Pre-trial Release Clinician Job Syracuse area,City of Syracuse New York USA,Social Work

THE ORGANIZATION

The Center for Justice Innovation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing community safety and racial justice. Since 1996,we’veworked alongside communities, courts, and those most directly affected by the justice system to build stronger, healthier, and moreequitableneighborhoods. 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 pilotnew ideasand address local challenges;

Conducting original research to evaluate what works—and whatdoesn’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 recognizedexpertise, we bring innovative, practical, and lasting solutions to justice systems nationwide.
Learn more about our work ovatingjustice.org.

THE OPPORTUNITY

The Onondaga County Pretrial Release Program (OC PRP) provides an alternative to pretrial detention and bail by ensuring that individuals facing criminal charges attend their court appearances and avoid rearrest whileremainingin their communities. This is achieved through regular check-ins with dedicated program staff who provide support andfacilitateconnections to community-based services and resources. OC PRP reduces detention-related costs while keeping people in their jobs and with their families during the pendency of their case.

The program's success is due to the Center's longstanding ability to integrate research and evidence-based practices to increase safety in partnership with the courts and local communities.

The Center’s Upstate Office seeks a Pretrial Release Clinician who will report to the Project Director. The primary responsibilities of the Pretrial Release Clinician will be to conduct program intake for OC PRP participants and facilitate required Cognitive Behavior Therapy-informed sessions with eligible OC PRP participants who indicate that they have mental health needs during the intake assessment. CBT-informed sessions are built on foundational CBT principles, using the Center's unique pretrial release model.

The purpose of these sessions is to work with participants' existing motivation for change to support their engagement in prosocial goal identification and relevant services to address criminogenic needs. Relatedly, pre-trial clinicians also play a key role in linking assessment information to service and resource referrals, providingtimelyemergency referrals and crisis intervention and de-escalation support. Pre-trial release clinicians also work with participants toidentifyand address barriers to compliance and court attendance;

conduct outreach to participants, court stakeholders, community-based service providers, and community contacts; lead other suitable programming, andensureaccurateandtimelycourt reporting on participants' compliance with program requirements. Accurate andtimelydata entry is a core responsibility for this position.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Conduct program intake and holistic assessments;
Create voluntary service and resource plans that address criminogenic needs and responsivity factors;
Make referrals to address relevant needs;
Provide assistance to participants to support program engagement with referrals made, as needed;
Provide task supervision for MSW interns conducting intake and CBT-informed sessions to ensure operational alignment with program policyand needs;
Provide warm handoffs to Pretrial Release Specialist (PRS) after intake and/or CBT-informed session completion, as relevant and needed;
Schedule participants for their first check-in with assigned PRS;
Case conference with PRS to discuss participant needs and/or service and…