Brooklyn Clinical Case Coordinator (MSW, MHC, LMSW, LMHC)- Pretrial Services

Job Description

· Provide supervision and community-based services to a caseload of pretrial participants

· Rapidly (within 24-48 hours of release) conduct Supervision Introduction/Orientation meetings with new participants to review supervision conditions, the reporting schedule (as assigned by level of recidivism risk), and the mandatory methods of communication (face-to-face, telephone, and texts) that will be required under the participant’s supervision plan;

· Work collaboratively with the court and other pretrial staff team to facilitate and ensure caseload participants’ successful completion of mandated supervision appointments and court appearances during the pendency of their legal case;

· Review legal and court screening documentation and work with participants to analyze their offending behavior patterns, identifying behavioral changes, need for implementation of supports that may reduce likelihood of any pretrial arrests;

· On an ongoing basis, conduct service need assessments with participants to examine psychosocial needs and problems, including the severity of mental and substance use disorders, problems affecting participation, engagement, and continuity in supervision and treatment and individual motivation for treatment;

· Link participants to treatment based on their eligibility, preferences and needs and provide escort to community services;

· Ensure the timely flow of community outreach and case management activities to meet program goals and objectives;

· Utilize problem solving techniques, motivational interviewing as an integral part of the pretrial supervision and case management process approach, to help motivate and engage individuals in any needed process of change;

· Provide all services in a manner that is gender-responsive, trauma-informed, and that adheres to the core principles of risk-need-responsivity;

· Maintain collaborative relationships with community providers (supported housing providers, Health Homes, care management programs, addiction treatment and mental health providers, peer-run providers, education, vocational training and employment services providers, legal services providers, medical care providers, and family providers);

· Follow program community-based monitoring protocols for high risk and high need program participants and request/participate in case reviews to addresses complex cases;

· Enter assessment, supervision appointment reporting, progress note documentation into program database; conduct all electronic charting activities and reporting in accordance with confidentiality regulations and in a timely fashion;

· Meet monthly case management contact and outreach goals as established by supervisory staff

· Provide culturally competent services in accordance with CASES policies and practice;

· Any other duties as required by the Program Director and supervisory staff

· Flexibility with schedule is required based on departmental needs

Qualifications

· Master’s degree in Social Work, Mental Health Counseling or comparable professional degree

· Licensure preferred

· Minimum of three years’ experience working in human services with individuals with substance use disorders, co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders and involvement in the criminal justice system;

· Extensive knowledge of community treatment, support services and resources

· Knowledge of the criminal justice system, court processes and alternative to detention/incarceration services

· Experience using databases such as Salesforce

· Spanish speaking a plus

Additional Information

Full-time 35-hour week with excellent benefits

CASES is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment with CASES is based solely on qualifications and competence for a particular position, without regard to race, color, ethnic or national origin, age, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or marital, military, or citizenship status. We also actively recruit individuals with prior involvement in the criminal justice system.