Criminal Justice Specialist (LMHC, MHC-LP, LMSW, LCSW)

About the position CASES is seeking a dedicated and justice‑focused Criminal Justice Specialist to join our FACT team. This is an exciting opportunity for a Master’s‑level mental health clinician who wants to work directly in the community, support individuals with serious mental illness, and help reduce the harms of criminal legal system involvement; all while practicing with high fidelity to the ACT model. As a Criminal Justice Specialist, you’ll be a key connector between clients, the FACT team, and the criminal legal system. You’ll engage clients in meaningful treatment, provide psychoeducation, and conduct criminogenic screenings and assessments that inform individualized care. Your advocacy will help ensure clients receive fair treatment, appropriate services, and continuity of care during court involvement or incarceration. In this position, you’ll help clients understand their legal obligations, support them through court processes, and advocate for treatment‑oriented outcomes. You’ll also contribute broadly as a FACT clinician; because while you bring specialized knowledge, your role is not limited by title. FACT staff are both generalists and specialists, shaping care based on their strengths, experience, and interests. This is a powerful opportunity to advance your clinical career while helping transform lives, promote stability, and reduce incarceration in our communities.

Responsibilities

• Provide at least 80 percent of treatment contacts in the community and complete expected minimum monthly treatment contacts, including leading groups when clinically indicated.
• Attend and participate in daily team meetings to discuss clients’ clinical and case management issues and needs.
• Attend and participate in daily team meetings to discuss clients’ clinical and case management issues and needs.
• Complete documentations required by the NYS Office of Mental Health (OMH) and NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s (DOHMH) licensing guidelines, NYS Medicaid billing guidelines as well as per CASES ACT Policy and Procedures.
• Collaborate with client’s support network and other service providers on treatment planning, service coordination, and case management support with the goal of promoting client’s recovery and stability in the community.
• Provide clinical services that are anti-racist, gender-responsive, culturally humble, trauma-informed, recovery-oriented, client-centered, and evidence-based.
• Complete required documentations and toxicology tests for clients with active Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT)order.
• Provide 24-hour crisis intervention on-call services on rotating basis.
• Provide culturally competent services in accordance with CASES policies and practice.

Requirements

• LMHC, MHC-LP, LMSW, LCSW, with current New York State license.
• Experience working with individuals with serious mental illness, and/or co-occurring substance use disorders.
• Experience with various evidence-based models pertaining to treatment of substance use, and mental illness.
• A team player, highly organized and self-motivated.
• Individuals with lived experience are encouraged to apply.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience working with individuals involved in the criminal legal system.
• Fluency in Spanish.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Vacation and Paid Time Off – starting at 25 days-off annually, plus an additional summer self-care day
• 12 Paid Holidays per year
• Retirement 403b Competitive matching up to 6%
• Employee Referral Program