boundaries with clients and significant others.
• Conducts urinalysis as requested.
• Participates in related seminars, panels, and workshops to enhance visibility of agency and program.
• Participates in effort of meeting performance-based measures set by CSSD.
• Performs duties of all other staff as required.

Benefits

• Medical and Dental insurance through Cigna
• 401k Eligibility After 60 Days of Employment
• Life Insurance, Short- and Long-Term Disability at NO cost to you
• Generous Vacation, Personal, and Sick Time
• 13 Paid Holidays
• A commitment to employee health & wellness
• The opportunity to make a difference and be a part of a team dedicated to systemic change and criminal justice reform

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level