Job Description

Pathways to Education Achievement and Knowledge (PEAK)

Brooklyn Office

CASES’ Pathways to Education Achievement and Knowledge (PEAK) Program provides youth who are on probation following involvement in Family Court with a safe, secure after-school environment promoting education, employability, life skills, positive self-expression, and improved family relationships along with the completion of probation requirements and avoidance of recidivism. PEAK seeks to use a young person’s early involvement in the justice system as an opportunity for an intervention that prevents further delinquency while promoting positive, sustainable youth development. Research has demonstrated that the most effective juvenile justice interventions help young people build positive relationships and develop constructive behaviors. Accordingly, PEAK provides young people a daily menu of activities that includes: Education support, Employment-readiness and career exploration, Life skills including peer support and financial literacy, Community engagement through service projects, Artistic expression and creative voice, Recreation including physical activity.

More information about PEAK can be found here.

Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG)

Brooklyn Office

To support improved career outcomes for young people who have left the traditional school system—with a focus on those who have become involved in the criminal justice system—CASES provides the Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) Out-of-School (OOS) program as the first-ever implementation of the JAG model in New York. CASES’ JAG NY program engages young people in individual career counseling, soft and hard job skills training, service/entrepreneurial projects, and job placement services with the aim of connecting participants to a career-aspirational job and/or enrollment in a postsecondary education/training program.

JAG NY provides six months of active services followed by 12 months of aftercare to support participants’ retention and success in job placements and/or postsecondary education.

More information about JAG can be found here.

Mentoring and Advocacy Program (MAAP)

Harlem Office

CASES is the provider for Manhattan MAAP through funding from ACS Preventive division. MAAP is one-on-one mentoring program serving youth residing in the Washington Heights area of Manhattan. MAAP is the newest intervention offered through the Family Assessment Program. Mentors are primarily in the field conducting mentoring sessions and supporting mentees while the Social Worker and the Resource Coordinator are working with the families to identify and support their needs.

Qualifications null Additional Information

CASES is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment with CASES is based solely on qualifications and competence for a particular position, without regard to race, color, ethnic or national origin, age, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or marital, military, or citizenship status. We also actively recruit individuals with prior involvement in the criminal justice system.Your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.