Supervising Court Liaison

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:

Backed by decades of on-the-ground experience and nationally recognized expertise, we bring innovative, practical, and lasting solutions to justice systems nationwide.
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THE OPPORTUNITY

Brooklyn Supervised Release Program, a program of the Center for Justice Innovation, seeks to reengineer the experience of criminal court in Brooklyn, New York by providing judges and attorneys meaningful alternatives to bail, fines, and jail sentences. Operating out of Kings County Criminal Court, Brooklyn Supervised Release Program is a team of social service providers, court-based Court Liaisons, and others who seek to improve the quality of justice.

By providing meaningful pretrial supervised release and post-conviction sentencing options, Brooklyn Justice Initiatives seeks to use an arrest as a window of opportunity to change the direction of a participant’s life and avoid the harmful effects of incarceration.

Brooklyn Supervised Release Program is seeking a Supervising Court Liaison to work with the Court operations team orting to the Director of Court Operations, the Supervising Court Liaison will oversee all releases into the Supervised Release Program, the release referral and court reporting process, and work closely with Supervised Release Program (SRP) staff. This role will oversee Court Liaisons who are responsible for reviewing all available information about supervised release cases.

Once participants are enrolled in the program, the Supervising Court Liaison will assure that written and verbal compliance updates are provided to the court, including defense attorneys, assistant district attorneys, and judges on a regular basis. The Supervising Court Liaison is also responsible for providing court coverage to various Criminal and Supreme Court parts, including specialized court initiatives.

• Provide weekly supervision to a team of Court Liaisons and Senior Court Liaisons;
• Collaborate with the Court Operations management to hold regularly scheduled team meetings;
• Assist the Director of Court Operations with the preparation of judicial engagements and trainings;
• Collaborate with Alternative to Incarceration (ATI) staff, providing cross-training and assuring cross-program fluency;
• Collaborate with other court operations management in the creation of court liaison schedules;
• Assist with the implementation of department policies and procedures;
• Support the ongoing professional development and training of assigned Court Liaisons;
• Provide program orientation to participants released under supervision in Kings County;
• Ensure participants who are released to pretrial supervision are connected with a case manager;
• Provide written and verbal case updates to the court and other court staff, as needed, including compliance reporting;
• Collaborate with the Clinical and Compliance departments to support daily operations through various joint project initiatives.
• Serve as a liaison in the Brooklyn criminal and supreme court parts, to determine eligibility for all operating programs;
• Maintain appropriate client information in electronic databases and hard files, including court assessment, screening, and outcome information;
• Assist senior staff with the development and implementation of new programs, protocols, initiatives, and/or interventions;
• Assist with data collection and management;
• Collaborate with the Compliance Department to ensure accurate reporting of participant program status;
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