Restorative Justice Coordinator (Pine Grove - PGYCC)

Amity Foundation•Pine Grove, CA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Amity Foundation is seeking a Restorative Justice Coordinator to administer and monitor the Restorative Justice Healing Initiative (RJHI) at PGYCC. The coordinator organizes, facilitates, and mediates restorative justice conferences and mentors youth participating in RJHI, supporting them in meeting goals set in individualized restorative justice paths. The role provides a safe, positive, and sensitive environment for interactions among youth, victims, staff, and other parties, and supports dialogue, accountability, making amends, and healing. The coordinator provides individual support, counseling, and mentorship; facilitates group interactions and youth conflict resolution; and advocates impartially for youth and victims. The position also tracks attendance, collects and submits data, and prepares quarterly and annual reports assessing conference participation, treatment compliance, and participants’ understanding. The coordinator maintains a therapeutic environment, communicates with PGYCC staff, models appropriate conduct, and upholds ethical and professional standards. The role is based on-site at Growlersburg camp in Georgetown, California.

Requirements

Completion of a Restorative Justice Training or Certification program.
Either two years of experience conducting restorative justice conferencing—including Victim Offender Dialogue, Victim Offender Mediation, Victim Offender Conferencing, Family Conferencing, and/or restorative justice circles—or an eligible degree from an accredited college or university approved by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education and one year of such conferencing experience.
Must pass a background check administered by CDCR.
Ability to maintain sensitivity and objectivity under pressures arising from association with participants.
Ability to demonstrate warmth, empathy, and honesty to facilitate positive change.
Excellent interpersonal, written communication, and typing skills.

Nice To Haves

Lived experience of incarceration or justice involvement, with demonstrated ability to live productively and lawfully since discharge from the criminal justice system, is strongly encouraged.
Experience providing services for youth victims of violence.
Completion of a Restorative Justice Training or Certification program.

Responsibilities

Administer and monitor the Restorative Justice Healing Initiative (RJHI).
Coordinate, facilitate, and mediate restorative justice conferences.
Hold youth accountable for goals in their individualized restorative justice paths and mentor RJHI participants weekly.
Provide services during youth interactions and youth-on-youth conflicts.
Coordinate with victim services and create opportunities for youth and people they have harmed to dialogue, make amends, and heal.
Provide unbiased advocacy for youth and their victims.
Conduct interactions with participants in a positive, safe, and sensitive manner.
Provide individual support, counseling, and mentorship sessions to youth.
Collect and submit data, and track attendance.
Write and submit quarterly and annual reports, including assessments of conference participation, treatment compliance, and youth participants’ understanding.
Maintain a therapeutic environment at PGYCC and serve as an appropriate role model for youth.
Develop consistent, confidential, collaborative, and individualized treatment alliances with youth.
Communicate effectively with youth, staff, victims, third parties, and PGYCC staff.
Provide positive reinforcement and predictable feedback for participant behavior, including reporting violations to PGYCC staff when appropriate.
Maintain sensitivity and objectivity under pressure and demonstrate ethical behavior that safeguards participants.