The Mayor’s
Office of Reintegration Services (RISE) is looking to fill the position of
Reentry Specialist.
Interested
candidates must follow the directions on the attached posting. Deadline is
April 10, 2015.
Reentry Specialist
Philadelphia, PA
The Mayor’s Office of Reintegration
Services (RISE) utilizes
direct services and partnerships with other agencies to assist the formerly
incarcerated in their reintegration back into the community.
By
providing direct services to returning citizens, RISE hopes to prepare them for
life after incarceration. Through education and workforce based training models,
we are able to assist each participant by helping them address their barriers,
so they can become successful, law abiding citizens.
Through recent funding via the Second
Chance Act (SCA), The Adult Reentry Demonstration Program will
be implemented by The Mayor’s Office of Reintegration Services (RISE), and will
demonstrate the cost-effectiveness and recidivism-reduction potential of
shifting RISE’s focus from low-risk to higher-risk offenders. The project will serve 105 men, ages 18-40,
released from the Philadelphia Prison System (PPS) to North Philadelphia (target
area), which is one of the most crime-ridden and blighted areas of the City
where the rate of poverty is nearly twice the citywide rate. The project will utilize a multi-discipline,
multi-sector Reentry Task Force to guide a robust planning phase and
implementation of pre- and post-release services designed to support seamless,
coordinated, and successful reentry.
RISE currently
seeks a dynamic individual for this Adult
Reentry Demonstration project to assume the role of a Reentry Specialist. The
position has tremendous impacts on the ability to align service providers with
the clients served in our Demonstration Grant. This key personnel position will
be the liaison for Philadelphia Prison System Caseworkers and Training
Facilitators.
This is a full-time, grant funded position through Fall of
2016.
Salary: $35,000
Job
Description:
The Reentry Specialist will work closely with the
Case Manager to identify participant needs and find community resources to meet
the identified needs. The Reentry Specialist will work with several multi-sector
wraparound providers on topics including education, life skills, housing, legal
services and transpiration among many others.
Additional duties for this
position include the following:
·
Spend time in the community working with existing providers, and
identifying new providers.
·
Reentry Specialist will work directly with Employment contractor to
ensure clients who participate in the SCA Grant will become gainfully employed.
·
Reentry Specialist will also work directly with a Peer Forensic
Specialist provided by the Department of Behavioral Health.
·
Reentry Specialist will report all activities to the Grant Manager of
the SCA Grant
Qualifications:
·
The Reentry Specialist will have 3-5 years of directly related
experience, including case work with reentry populations and knowledge of
project stakeholders.
·
The Reentry Specialist will have working knowledge of psychology
practices, conflict resolution, and trauma related training.
·
Reentry Specialist will demonstrate superior written and oral communication
skills.
·
The Reentry Specialist will accompany clients who are assessed and
identified as individuals who will receive Outpatient Services for Drug and
Alcohol.
·
The Reentry Specialist will work with the Social Workers from the
Philadelphia Prison System to recruit inmates to participate in the SCA Grant
Program.
We are looking to fill this position quickly. Deadline for submissions is April
10, 2015
Cover letters and resumes should be submitted as attachments in Microsoft
Word or PDF formats, and emailed to dushawn.king@phila.gov. Please put in the subject line of your email
“SCA Reentry Specialist Position.”
Mailed applications or failure to follow submission instructions will
result in a denial of the application. No
phone calls or employment agencies please.
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