About the Role
STEPS Criminalized Survivors Program - Rising Ground’s anti-intimate partner violence program - offers a variety of trauma-informed, anti-oppressive programming focused on the prevention of intimate partner violence (IPV); advocacy and healing for survivors and children impacted by abusive partner behavior; and training intended to increase awareness of the epidemic of gender-based violence. Since the program's founding in 1986, STEPS has been deliberately dedicated to engaging in work that is innovative and deeply survivor-centered and works to promote the idea that support for survivors of IPV that is not aligned with anti-oppressive, anti-racist, feminist/womanist principles tends to unintentionally mimic systems of oppression, and is ultimately, re-traumatizing and ineffective.
For over 30 years, the STEPS Criminalized Survivors Program has offered comprehensive clinical and legal support services to survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) or other forms of gender-based violence (GBV) who have been criminalized for their efforts to survive or resist abusive partner behavior. We support survivors facing felony and/or misdemeanor charges in any borough. In addition, STEPS CSP has a designated Advocate/Counselor serving criminalized survivors on-site at the Manhattan and Brooklyn Family Justice Centers, and a Training team that helps lead the City's Whole-City response to criminalized survivors.
What You’ll Do
The STEPS CSP Supervisor will provide consistent, reliable, and relationally grounded supervision to at least half of the direct service ATI staff. The Supervisor will have an advanced clinical degree, ample direct practice and supervisory experience and the ability to supervise graduate students. Additionally, the Supervisor will work collaboratively to meet the administrative and reporting needs of the ATI contract. The Supervisor will also carry a small caseload of ATI clients and support the director in intakes and referrals management and funder reporting and:
- Provide consistent, reliable and relationally grounded supervision to at least half of the direct service ATI staff; FJC Advocate, training team and graduate students, as needed
- Work collaboratively to meet the administrative and reporting needs of the ATI contract
- Provide survivor-centered counseling and advocacy to a small caseload of ATI clients
- Manage intakes and referrals, as well as verifying participants for monthly caseload counts
- Work closely with CSP Director to plan and facilitate weekly team meetings and annual retreats
- Collaborate with leadership to monitor and ensure quality of ATI services
- Facilitate bi-weekly group supervision using Seeking Safety, or in combination with other evidence-based interventions
- Other tasks as assigned by STEPS CSP leadership
Your Qualifications
- LMSW, LMHC or other relevant, graduate degree required
- Strong and dynamic counseling, advocacy, and supervisory skills
- Nuanced understanding of the dynamics of gender-based violence and intersecting systems of oppression
- Meaningful commitment to practicing from an anti-oppressive, healing-centered stance
- High level of self-awareness and ability to give and receive feedback well
- Impeccable attention to detail, systems, and processes
- Ability to work with flexibility, independence, accountability, passion, and humor
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Supervisory Responsibility
Yes
Work Environment:
Clinic/Field
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:
This is a full-time position. Days and location of work are Monday through Friday at our Brooklyn office, 111 Livingston Street, 20th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201and the Manhattan and Brooklyn Family Justice Centers. Work hours are 9am-5pm.
Additional Requirements:
- Authorized to work in the U.S.
- Ability to work in-person in New York City (NY) for at least 3 days or more per week.
- Ability to travel to other Rising Ground sites (if required)
- Ability to travel within the community and to Rikers Island
Benefits Offerings Includes:
11 Paid Holidays
Paid Sick Time
Paid Vacation
Paid Personal days
Insurance Coverage
Medical - 3 plan options
Dental - 2 plan options
Vision - 1 plan option
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
It is the policy of Rising Ground that the Agency wholly complies with equal treatment of all employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination as to an individual’s perceived or actual race, creed, color, national origin, alienate, citizenship status, gender, age, disability, marital status, partnership status, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, or veteran status in all employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, training and apprenticeship, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, layoff and termination and all other terms and conditions of employment.
Skills Required
- LMSW, LMHC or other relevant, graduate degree
- Strong counseling, advocacy, and supervisory skills
- Understanding of gender-based violence and oppression systems
- Commitment to anti-oppressive, healing-centered practices
What We Do
Driven by the belief that each of us can thrive when life has hope and opportunity, Rising Ground provides caring support and proven paths to positive change, helping children, adults, and families rise above adversity. With an annual budget of $203 million and 101 programs at 138 sites throughout the New York City and lower Westchester area, we deliver dedicated support to promote safe environments for children and help families thrive through our family stabilization, family foster care and adoption programs; innovative special educational programs that advance learning from early childhood through high school; result-focused programs that help court-involved youth change the trajectory of their lives; caring services that promote independence for children and adults with developmental disabilities; and pro-active community health initiatives that foster well-being. Across programs, we continually engage new, innovative techniques and implement evidence-based models to increase our impact and promote better outcomes.
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