MAACS Mitigation Specialist – Hybrid

JOB DUTIES:  Job duties include, but are not limited to: Travel to correctional institutions to visit with incarcerated clients to learn about their background, the facts of the offense, current experiences while incarcerated, and specific needs upon release (due to […]

Social Worker Meet-Up: Help! I Need an Expert (Witness)

Need help with this registration process?  Watch this video.   This meetup will discuss how we can brainstorm and identify, consult with, research, and prep expert witnesses with our team. Knowing when an expert witness is needed is one thing, finding one […]

Social Worker Meet-Up: Using Mitigation to Challenge the Presentence Investigation Report – 03-20-2024 12:00 EST

Need help with this registration process?  Watch this video.   The presentence investigation report is often a report generated by probation about aspects of our client’s life, but it does not tell the story of the client in the same way mitigation […]

Defender Support Advocate (Social Worker/Mitigation Specialist)

Reporting to the Lead Advocate, the Defender Support Unit Advocate works collaboratively with managed assigned counsel to achieve improved social and legal outcomes for adults who have been charged with felonies in Wayne County. The Advocate will carry out the […]

Social Worker Supervisors Meet-Up: Clinical Supervision and Mentorship

Need help with this registration process?  Watch this video.   Plan to join the next supervisors discussion and talk as supervisors in the social work role about this work. The next meeting is scheduled for March 19, 2024 at 10aPDT/11aMDT/12pCDT/1pEDT and the […]

Social Worker Meet-Up: Tuesday edition – 03-05-2024 12:00 EST

Need help with this registration process?  Watch this video.   In this special Tuesday edition of our social worker meet-up (for social workers, sentencing advocates, dispositional advocates, mitigation specialists, and others in similar roles) we are going to discuss mitigation theories! There […]

Forensic Social Work Practice Supervisor

New York County Defender Services is an elite public defense firm serving New York City’s most vulnerable communities since 1997. Our office’s work is to zealously defend people accused of crimes in Manhattan’s Criminal and Supreme Courts, at no cost to the […]

Social Worker Supervisors Meet-Up: Training Needs

Need help with this registration process?  Watch this video.   We are really excited to get a chance to meet-up and talk as supervisors in the social work role in this work, and this year we’re hoping to make our monthly meet-ups […]

Unlocking the True Potential of Language Through the Prism of Humanity

In our everyday lives, we are constantly exposed to language that devalues and dehumanizes others. We often overlook the consequences of our words on our clients, their families, and even ourselves. Join our webinar to listen to personal stories from […]

Social Worker Meet-Up: Supporting Clients’ needs 02-21-2024 12:00 EST

Need help with this registration process?  Watch this video.   In this week’s meet-up we are going to talk about the challenges we face in our roles related to supporting client needs when the court orders something that is seemingly out of […]