Credible Messenger Supervisor

What You Will Do

• Relies on unique relationships with at-risk youth to implement innovative approaches to restorative justice;
• Utilizes effective communication, listening, and conflict mediation skills to engage youth participants;
• Works in conjunction with staff to model positive behavior, including respect, support and encouragement during challenging and stressful situations;
• Provides youth with tools and skills needed for success;
• Works with youth in individual and group settings to modify behaviors;
• Uses lived experience to connect with at-risk youth, guiding and motivating individuals towards prosocial living;
• Promotes restorative justice, family involvement, community engagement, and re-integration in the community;
• Demonstrates significant personal growth and change since release from a correctional system;
• Partners with DYD/Probation staff to create an overall therapeutic environment focusing on developing the youths’ identity, family connections, and positive supportive community.
• Communicate effectively with DYD/Probation staff.
• Maintains sensitivity and objectivity under pressures generated by associate with participants;
• Protects and maintains participants’ health, safety, welfare, and confidentiality of records and information; and
• Models professionalism, effective work habits, and responsible living.
• Assists Project Director with supervision, training, and faculty/staff monitoring as needed.
• May be required to substitute or “cover” for Credible Messenger(s) shift coverage and/or caseload monitoring as needed.

What You Will Bring

• Ability to maintain sensitivity and objectivity under pressures generated by association with participants;
• Ability to provide genuine warmth, empathy and honest sensitivity to program participants to facilitate positive change;
• Ability to provide program participants with frequent acknowledgment and reinforcement for positive behaviors, as well as consistent and predictable feedback for negative behaviors, which may include reporting violations to DYD/Probation staff.
• Ability to develop a treatment alliance with participants;
• Ability to integrate, disseminate, and implement requirements, reporting timeframes and/or procedure changes as indicated by DYD/Probation.
• Ability to effectively supervise and train a multi-disciplinary team; and,
• Excellent interpersonal, written communications and typing skills.
• Required:
• Must have been previously incarcerated in an institutional setting or at-risk program in the community.
• Must have minimum of two (2) years of documented experience as a credible messenger counseling/working in a facility, community organization or treatment center working with incarcerated youth and at-risk youth;
• Must have previous experience facilitating individual and group sessions; assisting, guiding, and monitoring clients over time promoting and encouraging with their overall treatment progress; anti-social and at-risk behaviors that interfere with treatment and recovery.
• Must be able to work a flexible schedule. Hours are subject to change based on program needs;
• Must pass a background check administered by DYD/Probation/LA County.

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• Preferred:
• Lived Experience (formerly incarcerated or justice involved) with demonstrated ability to live productive and law-abiding lives since discharge from the criminal justice system is required for this position.
• Previous work experience with at-risk youth and/or work with the Criminal Justice Involved in an incarceration setting.
• Previous work experience with at-risk youth and/or work with the Criminal Justice Involved in a housing/program setting.
• Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Counselor Certification and/or registration.
• Occupational Mentor Certification Program (OMCP) experience in a correctional setting.
• Two (2) Years of Documented Supervision Experience.

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• Continuing Education/Training:

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• Within specified contract timeframes, personnel file shall document evidence of participation in the following trainings:
• New Employee Orientation (Organizational and Institutional Orientation)
• Initial orientation to DYD/Probation policies and procedures provided by DYD/Probation
• Motivational Interviewing
• Monthly Training
• Additional training topics relevant to the delivery of treatment services may include:
• Required Curriculum
• Case management and record keeping requirements, including ARMS
• Appropriate, required individualized treatment/action plan documentation
• Working with participant in a secure facility setting
• Professional ethics and overfamiliarity
• Confidentiality (Title 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 2)
• Process group and cognitive skills group
• Counseling and other skills necessary to develop a treatment community within a prison setting
• Therapeutic community concepts
• Trauma-Informed Care
• Criminal justice treatment
• Gender responsive treatment
• Criminality
• Impact of trauma on SUD and criminality
• Treatment of trauma
• Treatment within a diverse offender population
• Issues impacting SUD and criminality
• Cultural Competency Training
• CPR Certification, First Aid Certification and an annual Tuberculosis (TB) test
• Sexual Harassment Prevention and Prison Rape Elimination Policy (PREA)
• Emergency Procedures
• Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act (Title 45 CFR Part 164)
• Signed acknowledgement of Drug Free Workplace policy
• Participate in monthly, block, cross-training, curriculum trainings, technical assistance training or other training

What We Bring

• Medical, Dental, Vision.
• Paid vacation, sick time, & holidays.
• 401K, HSA, & Life insurance programs.
• Organization committed to community action.
• Community oriented workplace.