Restorative Justice Specialist Healing Harms

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION

Since 1963, the California Conference for Equality and Justice (CCEJ) has been building a world

where people live free of oppression and thrive. Our mission is to educate and empower youth and adults to lead change for equity and justice in our communities. At CCEJ, we lead people of all backgrounds in deep examinations of power and privilege at the personal and societal levels, inspiring them to build community across differences and work together to advance equity, inclusion and justice. Our programs incorporate Restorative Justice practices to support youth and adults to increase their resiliency and ability to address identity-based conflict. Please visit our website to learn more about our programs – www.cacej.org.

CCEJ uses these core values to guide our work and organizational culture:

● Relationships: We center connections and work to build trust, understanding, and honesty.

We have a mutual responsibility and interest in each other’s well-being.

● Care: We invest time and energy in the wellness of individuals and the community. We lean

on one another for strength and hope.

● Curiosity: We ask questions and seek different perspectives. We recognize our own

assumptions and biases.

● Accountability: We take responsibility for the impact we have on others. We respond to

conflict in ways that build trust.

● Imagination: We believe that another world is possible. We create more possibilities for

equity and justice in our lives, workplaces, and communities.

● Interdependence: We believe by connecting our individual strengths, we intentionally

build a collective whole to deepen our impact.

CCEJ’s work is focused on building individual and collective power to end structural forms of

oppression and cannot happen without all of us. For this reason, CCEJ strongly encourages and

welcomes applications from Black people, Indigenous people, LGBTQI+ people, women, people of color, people from working class backgrounds, religious minorities, and people with disabilities.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The Healing Harms Program is CCEJ’s restorative youth diversion (RYD) team, working with

communities across Southern California to create more humane and just ways for people in conflict to find change, accountability, and healing. Through our core RYD programming, staff offer a restorative justice process as an alternative to the juvenile justice system for youth 17 and under that have been charged with a crime. Healing Harms provides youth with case management over multiple sessions, supporting them in reaching several key goals - understanding the reasons for their harmful actions and the negative impact they have caused, planning for future success, and practicing accountability to the people they harmed. By focusing on the importance of relationships to help bring healing and transformation in conflicts, Healing Harms brings together the people who are responsible and those who are impacted to address the harm caused and create agreements to build meaningful justice.

POSITION OVERVIEW

CCEJ seeks a candidate who is value-driven, adaptive, self-directed, and passionate about providing youth, families, and partners with the highest quality of services, to join our team as the Restorative Justice Specialist. The Restorative Justice Specialist will implement Restorative Justice practices in community-based settings with a wide range of partners, including police departments, district attorney offices, group homes, schools, and youth-based community organizations. This position supports the success of Healing Harms through a deep level of service and close stewarding of emerging projects that will increase the impact and quality of services. This position will carry a caseload of diversion referrals to provide intensive facilitation of conflict resolution processes for young people, families, and communities using Restorative Justice practices.

The Restorative Justice Specialist will also support the implementation of other programs, including volunteer training, fee-for-service training and technical assistance. This is a full-time non-exempt position that will include frequent work on evenings and weekends. This position reports to the Director of Healing Harms.

If you were working with us right now, some of your potential projects would include:

● Prepping a young person to take responsibility for the harmful impact of their actions in a

Restorative Justice circle.

● Facilitating sessions with people harmed to understand the impact of responsible youth and

what they need to address the harm done to them.

● Connect youth with resources to support their growth and development.

● Supporting the Healing Harms team develop and launch tools for complex juvenile

diversion casework.

SALARY & BENEFITS

This position will follow a 40-hour non-exempt work week with a minimum of two days in the Long Beach office. Salary range: $60,000-64,000. Compensation is based on experience. Strong Benefits Package: Medical/dental/vision insurance, 50% insurance coverage for 1 dependent, Life/ADD/LTD insurance, 403b retirement matching, 34 total vacation, sick, holiday and wellness days (annual accrual), and funded professional development.

CCEJ is operating in a hybrid work model that includes a combination of virtual and in-person office work following the COVID-19 pandemic. We have returned to providing in-person services.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

Restorative Justice Facilitation & Case Management (60%)

● Manage a caseload of 20-25 cases per month, with approximately 50-70 cases annually.

● Coordinate and facilitate prep sessions, restorative circle processes, and other meetings

each month to prepare the participants for face-to-face accountability processes in service

of completing assigned cases.

● Organize all logistical arrangements for assigned programs including scheduling, material

preparations, and/or translation/interpretation services.

● As needed, provide participants with referrals to service providers relevant to their needs

(i.e.: mental health counseling, tutoring, substance abuse support etc.)

● Monitor and report ongoing case plan agreements with the circle participants throughout

their case completion.

● Document all participant interactions including case notes, circle trackers, and case

management progress into internal database and maintain thorough electronic case

management documentation to support the monthly external reporting of information to

funding providers.

● As needed, facilitate and coordinate new and existing skill building workshop programming

to meet needs of RYD participants and select fee-for-service workshops and/or trainings.

Partnerships and Volunteer Management (30%)

● Identify and develop relationships with key community organizations that will provide

support services to youth, their families and additional circle participants in fulfillment of

case plans.

● Maintain a strong relationship with referring partner individuals and agencies.

● Design recruitment materials and brochures for multiple audiences, including youth,

caregivers, community members, governmental and law enforcement partners, educators,

and administrators.

● Assist Director in prospecting referral sources and contracting partners for programming.

● Participate in key county-wide coalitions related to youth restorative justice and systems

change initiatives.

● Support in outreach, recruiting, training, and providing continuous development for

sustainable cadre of volunteers and contractors.

Program and Organization Support (10%)

● Support ongoing process to assess areas for improving impact and quality of Healing Harms

services, especially in areas of case management knowledge and skills, trainings designed

for volunteers, and development of case support tools.

● Collaborate in the development and utilize assessment and measurement instruments for

evaluating current/future programming where appropriate.

● Support with the creation of the annual program budget and regularly track expenses with

an effort to be cost-effective (or steward of CCEJ’s resources)

● Maintain up-to-date awareness of emerging local, regional, and nationwide practices and

research in relevant topics, such as youth development, restorative justice, juvenile justice

systems change, intergenerational conflicts, and community violence transformation.

● Support and attend other CCEJ programming and organizational initiatives, as needed.

QUALIFICATIONS

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following:

Required

● Demonstrated experience in providing strengths-based case management services for

marginalized youth ages 12-17 and families.

● Demonstrated experience working in social justice field with intersectional lens of power

and liberation.

● Demonstrated experience working with marginalized young people targeted by the juvenile

justice system, such as Black youth, youth of color, LGBTQIA+ youth, youth with disabilities,

and immigrant youth.

● Experience managing high volumes of confidential data.

● Strong ability to be self-motivated in executing work responsibilities.

● Highly organized, proactive and detail-oriented, with the ability to effectively and efficiently

manage deadlines and multiple tasks.

● Proficient understanding of Google Suite (including Gmail, Docs, Forms, Slides, Sheets, and

Google Sites), Zoom, Microsoft Office Suite, and Adobe Acrobat

● Ability and willingness to regularly work weekends and evenings.

● Must have a valid California Driver’s License, reliable transportation, and proof of insurance.

Preferred

● Experience with using Restorative Justice practices.

● Experience with trauma-informed practices.

● Experience recruiting and training volunteers.

● Bilingual in English and Spanish or Khmer