What are the responsibilities and job description for the Criminal Justice Specialist position at CASES?
Job Description
Job Title: Criminal Justice Specialist (LMHC, MHC-LP, LMSW, LCSW) – Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (FACT)
Locations: New York City
Reports to: Team Leader
Salary: The salary for this role is $60,000 per year.
Overview:
The purpose of Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) is to deliver comprehensive and effective services to individuals (age 18 and up) who are diagnosed with severe mental illness (SMI), suffer from co-occurring substance use disorders, have histories of criminal legal system involvement, and whose needs have not been well met by more traditional service delivery approaches. Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is an evidence-based practice that provides an integrated set of other evidence-based treatment, rehabilitation, case management, and support services delivered by a mobile, multi-disciplinary mental health treatment team to support recipient recovery through a highly individualized approach that provides recipients with the tools to obtain and maintain housing, employment, relationships and relief from symptoms and medication side effects.
The FACT Criminal Justice Specialist is a Master’s level mental health clinician who outreaches clients in the community to provide treatment and services with high fidelity to the ACT model. The Criminal Justice Specialist provides engagement services and psychoeducation to clients, and liaise and advocate for clients within the criminal legal system, including but not limited to: provide court updates, coordinate clients’ care during their incarceration, provide advocacy letters to clients’ defense attorneys, etc. Specific title does not limit the scope of clinical services that the staff member provides as FACT staff are both generalists and specialists, based on their areas of experience and interest.
Responsibilities:
- Provide 80 percent of treatment contacts in the community and complete expected minimum monthly treatment contacts, including leading groups when clinically indicated;
- Attend and participate in daily team meetings to discuss clients’ clinical and case management issues and needs;
- Complete documentations required by the NYS Office of Mental Health (OMH) and NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s (DOHMH) licensing guidelines, NYS Medicaid billing guidelines as well as per CASES ACT Policy and Procedures;
- Liaise with other stakeholders who are involved in clients’ justice involvement (e.g. Correctional Health Services, defense attorney, judge, court diversion programs, etc) to advocate for client care and services;
- Collaborate with client’s support network and other service providers on treatment planning, service coordination, and case management support with the goal of promoting client’s recovery and stability in the community;
- Provide clinical services that are anti-racist, gender-responsive, culturally humble, trauma-informed, recovery-oriented, client-centered, and evidence-based.
- Complete required documentations and toxicology tests for clients with active Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) order;
- Provide 24-hour crisis intervention on-call services on rotating basis;
- Provide culturally competent services in accordance with CASES policies and practice.
Qualifications:
- LMHC, MHC-LP, LMSW, LCSW, with current New York State license;
- Experience working with individuals with serious mental illness, and/or co-occurring substance use disorders;
- Experience with various evidence-based models pertaining to treatment of substance use, and mental illness;
- Experience working with individuals involved in criminal legal system preferred;
- A team player, highly organized and self-motivated;
- Proficient in computers;
- Fluency in Spanish preferred.
- Individuals with lived experience are encouraged to apply.
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.