Coordinator, Forensic Assessment - New York, United States - Center for Justice Innovation

Center for Justice Innovation
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THE ORGANIZATION


The Center for Justice Innovation (formerly the Center for Court Innovation) is a non-profit organization that works with communities and justice systems to advance equity, increase safety, and help individuals and communities thrive.

The Center's goal is to identify and resolve as early as possible the challenges that bring people into the criminal and civil legal systems.

It does this in a number of ways—by developing and running programs that reduce the need for incarceration and enhance economic opportunity, conducting original research to identify what works, and sharing what we learn from our programming and research with those seeking to transform the justice system around the world.


The Center is approximately 900-employee, $100 million nonprofit that accomplishes its vision through three pillars of work: creating and scaling operating programs to test new ideas and solve problems, performing original research to determine what works (and what doesn't), and providing expert assistance and policy guidance to justice reformers around the world.


Operating Programs


The Center's operating programs, including the award-winning Red Hook Community Justice Center and Midtown Community Justice Center, test new ideas, solve difficult problems, and attempt to achieve systemic change within the justice system.

Our projects include community-based violence prevention programs, alternatives to incarceration, reentry initiatives, and court-based initiatives that reduce the use of unnecessary incarceration and promote positive individual and family change.

Through this programming, we have produced tangible results like safer streets, reduced incarceration, and improved neighborhood perceptions of justice.


Research


The Center's research teams are staffed with social scientists, data analysts, and lawyers who are academically-trained or have lived experience and who conduct research in the U.S.

and globally on diverse criminal-legal system and justice issues.

Their work includes evaluating programs and policies; conducting exploratory, community-based studies; and providing research translation and strategic planning for system actors.

The Center has published studies on topics including court and jail reform, intimate partner violence, restorative justice, gun violence, reentry, sixth amendment rights, and progressive prosecution.

The research teams strive to make their work meaningful and actionable to the communities they work with, policymakers, and practitioners.


Policy & Expert Assistance


The Center provides hands-on, planning and implementation assistance to a wide range of jurisdictions in areas of reform such as problem-solving courts (e.g., community courts, treatment courts, domestic violence courts), tribal justice, reducing incarceration and the use of fines/fees and reducing crime and violence.

Our current expert assistance takes many forms, including help with analyzing data, strategic planning and consultation, policy guidance, and hosting site visits to its operating programs in the New York City area.


Background on Jail Population Review Program


The Jail Population Review Program is an ambitious initiative in New York City that is led by the Center's New York Legal Policy (NYLP) Team-court practitioners, clinical staff, and research and policy experts focused on developing and implementing critical operational and policy reforms and improving coordination between justice system stakeholders.

The Jail Population Review Program reviews incarcerated individuals for opportunities for pretrial release or case resolution.

The team provides critical information to prosecutors, defense attorneys and judges at the earliest possible juncture so they can engage in meaningful before an individual spends weeks or months in jail.


THE OPPORTUNITY


The Center for Justice Innovation is seeking two Forensic Assessment Coordinators to work with the Jail Population Review Program to identify incarcerated individuals with behavioral health issues who might be eligible for pre-trial release and alternative to incarceration programming.


Reporting to the Senior ATI Policy Advisor, the Forensic Assessment Coordinator will be responsible for reviewing screening information about incarcerated individuals and making recommendations accordingly, and for conducting independent forensic psychological evaluations for different purposes, including brief clinical assessments to identify clinical needs and make preliminary treatment recommendations; as well as more comprehensive assessments to clarify diagnoses, identify cognitive deficits or neurodevelopmental disorders, or assess violence or recidivism risk and management.

This is a post-doctoral position. The Forensic Assessment Coordinator will receive clinical supervision toward licensure from a licensed clinical psychologist.

The Forensic Assessment Coordinator will work with stakeholders, including judges, defense a
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