Clinical Case Coordinator

Overview :

CASES seeks a Clinical Case Coordinator to join its Intensive Services Unit within Pretrial Services. 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 ideal candidate for this position will work well as part of a coordinated clinical team and serve participants in direct collaboration with a Peer Specialist as part of a coordinated approach to care.

The focus group of program participants are managing challenges in the areas of 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.

The Clinical Case Coordinator will be an active partner in providing direct services to participants primarily in the community with additional services being provided at other CASES program locations .

Location : 4 West 125th Street New York NY 10027.

Salary : 65K Annually

Hours : Full-Time Monday - Friday 9AM-5PM

What you will be doing :

• 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.
• 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.
• Serve as a designated staff person for high risk and high needs cases , coordinating and participating in case reviews and case conference s to ensure a coordinated , collaborative approach for complex cases.
• 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.
• Utilize problem solving and motivational interviewing to help motivate and engage participants i n the change process , ensuring the supervision and case management approach is culturally competent, gender-responsive, trauma-informed , and adhere s to evidence-based risk-need-responsivity principles.
• Provide culturally competent and anti-racist services 1) in accordance with CASES’ policies and the delivery of quality services to address the needs of youth and young adults, adults, and individuals with behavioral health needs and 2) that are responsive to the race, ethnicity, sexuality, gender, and criminal legal history of program participants.
• Ensure timely , complete, and accurate documentation in the case record database including assessment s , supervision schedules and progress notes in accordance with confidentiality regulations
• Participate in clinical supervision, case review, staff meetings, and in-service trainings to develop clinical, motivational interviewing, trauma-informed, supervision , case management , and self-care competenc y
• Strive to m eet monthly supervision, case coordination , and out comes goals.
• Any other duties as required by the Team Leader, Intensive Services Unit to support the overall functioning of the program.

What we are looking for :

• Master's degree in social, Mental Health Counseling, Psychology or other relevant clinical discipline.
• Active licensure in a clinical discipline in New York State, preferred.
• One to two years of experience providing clinical services to individuals to families, or groups managing challenges in the areas of Behavioral Health and the Criminal Legal System.
• Experience providing direct clinical services in a field-based setting strongly preferred.
• Strong interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence .
• Ability to work effectively within a diverse team environment.

For more information about CASES benefits please visit : Careers - CASES

Compensation details : 65000-65000 Yearly Salary

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