Rising Ground provides caring support and proven paths to positive change, helping children, adults, and families rise above adversity, and each year, Rising Ground is a positive force in the lives of more than 25,000 individuals. We do this through 50 programs in 70 locations throughout New York City and Westchester. Our strong belief and commitment to diversity shows not just through our work with supported persons, but is integral to the building of a strong staff that reflects the communities we serve.

Criminalized Survivors Program: For over 30 years, the 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. Through our City-Wide program, we support survivors facing felony and/or misdemeanor charges in any borough. Through our Still Survivors program, a collaboration with the NYC Anti-Violence Project (AVP), we support survivors facing felony and/or misdemeanor charges in any borough, with a specific focus on LGBTQ survivors with ties to Manhattan. In addition, CSP has this position, 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 response to criminalized survivors.

The FJC Advocate will provide direct counseling and emotional support, case management, and advocacy to criminalized survivors who seek services at the FJC(s) and serve as the resident criminalized survivor expert both at the FJC where they are stationed and within the broader network of all the City’s FJCs.

• Provide survivor-centered counseling and emotional support to criminalized survivors of gender based violence (GBV);
• Facilitate support groups for criminalized survivors of GBV;
• Engage in intensive legal advocacy;
• When possible, accompany criminalized survivors to their court appearances and actively engage with their defense attorney and other members of the defense team;
• In partnership with CSP Trainers, facilitate trainings at the City’s FJC on how to identify and support criminalized survivors of GBV;
• Provide on-site, one-on-one support and technical assistance to other FJC partner staff who are working with criminalized survivors;
• Participate in weekly supervision and team meetings;
• Actively participate in planning and implementation meetings with City actors such as the Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence;
• Other tasks as assigned by CSP leadership.

• LMSW, LMHC or other relevant, MSW graduate degree is required.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish, strongly preferred;
• Strong and dynamic counseling and advocacy skills;
• Nuanced understanding of the dynamics of gender-based violence and 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.
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Salary Range $74,000.00

Benefit package includes not limited (Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, 401k matching)

Hybrid schedule