Part Time Long Beach, CA Posted 2 days ago Website Confluence Rising (Formerly CCEJ)

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION

Since 1963, Confluence Rising (formerly CCEJ) has been building a world where people live free of oppression and thrive. Our mission is to educate and empower youth and adults to lead change for equity and justice in our communities. At Confluence Rising, we lead people of all backgrounds in deep examinations of power and privilege at the personal and societal levels, inspiring them to build community across differences and work together to advance equity, inclusion and justice. Our programs incorporate Restorative Justice practices to support youth and adults to increase their resiliency and ability to address identity-based conflict. Please visit our website to learn more about our programs - www.confluencerising.org. Confluence Rising uses these core values to guide our work and organizational culture:

Care:

We invest time and energy in the wellness of individuals and the community. We lean on one another for strength and hope.

Curiosity:

We ask questions and seek different perspectives. We recognize our own assumptions and biases.

Accountability:

We take responsibility for the impact we have on others. We respond to conflict in ways that build trust.

Imagination:

We believe that another world is possible. We create more possibilities for equity and justice in our lives, workplaces, and communities.

Interdependence:

We believe by connecting our individual strengths, we intentionally build a collective whole to deepen our impact. Confluence Rising's work is focused on building individual and collective power to end structural forms of oppression and cannot happen without all of us. For this reason, Confluence Rising strongly encourages and welcomes applications from Black people, Indigenous people, LGBTQIA+ people, women, people of color, people from working class backgrounds, religious minorities, and people with disabilities.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The Healing Harms Program is Confluence Rising's restorative youth diversion (RYD) team, working with communities across Southern California to create more humane and just ways for people in conflict to find change, accountability, and healing. Through our core RYD programming, staff offer a restorative justice process as an alternative to the juvenile justice system for youth ages 12-24 that have been charged with a crime. Healing Harms provides youth with case management over multiple sessions, supporting them in reaching several key goals - understanding the reasons for their harmful actions and the negative impact they have caused, planning for future success, and practicing accountability to the people they harmed. By focusing on the importance of relationships to help bring healing and transformation in conflicts, Healing Harms brings together the people who are responsible and those who are impacted to address the harm caused and create agreements to build meaningful justice.

POSITION OVERVIEW

Confluence Rising seeks a part-time candidate who is value-driven, adaptive, self-directed, and passionate about providing youth, families, and partners with the highest quality of services, to join our team as Restorative Justice Specialist. This Restorative Justice Specialist will implement Restorative Justice practices in community-based settings with a wide range of partners, including police departments, district attorney offices, schools, youth-based community organizations, etc. This role will support the team's expansion of our Restorative Youth Diversion Program to reach TAY age youth (18-24) who work, live, and play in Long Beach in collaboration with the City of Long Beach. This position will carry a caseload of diversion referrals to provide intensive facilitation of conflict resolution processes for young people, families, and communities using Restorative Justice practices. This is a part-time, non-exempt, grant-funded position with an anticipated end date of March 2028, at the time the grant period concludes. This position reports to the Director of Healing Harms. If you were working with us right now, some of your potential projects would include:

• Prepping a young person to take responsibility for the harmful impact of their actions in a Restorative Justice circle.
• Facilitating sessions with people harmed to understand the impact of responsible youth and what they need to address the harm done to them.
• Connect youth with resources to support their growth and development.
• Supporting the Healing Harms team to develop and launch tools for complex youth diversion casework.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE

Restorative Justice Facilitation & Case Management (60%)

