Overview

　　Rising Groundprovides caring support and proven paths to positive change, helping children, adults, and families rise above adversity, and each year, Rising Ground is a positive force in the lives of more than 25,000 individuals. We do this through 50 programs in 70 locations throughout New York City and Westchester. Our strong belief and commitment to diversity shows not just through our work with supported persons, but is integral to the building of a strong staff that reflects the communities we serve.

　　Criminalize Survivors Programhas offered comprehensive clinical and legal advocacy services to survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) or other forms of gender-based violence (GBV) who have been criminalize for their efforts to survive or resist abusive partner behavior. We support survivors facing felony and/or misdemeanor charges in any borough. In addition, STEPS CSP has a designated Advocate/Counselor serving criminalize survivors on-site at the Manhattan and Brooklyn Family Justice Centers, and a Training team that helps lead the City's whole-City response to criminalize survivors.

　　TwoTrainersdesign and refine training curricula, and facilitate trainings, aimed at educating City agencies and community-based organizations on identifying and supporting criminalize survivors of gender-based violence. The Training Team engages in extensive outreach to community-based anti-IPV organizations, Family Justice Center on- and off-site partner staff, institutional defenders and 18Bs, DA offices, criminal justice reform organizations, reentry organizations, and correctional services staff. Recognizing the mutually informing relationship between direct practice and providereducation, Trainers also engage in clinical and advocacy services with criminalize survivors at Rikers and in the community.

　　Responsibilities

　　• Design training curricula and facilitate trainings aimed at educating City agencies and community based organizations about criminalize survivors; • Engage survivors and team members around feedback on trainings, training materials, and as cofacilitators; • Conduct extensive outreach to raise awareness about the experiences of criminalize survivors; • Collect data about the impact of the trainings, trends, and directions for future work; • Provide direct clinical and advocacy support to a mid-size caseload of criminalize survivors; • Actively and collaboratively participate in weekly supervision and team meetings; • Actively and collaboratively participate in planning and implementation meetings with City actors such as the Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence; • Demonstrate accountability to survivors by adhering to program policies and practices related to case note entry, maintenance of participant files, obtaining participant consent, and all other direct practice processes; • Other tasks as assigned by STEPS leadership.

　　Qualifications

　　• LMSW, LMHC or other relevant graduate degree required; • Bilingual in English and Spanish, strongly preferred; • Strong and dynamic counseling and advocacy skills; • Dynamic and engaging outreach, training, and facilitation skills; • Nuanced understanding of the dynamics of gender-based violence and systems of dominance and oppression; • Meaningful commitment to the tenets of healing-centered anti- oppressive practice; • High level of self-awareness and ability to give and receive feedback well; • Impeccable attention to detail, systems, and processes; • Ability to work with flexibility, independence, accountability, passion, and humor.

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　　70k/Annually

　　EOE

　　Job LocationsUS-NY-Brooklyn

　　Posted Date5 months ago(9/18/2023 4:05 PM)

　　Job ID 2023-2626

　　of Openings 2Category Clinical