Restorative Justice Coordinator (PGYCC)
Amity Foundation
- Pine Grove, CA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Administers the Restorative Justice Healing Initiative (RJHI).
- Coordinates facilitates, and mediates restorative justice conferencing.
- Holds youth accountable to reach goals set in their Restorative Justice healing path.
- Mentors’ youth are involved in RJHI on a weekly basis.
- Provides services including youth interactions and youth-on-youth conflict.
- Interfaces with existing victim services and provides opportunities for youth and those whom they have harmed to openly dialogue, make amends, and heal.
- Provides unbiased advocacy for both youth and their victims.
- Conducts interactions with all involved parties in a positive, safe, and sensitive manner.
- Communicates sensitively, professionally, and positively with youth, staff, victims, and third parties to RJHI.
- Demonstrates sensitivity and responsibility towards the needs/feelings of participants in the restorative justice process.
- Demonstrates effective communication, listening, coordination, and conflict mediation skills.
- Possesses an effective approach to group facilitation.
- Provides individual support, counseling, and mentorship sessions to youth.
- Communicates effectively and encouragingly with youth, staff, victims, and third parties.
- Collects and submits data, and tracks attendance.
- Writes and submits reports on a quarterly and annual basis; reports on restorative justice conferences including assessment on participation level, treatment compliance, and level of understanding of the youth participant.
- Maintains a therapeutic environment at PGYCC.
- Serves as an appropriate role model for youth.
- Develops a treatment alliance with youth that is consistent, confidential, collaborative, and individualized.
- Communicates effectively with PGYCC staff.
- Maintains sensitivity and objectivity under pressures generated by associating with participants.
- Demonstrates ability to provide warmth, empathy, and honesty to participants to facilitate positive change and develop a treatment alliance with participants.
- Provides program participants with frequent acknowledgment and reinforcement for positive behaviors, as well as consistent and predictable feedback for negative behaviors, which may include reporting violations to PGYCC staff.
- Demonstrates ethical behavior to maintain professional standards and safeguard the participant.
- Two (2) years of experience conducting restorative justice conferencing, including Victim Offender Dialogue, Victim Offender Mediation, Victim Offender Conferencing, Family Conferencing, and/or Restorative Justice Circles such as but not limited to Peacemaking Circles, OR
- Degree from an accredited college or university approved by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education, AND one year of experience conducting restorative justice conferencing as above.
- Must pass a background check administered by CDCR.
- Lived Experience (formerly incarcerated or justice-involved) with demonstrated ability to live productive and law-abiding lives since discharge from the criminal justice system is strongly encouraged for this position.
- Ability to maintain sensitivity and objectivity under pressures generated by association with participants.
- Ability to provide genuine warmth, empathy, and honest sensitivity to program participants to facilitate positive change.
- Excellent interpersonal, written communication, and typing skills.
- 100% Employer-Sponsored HMO Medical,
- PPO, Dental & Vision.
- Paid Vacation, Sick time, & Holidays.
- 401K, HSA, & Life insurance programs.
- An organization committed to community action and Social Justice.
- Community-oriented workplace.