Thursday Social Worker Meetup: Support and Advocacy for Noncitizen Clients

On this special Thursday Social Worker Meetup (for social workers, mitigation specialists, dispositional advocates, sentencing advocates, and others in similar roles) we will talk about the ways we can emotionally provide support and tangibly provide advocacy and link to resources […]

Social Worker Supervisors Discussion Meetup

This meetup is for the supervisors who supervise social workers, mitigation specialists, dispositional advocates, sentencing advocates, etc. The supervisors meetup and discussion will continue the conversation this month focusing on middle managers and influence as supervisors. Stephanne Thornton is the […]

Disposition Specialist

Job Summary – Why you’ll love this position Job Location: This position will be located at Woodrail Centre, 1000 West Nifong Blvd., Building 7, Suite 100, Columbia, MO 65203 Why you’ll love this position: The Missouri State Public Defender is an […]

Social Worker Meetup: Team Representation

Mitigation specialists, dispositional advisors, sentencing advocates, social workers, and others in similar roles are part of the defense team. However, it is not always clear in all offices or on all teams what role we can or should play on […]

Social Worker (Part-Time)

Key Responsibilities: Case Management  Provide trauma-informed, culturally competent case management to clients preand post-release. Assess client needs, strengths, and barriers to reentry.  Develop individualized service plans addressing housing, employment, education, medical/mental health, and community support. Connect clients with appropriate post-release […]

Social Worker Supervisor Discussion Meetup

This meetup is a discussion for and with social worker supervisors supervising social workers, sentencing advocates, dispositional advocates, mitigation specialists and others performing these roles in indigent defense offices. Stephanne Thornton, NAPD Social Work Training and Resource Coordinator and Kevin […]

Social Worker Meetup, The Client Meeting: How To Get Ready, What To Ask

This meetup will explore how we get ready for the client meeting (the first and subsequent), how we prepare, what we bring, how many meetings we schedule and the content of those meetings. This is a space for us to […]

Just Juries – Balancing the Scales of the Jury Box

Join The Juror Project’s Director, William C. Snowden, Esq. and Deputy Director, Porsha-Shaf’on Venable, Esq., as they educate our people about jury service and jury nullification.  Through their work, these amazing advocates “aim to change the makeup of juries to […]

Social Work Supervisor

You will supervise six Social Work Assistants who work across two divisions (Trial Services and Appellate Services) and across five different work sites.  Our Trial Offices in Athens, Chillicothe, Lima, and Warren each have or will have a Social Work […]

Social Worker Meetup: The International Legal Foundation Social Work Fellows

This social worker (mitigation specialist, sentencing advocate, dispositional specialist, etc.) meetup will give us an opportunity to learn more about the work of The International Legal Foundation and the role of social work fellows performing international work. Megan Karnes will […]