Americorps. Paid Volunteer Position - Times Square

Company: http://www.courtinnovation.org/

Deadline to Apply:  July 31, 2012

How to Apply:  Send cover letter and resume to:

Attn.:/Subject line: Times Square Ink Assistant Search
Jaclyn Green-Stock
Midtown Community Court
314 West 54th Street
New York, NY 10019
Fax (212) 586-1144

E-mail: greenstockj@courtinnovation.org

Review positions available within the New York Juvenile Justice Corps online at www.courtinnovation.org/employment

Deadline to Apply: July 31, 2012
Direct applicants only, no third-party inquiries, or phone calls please.

Visit our website at http://www.courtinnovation.org/.

The Fund for the City of New York is an equal opportunity employer.

The Center for Court Innovation, a project of the Fund for the City of New York, is a unique public-private partnership that promotes new thinking about how courts and criminal justice agencies can aid victims, change the behavior of offenders, and strengthen communities. The Center creates demonstration projects that test new approaches to problems that have resisted conventional solutions.

The Center’s problem-solving courts include the nation’s first community court (Midtown Community Court), as well as drug courts, domestic violence courts, youth courts, mental health courts, and others. Nationally and internationally, the Center performs original research on topics of justice reform and provides consulting services to criminal justice innovators.

The Midtown Community Court’s mission is to respond constructively to quality-of-life crime and to work to prevent further crime before it occurs. It accomplishes these goals by sentencing persons arrested for misdemeanors in Times Square, Chelsea, Clinton and the Upper West Side to a range of community service and social service sentences, including drug treatment and job training.

The New York Juvenile Justice Corps is an AmeriCorps national service program and project of the Center for Court Innovation. The Juvenile Justice Corps places Corps members in courthouses, juvenile detention programs, and after school programs throughout New York City. Corps Members provide interventions and positive programming to divert young people out of the justice system and break the cycle of unmet educational needs and delinquent behavior. Throughout the year, Corps members participate in meaningful service projects to have a visible impact in the community as well as monthly trainings to support their professional development.

The Midtown Community Court seeks an assistant for Times Square Ink, a program dedicated to supporting non-custodial fathers as they reconnect with the world of work. The program focuses on job readiness training and placement assistance, financial planning, understanding and repairing a father’s rap sheet, and individual and peer counseling.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Co-facilitate workshops on topics such as job-readiness, resume skills, interview techniques, and cover letters
• Assist the employment specialist with data entry of clients’ intakes, case notes, job placements, and job retention
• Collaborate with Program Coordinator/Job Developer on job development duties
• Work with staff to establish employer partnerships, organize career fairs, and other employer events
• Special group projects, such as outreach and community service projects
• Support staff with other Times Square Ink operations as needed

Requirements:

• Commit to serve for 1 year from October 1st 2012 – September 30th 2013
• Serve a total of 900 hours in 12 months
• Participate in monthly trainings and service projects with the Corps including some weekend and evening obligations
• High school diploma or GED
• Must be at least 18 years old by October 1st 2012
• Must be a U.S. citizen, national, or legal permanent resident of the United States

Qualifications:

• Interest in volunteerism and community service
• Able to interact well with private sector employers
• Comfortable working with non-custodial fathers who are referred to the program by social service agencies

Position Type and Term of Service: Part-time AmeriCorps Volunteer Position from October 1, 2012 – September 30, 2013.

Compensation:

• Educational grant award of $2,775 which can be used toward tuition or qualifying student loans
• Living stipend of $6,050 paid bi-weekly
• On the job and supplemental job training
• Professional development and networking opportunities
• Loan forbearance for qualified student loans