PUBLIC DEFENDER’S OFFICE – CASEWORKER (GRANT-FUNDED)

Acceptable Experience and EducationHigh school diploma or equivalent plus two (2) years similar experience in social services area and/or working with individuals experiencing homelessness; Bilingual in English and Spanish required. Or any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the […]

Social Work Supervisors Discussion

This month’s supervisor discussion will focus on the supervisee evaluation process. How do you evaluate thee practice of your supervisees and their work? Do you solicit feedback from attorneys? What evaluation tools do you use and how do you give […]

Special Tuesday Meetup: Best of Edition, Last of 2024!

In this last social worker (sentencing advocate, mitigation specialist, dispositional advocate, and others in similar roles) meetup for 2024, on a TUESDAY, we are going to have a “Best Of” meetup. What was the best thing you learned this year? […]

Investigator Supervisor Meetup: Open Chat 2:00 ET, 1:00 CT, 12:00 MT, 11:00 PT

This is the last investigator Supervisor meetup of the year, let’s chat about what went right and wrong this past year for you, your investigators and clients!  What’s coming in the new year and what should we thinking about!  Come […]

Social Worker (10117147) – Ruidoso, New Mexico

Objectives Summary  ***This position qualifies for a geographical pay differential of $3.25 hourly/$6,760.00 annually*** Our department offers flexible work opportunities, including teleworking (a.k.a. working from home) and work schedules outside the typical 8 am to 5 pm schedule. Applicants selected […]

Social Worker Supervisors Discussion

This is the monthly edition of the Social Work Supervisors Discussion. Please join this if you are able and interested in talking with other supervisors of social workers, mitigation specialists, sentencing advocates, dispositional advocates, and social work interns about the […]

Social Work Meetup: How Do We Get More of Us?

Special TUESDAY Edition! This meetup for social workers, sentencing advocates, mitigation specialists, dispositional advocates, and others in similar roles will focus on how we advocate for and get more of us in our roles in public defense offices. Are you […]

Defender Mitigation Specialist – Regional Managed Assigned Counsel Unit

Under the supervision of the Mitigation Services Program Director and the Chief Public Defender, the Defender Mitigation Specialist – Regional Managed Assigned Counsel Unit, is a licensed social worker with a Masters in Social Work. This position is tasked with […]

Memory Phenomena and False Narrative Creation: An Examination of Suggestibility, Confabulation, and Source Misattribution in Criminal justice, Forensic Mental Health, and Legal Settings

This training will examine various memory phenomena that can cause false narrative creation and its implications within criminal justice, forensic mental health, and legal settings. In particular, three types of memory phenomena will be the main focus of this training: […]

Social Work Meetup: Let’s Brainstorm the Tough Cases

This week’s meetup will focus on the tough cases: those you may have a hard time working with, or because there’s limited rapport built with the client, or because of community or media attention. Come to the meetup with your […]