Job description
Key Responsibilities
Program Coordination
- Provide direct supportive representation to Baltimore City’s Re-entry Action Network/Returning Citizens Council (RAN/RCC) and Returning Citizens Behind the Wall (RCBTW) initiatives.
- Manage low barrier reintegrative case management for returning citizens and connect individuals to partner agencies and community-based partners post incarceration.
- Act as a central point of contact for, and demonstrate significant experience working on, issues of re-entry.
- Coordinate and implement critical time-sensitive special projects, program alliances and joint initiatives.
- Provide technical assistance to community and city partners and agencies as needed.
- Builds and manage cooperative and trusting relationships with city agencies, community nonprofits, civic groups, and residents in order to ensure a coordinated community response to re-entry related initiatives.
- Facilitate dialogue, data collection, reporting, process improvement, and other work related to re-entry.
- Coordinate the development and implementation of inter/intradepartmental plans, policies, strategies and communications regarding re-entry.
Community Engagement and Service Provision
- Monitor efforts of community partners in providing services to returning citizens and provide updates accordingly.
- Conduct community needs assessments, outreach and education as it relates to re-re-entry.
- Identify key partners, develop action-oriented plans to address gaps, evaluate effectiveness of collaboration, and maintain statistical framework for data collection and reports.
- Develop and maintain knowledge of needs of returning citizens and best practices in victim services.
- Assist with the implementation of new evidence-based practices.
- Maintain confidentiality of returning citizen and departmental information.
Reporting and Compliance
- Deliver timely and thorough reporting of project deliverables to immediate supervisor.
- Prepare monthly reports regarding the progress of the project plan to be shared with other agencies, independent monitors, and/or the general public.
- Attend community meetings and develop public information campaigns, as appropriate, for Baltimore City residents and the wider community.
- Attend and participate in inter-agency meetings, professional group meetings and related activities; attend workshops, conferences, and classes to increase professional knowledge; serve on committees as assigned; stay abreast of new trends and innovations in the field of re-entry.
Qualifications/Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Sociology, Psychology, Human Services, or related social or behavioral science and/or 3 – 5 years related experience.
- Experience with developing, coordinating, and managing programs, including the use of data to monitor outcomes and drive responses.
- Able to identify pressing needs and prioritize those as needed, without losing track of other tasks and responsibilities; Ability to effectively manage time and resources.
- Attention to detail and able to correlate topics and information.
- A demonstrated ability to address/resolve difficult, multi-faceted problems.
- Able to communicate effectively at all levels, both written and oral, with a wide range of stakeholders.
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite. Skilled in the use of office software applications to prepare reports and use software to develop information; able to enter data in required management reports.
- Knowledge of local, state, and federal laws pertaining to returning citizens.
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