THE ORGANIZATION
The Center for Justice Innovation is a community justice organization that centers safety and racial justice. Since our founding in 1996, the Center has partnered with community members, courts, and the people most impacted to create stronger, healthier, more just communities. Our decades of experience in courts and communities, coupled with our field-leading research and practitioner expertise, help us drive justice nationwide in innovative, powerful, and durable ways. For more information on how and where we work, please visit www.innovatingjustice.org.
The Center is a 900-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.
THE OPPORTUNITY
Newark Community Solutions seeks to re-engineer how justice is achieved in Newark, New Jersey, and the surrounding Essex County area. Headquartered in the Newark Municipal Courthouse, Newark Community Solutions is a team of social workers and criminal justice professionals who work to improve the quality of life in the communities they service in partnership with the Newark Municipal Court, the Essex Vicinage, and numerous community-based service organizations. The diverse range of services offered through Newark Community Solutions all share the core goal of treating people with dignity and respect and improving relationships across systems and communities.
Newark Community Solutions seeks a Case Manager as part of its Pretrial Services program. Reporting to the Program Coordinator of Pretrial Services, the Case Manager will be responsible for providing intake, assessment, case management, referral services, and case coordination for individuals released pretrial in Essex County, NJ. The Case Manager will engage with individuals both prior to their release from custody and while they are in the community pending trial.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Work collaboratively with staff at both the Essex County Correctional Facility and Office of the Public Defender to identify, interview, and enroll program participants;
- Conduct assessments and complete full intake packets (including program consents) for individuals identified at the Essex County Correctional Facility;
- Maintain data records to track daily volume, interview rates, acceptance rates, and enrollment rates;
- Provide comprehensive case management services, including participant outreach, formulation of service plans and treatment recommendations, referrals to community-based care, education about the justice system, and assistance with navigating the social service system;
- Facilitate psycho-educational groups on a range of topics, including treatment readiness and co-occurring needs;
- Develop and maintain new referral and placement resources based on the participants’ needs;
- Connect participants with existing criminal justice diversion programming when applicable;
- Enter all assessment and service data into the NCS web-based system and maintain client records and files;
- Provide case updates to participants’ public defender and/or private attorney through written and oral communications;
- Represent Newark Community Solutions at meetings and events in the community on a rotating basis;
- Additional tasks as necessary.
Qualifications: The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree or a minimum of 3-4 years of experience working in a social service setting with experience working with individuals with legal-involvement, behavioral health and/or substance abuse needs. Excellent communication and technology skills (i.e. MS Office, electronic case management systems) required. Fluency in Spanish is strongly preferred. Excellent written skills are a must. Candidate must be skilled communicator able to work in multi-disciplinary setting and maintain strong relationships with multiple agencies and organizations both onsite and in the community.
Position Type: Full-time.
Position Location: Newark, NJ.
Compensation: The compensation range for this position is $52,000 - $54,000 and is commensurate with experience. The Center for Justice Innovation offers an excellent benefits package including comprehensive healthcare with a national network, free basic dental coverage, vision insurance, short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, and flexible spending accounts including commuter FSA. We prioritize mental health care for our staff and offer services like Talkspace and Ginger through our healthcare plans. We offer a 403(b) retirement plan with a two-to-one employer contribution up to 5%.
The Center for Justice Innovation is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace, and as such, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other category protected by law. We strongly encourage and welcome applications from women, people of color, members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities, as well as individuals with prior contact with the criminal justice system. Our aim is to create a supportive and respectful environment where every individual, irrespective of their background or identity, feels valued and included.
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