Social Worker, Brownsville Community Justice Center

Social Worker

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.

Since 2011, the Brownsville Community Justice Center (BCJC), an operating project of the Center, has worked to address systemic inequality, enhance public safety, and create opportunities for residents to lead in building a safer, more equitable community.

The Social Worker will provide individual and group counseling, action planning and interventions, youth advocacy and mitigation, crisis intervention, family support, and facilitate community healing events and practices. Our projects include community-based violence prevention interventions, youth programming, neighborhood investment, economic mobility and community healing.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Individual support & advocacy:
• Support outreach and recruit eligible participants into the program;
• Provide weekly individual counseling and support to a group of 15-20 young people who have been most impacted by community violence and the criminal legal system;
• Provide holistic advocacy and resource coordination;
• Provide crisis intervention support;
• Conduct home visits and community visits with participants;
• Provide mitigation support including working with lawyers and defense teams to create packets;
• Provide court advocacy and support;
• Provide family-based support including crisis intervention, short-term family counseling, and resource coordination; and
• Work collaboratively with mentors and outreach workers to provide holistic support to participants.

• Group programming:
• Plan group curricula and facilitate therapeutic group sessions for participants;
• Create innovative therapeutic 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; and
• Plan and coordinate special events for participants and their families.

• Community engagement:
• 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;
• Work collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team;
• Participate in promotion of programmatic resources, community outreach, and community engagement;
• Canvass community alongside the BCJC team;
• Attend community stakeholder meetings, including community board, resident association, precinct council, and other related recurring meetings; and
• Participate in community events and collaborative meetings representing the program.

• Data, documentation & compliance:
• Complete all required documentation and enter accurate, timely data into designated databases;
• Assist with data tracking and reporting in accordance with program and funder requirements; and
• Support grant-related documentation and reporting as assigned.

• Professional development & organizational participation:
• Attend staff meetings, trainings, and ongoing professional development opportunities;
• Participate in Justice Center community events and initiatives; and
• Perform additional relevant duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• LMSW and at least one year or more pre or post Master's relevant full time experience is required. Candidates with an MSW who are not…