Job Title: Manager | Programs – Reentry Services

Reports To: Direct, Reentry Services

Department: Programs

Job Type: Full time

Salary Range: 55K – 60K, plus competitive benefits

Objective of Role: The Program Manager of Reentry Services will be responsible for overseeing the daily programming in all service areas for GOSO facility work. The candidate in this position is responsible for implementing programs and policy that will enhance the well-being of those we serve who are currently detained or incarcerated. The Program Manager will supervise managers and coordinators, ensure that program planning, case management, and departmental goals are executed and achieved. The Program Manager of Reentry Services will make recommendations and suggestions for programming in facilities where GOSO participants are receiving services.  They should stay up to date with relevant changes to policies in New York City and New York State facilities.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Oversees and provides services for those involved in the criminal legal system including: needs and risk assessments, violence interruptions, emotional wellness, prosocial programming, and transition planning for all participants throughout incarcerated facilities.
  • Develops and makes recommendations for short and long term service goals and facility program initiatives
  • Plan, develop, direct and manage rehabilitation
  • Coordinate educational and training programs for participants as needed
  • Coordinate services and case management plans
  • Recommend assignment of cases to staff
  • Coordinate with ACS, DOC, and local service providers to plan for reintegration into the community
  • Attends program and agency related meetings and conferences
  • Completes and ensures timely contractual requirements
  • Recommends and implements changes to improve the program and the delivery of services to young people in custody
  • Special projects as needed

Essential Skills:

  • Excellent work ethic
  • Strong commitment to working in a mission driven organization
  • Strong writing, research, interpersonal, and presentation skills
  • Critical thinker, analytical, and detail-oriented
  • Creative, strategic, and results oriented
  • Team player, flexible, and agile with the ability to work in a complex and fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects under deadlines
  • Demonstrated personal ethics and values

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree or higher preferred; MSW or LMSW a plus
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to create compelling programming for participants
  • A passion for criminal, racial, and social justice
  • Commitment to working with adolescents and emerging adults
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Experience working with justice-involved populations preferred
  • English-Spanish bilingual preferred
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office and Google applications, able to learn additional database software

Please send a resume with cover letter to: jobs@gosonyc.org. Resumes without a cover letter will not be considered.

GOSO is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

About GOSO: Getting Out and Staying Out has a vision of a world where neither a person’s race nor their prior contact with the legal system determines their future. To work toward that vision, we partner with young people impacted by arrest or incarceration on a journey of education, employment, and emotional well-being. For many of our participants, that journey begins while they are detained or incarcerated, on Rikers Island or in youth detention centers. We work with all interested individuals, regardless of the charges that they face, engaging them in future planning through programing focused on education, employment, and emotional well-being while helping to meet their immediate needs, whether physical (warm clothing, commissary supplies), psychological (correspondence and communication to help maintain links to the outside world), or legal (coordinating with public defense attorneys on courtroom advocacy). Among the major programs that are under the GOSO umbrella are Stand Against Violence East Harlem (SAVE), GOSOWorks, and multiple education programs (including Pathways-to-Graduation, a high school equivalency program). GOSO served its participants and the Harlem community throughout the Pandemic and, in fact, expanded its budget in the past few years. We are currently building our external relations functions, including development, in order to position GOSO for continued growth and expanded impact on those at the heart of our mission.