THE ORGANIZATION
The Center for Justice Innovation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing community safety and racial justice. Since 1996, we’ve worked alongside communities, courts, and those most directly affected by the justice system to build stronger, healthier, and more equitable neighborhoods. With a team of over 900 staff and an annual budget of $130 million, the Center carries out its mission through three core strategies:
Operating Programs that pilot new ideas and address local challenges;
Conducting original research to evaluate what works—and what doesn’t; and
Providing expert assistance and policy guidance to reformers across the country and beyond.
Backed by decades of on-the-ground experience and nationally recognized expertise, we bring innovative, practical, and lasting solutions to justice systems nationwide.
Learn more about our work at www.innovatingjustice.org .
THE OPPORTUNITY
The Supervised Release Program (SRP) offers an alternative to jail by providing pre-trial supervision, case management, and voluntary social services to people at risk of pretrial detention. Program participants are monitored to ensure their appearance at court dates, compliance with mandated programming, as well as referrals to community-based programming such as job training, drug treatment, and mental health counseling. Following legislative changes in New York State that curtail the use of cash bail and pre-trial detention, the Center has seen dramatic growth in the population served through Supervised Release. The Center runs SRP operating sites in Brooklyn and Staten Island, with several locations throughout.
The Intensive Case Management (ICM) Program is a new community-based initiative within the Supervised Release Program designed to provide intensive support to a high-needs subset of participants with multiple court cases who are experiencing homelessness to improve pretrial outcomes and coordinated access to services including housing and mental health treatment.
The Supervised Release Program is seeking an experienced Director to develop, implement, and lead day-to-day operations of the Intensive Case Management (ICM) Program. As the inaugural Director, this role provides leadership to program staff, develops and implements policies that ensure successful execution of the SRP and ICM model, initiates and strengthens stakeholder partnerships, and drives operational excellence.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to: Spearhead, develop, and plan implementation and coordination of all new ICM Supervised Release Programming;
Provide (clinical and task) supervision and oversight to an interdisciplinary team who work in partnership to deliver services to a subset of high-need supervised release participants in the community;
Provide supervision and support to the teams to create and oversee quality assurance systems and internal audits to ensure the program is consistently adhering to the model, fulfilling its mandate, providing accurate court reports, and quality service to participants;
Support in identifying operational successes and challenges towards the goal of developing and maintaining responsive and appropriate program policy, structures, and systems;
Support in developing and maintaining quality assurance systems that promote consistent services and referrals quality to participants within and across teams, including trauma-informed and culturally competent protocols and practices;
Support in ensuring consistent quality services to participants, accurate and timely data entry, substantive staff support, effective communication and collaboration, and professional development opportunities for staff;
Support in hiring and training and onboarding an interdisciplinary team;
Collaborate with program leadership to identify and address training gaps and ensure staff are trained as required and needed;
Oversee consistent and effective cross-team communication and collaboration to proactively identify…