Clinical Case Coordinator, ISU

Job Title: Clinical Case Coordinator, ISU

Job Summary:

CASES is currently seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented Clinical Case Coordinator for our Intensive Services Unit. Upon admission to the program, the Clinical Case Coordinator promptly conducts Supervision Introduction/Orientation meetings with new participants to review supervision conditions stipulated in their supervision plan.

The Clinical Case Coordinator assists participants on their case load to comply with supervision appointments and court appearances during the pendency of their legal case. Clinical Case Coordinator conducts ongoing assessments of service needs with participants and collaboratively develops service plans that address identified needs and goals. The goal is to reduce recidivism, enhance engagement in community treatment services and support participants in achieving their self-identified goals for treatment, recovery, rehabilitation, and successful community integration.

This position requires close collaboration with a clinical team, working directly with a Peer Specialist to ensure a coordinated approach to participant care. The ideal candidate will possess excellent organizational skills, effective communication abilities, and the ability to prioritize tasks efficiently. They will thrive in a collaborative clinical environment and demonstrate a commitment to the principles of rehabilitation and community reintegration.

This initiative will implement innovative approaches to working with individuals who have been placed in the Supervised Release Program and experience more extensive needs and challenges that may impact daily functioning and overall program engagement. The focus group of program participants manage challenges in mental health, substance use, employment and medical health. The team promotes proactive, sustained engagement in the community as a catalyst to individual transformation by bridging participants to community partners and resources eager to support our participants in realizing their greatest potential.

Salary: The salary for the Clinical Case Coordinator role is $69,010 per year.

Shift Hours: The Clinical Case Coordinator is working Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Location Address: 151 Lawrence Street, 4th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201.

Workplace Flexibility: On-site (for roles that are 100% in-office/in-person)

What you will be doing:

• Will provide community-based direct services to a limited, specialized caseload of pretrial participants that may include a higher recidivism risk, participants with mandated treatment requirements, and those individuals with higher profiled cases.
• Rapidly at the point of arraignment conduct Intake Assessments to identify immediate critical needs that must be addressed to further sustain program involvement and enrollment.
• Participate in regularly occurring team meetings and case conferences to ensure seamless coordination among staff, wide dissemination of participant information as well as rapid responses to urgent needs.
• Facilitate effective collaboration with staff delivering court services to ensure the efficient enrollment of new participants into the program while gathering the necessary basic information for ongoing service provision.
• Link participants to emergency, housing, education, vocational, employment, and treatment services based on their preferences and needs, provide navigation to community services, and establish effective collaboration and positive relationships with community providers.
• Will conduct review of legal and court screening documentation to facilitate admission and ongoing needs assessment of criminal history, psychosocial, developmental, and behavioral health needs, supervision risks to identify engagement approach, focus for behavioral change, and needed supports to reduce re-arrest, and promote success in the community following program completion.
• Will utilize problem solving and motivational interviewing to help motivate and engage participants in the change process, ensuring the supervision and case management approach is culturally competent, gender-responsive, trauma-informed, and adheres to evidence-based risk-need-responsivity principles.
• Help ensure we maintain a safe working environment by reporting any hazards or unsafe conditions, e.g., liquid spill in hallway, to the appropriate facilities staff member or supervisor.

What we are looking for:

• Master's degree in Social Work, Mental Health Counseling, Psychology or other relevant clinical discipline.
• One to two years of experience providing clinical services to individuals to families or groups managing challenges in Behavioral Health and the Criminal Legal System.
• Strong interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence.
• Must be able to navigate 5 boroughs of NYC and perform field work in a variety of weather conditions.
• Must be able to lift 5-10 lbs.
• Ability to work effectively within a diverse team environment.
• Must be able to sit for extended periods.

Additional, preferred…