• Manage a caseload of 80 cases throughout the duration of the grant period.
• Coordinate and facilitate prep sessions, restorative circle processes, and other meetings each month to prepare the participants for face-to-face accountability processes in service of completing assigned cases.
• Organize all logistical arrangements for assigned programs including scheduling, material preparations, and/or translation/interpretation services.
• Provide participants with referrals to service providers relevant to their needs (i.e.: mental health and/ or substance abuse support, etc.)
• Monitor and report ongoing case plan agreements with the circle participants throughout their case completion.
• Document all participant interactions including case notes and case management progress into an internal database and maintain thorough electronic case management documentation to support the monthly external reporting of information to funding providers.
• As needed, facilitate and coordinate new and existing skill building workshop programming to meet needs of RYD participants. Partnership Coordination (30%)
• Develop relationships with key community organizations that will provide support services to youth, their families and additional participants in fulfillment of a restorative youth diversion process.
• Maintain a strong relationship with referring partner individuals and agencies.
• Design recruitment materials and brochures for multiple audiences, including youth, caregivers, community members, governmental and law enforcement partners, educators, and administrators.
• Assist Director in prospecting referral sources and contracting partners for programming.
• Participate in key city-wide meetings related to restorative justice youth diversion. Program and Organization Support (10%)
• Support ongoing process to assess areas for improving impact and quality of Healing Harms services, especially in areas of case management knowledge and skills, and development of case support tools.
• Collaborate in the development and utilize assessment and measurement instruments for evaluating current/future programming where appropriate.
• Support with maintaining LBC Diversion Grant program budget and regularly track expenses with an effort to be cost-effective (or steward of Confluence Rising's resources)
• Maintain up-to-date awareness of emerging local, regional, and nationwide practices and research in relevant topics, such as youth development, restorative justice, juvenile justice systems change, intergenerational conflicts, and community violence transformation.
• Support and attend other Confluence Rising programming and organizational initiatives, as needed.

QUALIFICATIONS

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following: Required

• Demonstrated experience in providing strengths-based case management services for marginalized youth ages 15-24 and families.
• Demonstrated experience working in the social justice field with an intersectional lens of power and liberation.
• Demonstrated experience working with marginalized young people targeted by the juvenile justice system, such as Black youth, youth of color, LGBTQIA+ youth, youth with disabilities, and immigrant youth.
• Experience managing high volumes of confidential data.
• Strong ability to be self-motivated in executing work responsibilities.
• Highly organized, proactive and detail-oriented, with the ability to effectively and efficiently manage deadlines and multiple tasks.
• Proficient understanding of Google Suite (including Gmail, Docs, Forms, Slides, Sheets, and Google Sites), Zoom, Microsoft Office Suite, and Adobe Acrobat
• Ability and willingness to work weekends and evenings as needed.
• Must have a valid California Driver's License, reliable transportation, and proof of insurance. Preferred
• Experience with using Restorative Justice practices.
• Experience with trauma-informed practices.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish or Khmer

SALARY & BENEFITS

This position will follow a 24-hour non-exempt work week with a minimum of two days in the office. Salary is $36,000, an hourly rate of $31.25 payable every other Friday.

Benefits include:

Vacation and sick time accrual on a pro-rated 60% part-time scale based on hours worked, 403b retirement matching up to 2.5% of salary, 3 wellness days (annual accrual), bereavement and jury duty benefits as outlined in our 2026 handbook. Confluence Rising is operating in a hybrid work model that includes a combination of virtual and in-person office work following the

COVID-19

pandemic. We have returned to providing in-person services.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Please email your resume and question responses to the below questions with the subject line "HH RJ Specialist" to jobs@confluencerising.org . Applications received by July 24th will be prioritized . Cover letters are not required; please submit only a resume and responses to questions below. We are unable to respond to direct inquiries about this position (emails, phone calls, etc.). Please submit your information following the process. Please answer the following questions in no more than 200 words. A total of 3 answers will be submitted along with your resume. Every applicant must answer this required question: What can young people teach you and what can you teach them? Please also select two of the following questions to answer in 200 words or less and submit responses to the required question and the two questions below along with your resume to jobs@confluencerising.org. 1. We are looking for future team members who are excited about joining us on our journey to create a world free of oppression where people can thrive. a. Why is this position the right one for you at this time in your journey with youth leadership and oppression and justice? 2. Confluence Rising is a values-driven organization where we consistently reflect on and seek to activate our core values in decision-making, program delivery, relationships, and other key parts of our organizational culture. a. What values are central to who you are and how do you think they would show up while at work? 3. Curiosity and imagination are an important part of Confluence Rising's mission and work. We believe that engaging in curiosity and imagination can serve as a path for change and justice. a. How have you leaned into curiosity and imagination in your professional life? Please share up to two examples. b. What are the places you are still growing in? Confluence Rising's work is focused on building individual and collective power to end structural forms of oppression and cannot happen without all of us. For this reason, Confluence Rising strongly encourages and welcomes applications from Black people, Indigenous people, LGBTQI+ people, women, people of color, people from working class backgrounds, religious minorities, and people with disabilities To apply for this job please visit www.confluencerising.org .