Engagement Specialist, Reentry Services
Company: Center for Justice Innovation
Location: Staten Island
Posted on: March 20, 2023
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Job Description:
THE ORGANIZATIONThe Center for Justice Innovation (formerly the
Center for Court Innovation) is a non-profit organization that
works with communities and justice systems to advance equity,
increase safety, and help individuals and communities thrive. The
Center's goal is to identify and resolve as early as possible the
challenges that bring people into the criminal and civil legal
systems. It does this in a number of ways-by developing and running
programs that reduce the need for incarceration and enhance
economic opportunity, conducting original research to identify what
works, and sharing what we learn from our programming and research
with those seeking to transform the justice system around the
world.The Center is an 800-employee, $100 million nonprofit that
accomplishes its vision through three pillars of work: creating and
scaling operating programs to test new ideas and solve problems,
performing original research to determine what works (and what
doesn't), and providing expert assistance and policy guidance to
justice reformers around the world.Operating ProgramsThe Center's
operating programs, including the award-winning Red Hook Community
Justice Center and Midtown Community Court, test new ideas, solve
difficult problems, and attempt to achieve systemic change within
the justice system. Our projects include community-based violence
prevention programs, alternatives to incarceration, reentry
initiatives, and court-based initiatives that reduce the use of
unnecessary incarceration and promote positive individual and
family change. Through this programming, we have produced tangible
results like safer streets, reduced incarceration, and improved
neighborhood perceptions of justice.ResearchThe Center's research
teams are staffed with social scientists, data analysts, and
lawyers who are academically-trained or have lived experience and
who conduct research in the U.S. and globally on diverse
criminal-legal system and justice issues. Their work includes
evaluating programs and policies; conducting exploratory,
community-based studies; and providing research translation and
strategic planning for system actors. The Center has published
studies on topics including court and jail reform, intimate partner
violence, restorative justice, gun violence, reentry, sixth
amendment rights, and progressive prosecution. The research teams
strive to make their work meaningful and actionable to the
communities they work with, policymakers, and practitioners.Policy
& Expert AssistanceThe Center provides hands-on, planning and
implementation assistance to a wide range of jurisdictions in areas
of reform such as problem-solving courts (e.g., community courts,
treatment courts, domestic violence courts), tribal justice,
reducing incarceration and the use of fines/fees and reducing crime
and violence. Our current expert assistance takes many forms,
including help with analyzing data, strategic planning and
consultation, policy guidance, and hosting site visits to its
operating programs in the New York City area. -THE OPPORTUNITYThe
Staten Island Justice Center (SIJC or "Justice Center") offers an
array of programming for both youth and adults in Staten Island,
focusing on engaging those with current or past justice
involvement. The Justice Center provides judges, prosecutors, and
defense attorneys with alternative community sentencing options
that hold individuals accountable in a way that is meaningful,
proportionate, and restorative. The goal is to provide participants
with individual and group services that help them to avoid future
contact with the justice system and promote swift case resolutions
that bolster public confidence in justice. -The Justice Center
seeks two (2) Engagement Specialists, Reentry Services for its new
reentry program. The Justice Center's Transformative Reentry
Initiative (TRI) will provide participants with wraparound services
focused on restorative practices, employment/educational support,
mentorship, and social-emotional support. Reporting to the Client
Engagement Coordinator, Reentry Services, the Engagement
Specialists will be responsible for working with program
participants pre and post-release. Duties include co-creating
individual support plans, providing home visits when necessary,
attending appointments or community events with participants,
maintaining regular communication, meeting with participants in
casual settings if needed to build trust, hosting circles of
support, and helping to determine which type of workforce
development programming is best for each participant. -The Justice
Center strongly encourages and seeks applications from women,
people of color, LGBTQ community members, as well as individuals
with prior contact with the criminal justice system.
-Responsibilities Include but are not limited to: -
As of September 9, 2021, all new hires are required to be
vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus, unless they have been
granted a reasonable accommodation for medical, disability or
religious reasons by the Center's Human Resources Department.
In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required
to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and
to complete an employment eligibility verification document form
upon hire. Only applicants under consideration will be contacted.
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