Employer: | Legal Aid of North Carolina and Advocates for Children’s Services |
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Employer Website: | http://www.legalaidnc.org/Pages/about-us/projects/Advocates-for-Childrens-Services.aspx |
Position Type: | Full Time |
Advocates for Children’s Services (ACS) of Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC) is seeking a full-time social worker to provide holistic supports for youth who are reentering their home communities from juvenile justice out-of-home placements.
About Legal Aid of North Carolina and Advocates for Children’s Services
LANC is a statewide, nonprofit law firm that provides free legal services in civil matters such as housing, domestic violence, benefits, and expungements to low-income people in order to ensure equal access to justice and to remove barriers to economic opportunity. ACS is a statewide project of LANC. ACS works for education justice and an end to the school-to-prison pipeline through: (1) legal advocacy in matters such as denial of school enrollment, unaddressed academic failure, unmet special education needs, suspension, expulsion, involuntary transfer to alternative school, unaddressed bullying, discrimination, and mistreatment by school security personnel; (2) Community education (e.g., presentations, trainings, publications, and media outreach); and (3) Collaboration (e.g., serving on committees and providing technical assistance).
About the Juvenile Reentry Second Change Project
ACS/LANC has received grant funding to launch a Juvenile Reentry project in order to provide holistic legal and social work advocacy services to reentering juveniles and their families so as to best ensure long-term success and stability for at-risk youth. While effective legal services can facilitate successful re-entry for youth and eradicate legal barriers, there are many other practical, social, and structural barriers that youth re-entering communities encounter. To address these barriers best, an interdisciplinary team approach through use of an experienced social worker and social worker interns has been shown to be effective. Specifically, the social worker hired through these grant funds will engage in holistic advocacy on behalf of youth re-entering North Carolina communities. The social worker’s role will be strengthsfocused, trauma-informed, and culturally aware and will seek to combine top-notch care coordination with proactive advocacy strategies that allow reentering youth an equitable chance at success. The specific, ongoing roles of the social worker will be as follows:
Facilitating Individualized Reentry Success
Liaising Between Legal and Non-Legal Advocates
Enhancing Community Competence in and Commitment to Effective Reentry Practices
Evaluating Second Chance Project Program Services
Minimum Qualifications
Compensation:
Position Duration: Position is funded for a two-year grant period, with the potential for an extension or permanence.
Application Instructions: Mail or email a cover letter, resume, and three professional references to Aisha Forte Staff Attorney Advocates for Children’s Services Legal Aid of North Carolina P.O. Box 2101 Durham, NC 27702 AishaF@LegalAidNC.org
Applications must be submitted by October 20th , 2017. Applications will be reviewed and candidates interviewed on a rolling basis, and so early applications are encouraged.
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