Public Defender Social Worker

The primary purpose of the Public Defender Social Worker is to provide technical assistance in the areas of behavioral health (depression, substance use, interpersonal violence) and mental health. Duties include, but are not limited to, the following: Visit clients in […]

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 […]

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 […]

RFQ24011 – Social Worker for Forensic Civil Commitment Program

Position Overview The Washington State Office of Public Defense (OPD) Forensic Civil Commitment Program currently provides state funded attorney representation to indigent clients with the right to counsel at State expense after being found not guilty by reason of insanity […]

Beyond Black History Month

Black excellence extends well beyond February but this month we are proud to set aside time to celebrate it as a community.  This Black History Month, DEIJ Meetup speaker, Rachel Lindley, will review the background of Black History Month and […]

RACIAL JUSTICE MEETUP

We will be led by guest speaker, Tony White. Tony works as the Director of Outreach at the Fletcher Group and is a seasoned advocate for those with substance use disorders and addiction. Tony will lead our meetup in a […]

Stitching Freedom: Embroidery and Incarceration

This webinar will focus on five hundred years of embroidery and incarceration. Content is drawn from Isabella Rosner’s new zine, Stitching Freedom: Embroidery and Incarceration, published by Common Threads Press. Isabella will be joined by Laura Moseley, founder and head […]

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 […]

Social Worker Meet-Up: Sample Swap!

Need help with this registration process?  Watch this video.   This meet-up for social workers, sentencing advocates, mitigation specialists, dispositional advocates, and others in similar roles will be spent discussing, sharing, and showing examples of mitigation reports, sentencing prep reports, and other […]

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 […]