The Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services (CASES)

Bilingual

• Develop rapport with participants and families to create wellness plans and other assessments.
• Facilitate groups and individual counseling sessions using Interactive Journaling and other evidence-based curricula that is strength-based and developmentally appropriate for participants.
• Provide in-home and/or in-community services in addition to services at program site.
• Promote developmentally appropriate responses to program participants including family, collaterals and natural supports as indicated by assessment, consent and participant preference.
• Ensure service plans are developed in collaboration with participants addressing needs and establishing measurable timeframes to meet objectives and goals.
• Provide trauma-informed services and supervision to support effective risk management to reduce serious incidents through proactive risk reduction strategies which identify potential problems and implement preventive measures.
• Support meaningful opportunities for participants to provide feedback and input into program services.
• Perform crisis response services as needed.
• Work flexible hours when required.
• Provide services that are inclusive of diversity and address the disparities experienced by program participants.
• Maintain collaborative relationships with mental health service providers in the community.
• Participate in team meetings and collaborative service planning.
• Supervision of clinical interns where applicable.

Bilingual Emotional Wellness Specialist, Spanish

• 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.
• Determine a person’s legal eligibility for Supervised Release with the review of arrest case information, RAP sheet, and attorney recommendations, ensuring admitted participants receive the appropriate supervision level when admission is ordered by the judge.
• Conduct screenings and assessment interviews to explain Supervised Release, administer screening tools, and formulate immediate recommendations for supervision and case management services.
• Ensure participants understand the conditions of their pretrial supervision release and the expectations about participation in Supervised Release.
• Achieve monthly intake targets and perform to quality pretrial standards.
• Accompany participants to court appearances and advocate to judges verbally for participants to maintain continuity in Supervised Release.
• Effectively manage crises to ensure participant safety and well-being.
• Ensure timely, complete, and accurate documentation in the case record database including collecting and tracking participant demographics, intake, re-arrest cases, and warrants.
• Facilitate effective collaboration with Supervised Release staff delivering services in the borough-based offices to ensure the court receives accurate information and participants satisfy conditions of supervision.
• Provide timely and accurate notification to the court about participant non-compliance (when participants are missing/absconded, fail to report, and are rearrested).
• Provide culturally competent and anti-racist services in the court 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 that are responsive to the race, ethnicity, sexuality, gender, and criminal legal history of program participants.
• Participate in supervision, case review and staff meetings, and in-service trainings to develop clinical, motivational interviewing, trauma-informed, and legal system competence.
• Work a regular and obscure schedule and adhere to schedule changes to ensure Supervised Release consistently maintains coverage for all court shifts; perform other related duties as assigned by supervisors and senior staff.

Bilingual Emotional Wellness Specialist, Spanish

Bilingual Night Court Representative