Facilitator, Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)

Company: Center for Justice Innovation
Location: New York
Posted on: November 9, 2024

Job Description:

THE ORGANIZATIONThe Center for Justice Innovation is a community justice organization that centers safety and racial justice. Since our founding in 1996, the Center has partnered with community members, courts, and the people most impacted to create stronger, healthier, more just communities. Our decades of experience in courts and communities, coupled with our field-leading research and practitioner expertise, help us drive justice nationwide in innovative, powerful, and durable ways. For more information on how and where we work, please visit www.innovatingjustice.org.The Center is a 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.THE OPPORTUNITYThe Center's Gender and Family Justice (GFJ) team is rooted in researching, developing, and implementing evidence-based best practices for the handling of domestic violence, sexual assault, teen dating violence, stalking, exploitation and trafficking cases. The team is values-based and is committed to actively promoting equitable, open, and intentional spaces within our team and within greater community discussions. In order to facilitate collaborative conversations that center well-being and self-reflection, the team encourages respectful conduct towards each other, our staff, and our guests - conduct that strives to be anti-racist and inclusive of marginalized individuals.The Center's Gender and Family Justice team is seeking a Facilitator to facilitate classes that address intimate partner and family violence. The Facilitator will teach primarily in the Tactics and Choices class, which facilitates classes for those arrested for Intimate Partner Violence charges and who are participating in the Supervised Release Program. Participants are either mandated or encouraged to voluntarily attend this class as part of their supervised release program. The class offers participants an overview of basic principles of power and control dynamics and uses an interactive format to introduce strategies for making healthy choices in intimate relationships. The Facilitator will provide this class as part of a larger IPV supervised release track, with the goal of increasing compliance with court mandates and return to court. The Facilitator will also train in other IPV and domestic violence groups and classes as the team seeks to expand programming.The facilitator will primarily teach online and but will also teach classes in person throughout New York City's five boroughs as the program expands. The class will be offered in several separate groups: Spanish-speaking, male, female, and LGBTQ+ defendants utilizing different curricula. Classes are offered in other languages with an interpreter on an as-needed basis.Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Facilitate classes for IPV participants on supervised release (in person and online);
• Manage class schedule and attendance via Calendly;
• Communicate with case managers on participant completion;
• Manage data collection for reporting including attendance and participation;
• Participate in peer and group supervision;
• Participate in individual supervision;
• Review, revise, and assist in the development of curricula;
• Provide on-site support and training to supervised release case managers as needed;
• Attend Gender Family Justice and other stakeholder meetings as needed;
• Attend and facilitate workshops and conferences as needed;
• Facilitate other IPV groups as needed and requested;
• Perform other administrative and program support functions, as needed; and
• Additional relevant tasks, as needed.Qualifications:
  • A Bachelor's degree or 2-3 years of group facilitation experience, preferably with court-involved populations. Previous experience facilitating restorative justice-based programming, and/or a familiarity with principles of restorative justice, preferred.
  • Experience facilitating group work in-person and online;
  • Experience working with underserved and underrepresented populations;
  • Strong oral and written communication skills;
  • Strong organizational skills;
  • Ability to function independently and work in a team;
  • Ability to work days, evenings and weekends;
  • Ability to travel to any of New York City's five boroughs;
  • Bilingual Spanish/English fluency;
  • Minimum of 1-3 years work experience providing domestic violence prevention and intervention services in a community-based or criminal legal setting is preferred;
  • Experience of working with adults who have caused harm in their relationships preferred;
  • Training and experience in working with survivors of domestic violence in trauma-informed settings is preferred.Position Type: Full-time (occasional weekends, evenings, and holidays).Position Location: Manhattan, with travel to the program sites across New York City and all five boroughs.Compensation: The compensation range for this position is $52,000 - $59,500 and is commensurate with experience. The Center for Justice Innovation offers an excellent benefits package including comprehensive healthcare with a national network, free basic dental coverage, vision insurance, short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, and flexible spending accounts including commuter FSA. We prioritize mental health care for our staff and offer services like Talkspace and Ginger through our healthcare plans. We offer a 403(b) retirement plan with a two-to-one employer contribution up to 5%.The Center for Justice Innovation is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace, and as such, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other category protected by law. We strongly encourage and welcome applications from women, people of color, members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities, as well as individuals with prior contact with the criminal justice system. Our aim is to create a supportive and respectful environment where every individual, irrespective of their background or identity, feels valued and included.
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