Director of Social Work
Director of Social Work
The Legal Aid Society
New York, NY
Job ID : 697671776e5a4e62334743557a30394f39773d3d
Job Description :
The Legal Aid Society is seeking a Director of Social Work for the Criminal Defense Practice. The Director will be responsible for the overall coordination, administration, and management of the social work practice in all areas of the Criminal Defense Practice. These practice areas include, but are not limited to all trial offices, Post-Conviction, Special Litigation and Exploitation Intervention Project. The Director will take the lead in designing protocols and facilitating trainings for all staff related to working with vulnerable and challenging clients in crisis. Additionally, The Director will collaborate with the Director of Training to focus on the development of multidisciplinary trainings for legal and non-legal staff. The Director of Social Work will also develop new protocols and strategies to respond to changing needs of delivering client services throughout the criminal court system.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES
- Responsible for the supervision and management of Criminal Defense Practice, Social work Department, and supervisory staff of all units and offices.
- Create and support best practices approaches to meeting staff and client needs with a focus on improving quality of representation for clients and professional development of staff
- Responsible for overseeing the hiring of new social work staff in the Criminal Defense Practice
- Develop policies and protocols for working with people in crisis
- Partner with CDP Training Department, Director of Social Work in Civil and Juvenile Rights Practices and other members of CDP and Senior Leadership teams
- Responsible for the collection and reporting of statistical data and grant and contract reporting with respect to social work services in the Criminal Defense Practice
- Collaborate with Grants and Contracts team to identify funding sources and create proposals for programming that address the emerging needs of clients
- Provide emergency office and case coverage
- Initiate and coordinate special projects
- Participate in practice wide supervisory and management meetings
- Represent the Criminal Defense Practice at external meetings and conferences
- Other duties as assigned
TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS
- Master of Social Work degree and NYS Licensure in Social Work (LMSW) and Seminar in Field Instruction (SIFI) certification required
- At least five years of supervision and administration experience supervising social work and other professional staff located in multiple sites preferred
- Knowledge of criminal legal system including court and community-based organization providing services and treatment to justice involved people
- Extensive knowledge of mental health and substance use treatment systems
- Substantive experience working with people confronting multiple health and mental health crisis and vulnerabilities
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
- Demonstrated commitment to interdisciplinary practice and decision-making
- Demonstrated skills in advocacy, mediation, and interviewing
SALARY TRANSPARENCY
The posting reflects the range of potential salaries for the role. The specific salary offers will be dependent on candidate qualifications, including collectively bargained salary steps for unionized roles.
Salary Range
$142,000-$160,000
SALARY AND BENEFITS
The leadership of The Legal Aid Society believes in attracting and retaining exceptional talent committed to serving our clients. We offer a generous benefits package including health insurance, paid vacation, disability, and life insurance, and more. Salaries for our unionized jobs are governed by our Collective Bargaining Agreement. Please visit our Careers page for additional information. Salary and benefits information will be available to applicants, when and if, an offer is made.
OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION
The leadership of The Legal Aid Society is committed to a work culture of zealous advocacy, respect, diversity and inclusion, client-oriented defense, access to justice and excellent representation. We are dedicated to building a strong professional relationship with each of our clients, to understanding their diverse circumstances, and to meeting their needs. Our ability to achieve these goals depends on the efforts of all of us.
COVID VACCINATION INFORMATION
The Legal Aid Society is taking precautions and implementing safety measures to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and to comply with New York City's requirements concerning Covid-19. All members of the Legal Aid community have a shared responsibility to support and comply with policies and protocols to protect the health and safety of our community. Learn more about our COVID-19 policy by visiting our website.
HOW TO APPLY
All applications must be completed online. We do not accept paper submissions. Please visit our Careers Page to review all current job postings, and instructions on the application process. For technical difficulties or questions regarding this posting, please email jobpostquestions@legal-aid.org.
As an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer, The Legal Aid Society prohibits discriminatory employment actions against and treatment of its employees and applicants for employment based on actual or perceived race or color, size (including bone structure, body size, height, shape, and weight), religion or creed, alienage or citizenship status, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity (one’s internal deeply-held sense of one’s gender which may be the same or different from one’s sex assigned at birth; one’s gender identity may be male, female, neither or both, e.g., non-binary), gender expression (the representation of gender as expressed through, for example, one’s name, choice of pronouns, clothing, haircut, behavior, voice, or body characteristics; gender expression may not be distinctively male or female and may not conform to traditional gender-based stereotypes assigned to specific gender identities), disability, marital status, relationship and family structure (including domestic partnerships, polyamorous families and individuals, chosen family, platonic co-parents, and multigenerational families), genetic information or predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, arrest or pre-employment conviction record, credit history, unemployment status, caregiver status, salary history, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Company Details :
Name : The Legal Aid Society
CEO : Theodore A. Levine
Headquarter : New York, NY
Revenue : $100 to $500 million (USD)
Size : 1001 to 5000 Employees
Type : Nonprofit Organization
Primary Industry : Legal
Sector Name : Legal
Year Founded : 1876
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Details
: New York, NY
: 66360 - 95950 USD ANNUAL
: 110 days ago
