Program Manager, Social Work

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 ovatingjustice.org.

THE OPPORTUNITY

The Bronx Community Justice Center (BxCJC), one of the Center's newest projects, works to create a safer, more equitable Bronx through community-driven safety initiatives, violence prevention, youth opportunity, and economic development efforts.

The Bronx Community Justice Center is seeking a Program Manager, Social Work. Reporting to the Director of Youth and Community Initiatives the Program Manager will manage the provision of therapeutic services and individual support, as well as support group programming and community-based projects in collaboration with young people living in the South Bronx.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Supervise and support a team of social workers and social work interns to provide individual and group based support to young people;
• Develop healing-centered community practices and programs to support youth and community members;
• Provide social work consultation, trainings, and support to an interdisciplinary team of staff;
• Lead case conferences and team meetings;
• Provide individual counseling and support to young people, with a focus on young people who have been most impacted by community violence;
• Provide holistic advocacy and case management;
• Provide crisis intervention and support;
• Engage family and community supports, as needed;
• Manage records, reporting, and documentation;
• Work alongside violence prevention Outreach Workers and Violence Interrupters to engage and support individuals most impacted by community violence;
• Create innovative group programming to support community care and wellness;
• Facilitate a range of workshops and programming to support young people;
• Support community wellness and healing through community-based events and activations;
• Form partnerships with community stakeholders, organizations, and agencies to strengthen systems of support for participants;
• Plan group curricula and facilitate therapeutic group sessions for participants;
• Participate in clinical supervision;
• Participate (and lead) in case conferencing meetings with non-clinical case management staff as needed;
• Participate in agency staff meetings, self-care activities and trainings;
• Work collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team of violence interrupters, outreach workers, and community programs staff;
• Participate in promotion of programmatic resources, community outreach, and community engagement;
• Canvass community alongside the Save Our Streets South Bronx team and other staff at the BxCJC;
• Attend community stakeholder meetings, including community board, resident association, precinct council, and other related recurring meetings; and
• Additional relevant tasks, as needed.

Qualifications:

• LMSW and a minimum 3-5 years of professional experience in community-based individual support settings required, LCSW preferred;
• At least 2 years in a supervisory or leadership capacity required;
• SIFI certified or eligible;
• Commitment to anti-oppressive practice and creating space that centers BIPOC communities;
• Commitment to youth-led practice and belief in the innate capacity of youth to positively impact their community;
• Extremely punctual and reliable, highly organized and detail-oriented;
• Strong problem solving skills;
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills;
• Ability to work evenings & weekends, as…