Job details
Salary $56,000 - $58,000 a year job type full-time number of hires for this role 1
Qualifications
Spanish (required)
Full job description
Detained children project staff attorney
Immigration legal services
The connecticut institute for refugees and immigrants, inc(ciri) is a statewide nonprofit organization that assists refugees and immigrants resolve legal, economic, linguistic and social barriers so that they become self-sufficient, integrated and contributing members of the communityCiri achieves this mission by providing a compassionate array of high-quality legal, social and educational programming and by promoting cross cultural understanding and decent treatment for allStaff deliver services statewide, primarily in bridgeport, stamford, hartford and waterbury and surrounding communities, through five core programs: refugee services; project rescue, serving survivors of human trafficking and unaccompanied minors; survivor services, serving survivors of torture; economic empowerment, workforce readiness and jobs placement; and immigration legal services.
Title: detained child project staff attorney
Reports to: director of the immigration legal services program
Location: ciri hartford office, hartford ct, with travel to litchfield county
Salary range: $56,000 - $58,000
Position summary:
The detained child project staff attorney, with support from ciri’s managing attorney, provides program supervision and support as well as direct legal services including know your rights presentations and legal screenings to unaccompanied children who are in removal proceedings in immigration court and who are or were in the custody of the federal office of
Refugee resettlement (orr) in shelter placement in connecticutThese duties are currently remote.
Essential job functions:
Provide know-your-rights presentations and legal screenings to detained minors in removal proceedings
Provide necessary follow-up after intake of detained minors to evaluate eligibility for immigration relief.
Maintain complete and accurate client recordsEnsure timely entry of all data into databases/serversProvide delivery and documentation of contractual and programmatic services.
Provide friend of court assistance and occasional direct representation for detained and released minors before the
Hartford immigration court
Provide representation in connecticut state courts seeking predicate orders for children seeking special immigrant
Juvenile status
Provide representation before uscis for children seeking asylum during asylum interviews
Qualifications and experience.
J.dAnd license to practice law in the united states (current license in state of ct or ability to waive in preferred)
Prior experience in immigration or child welfare law preferred (including law school coursework or clinical experience)
Prior experience working with youth, trauma survivors or other vulnerable populations preferred
Spanish fluency required: the candidate must possess sufficient fluency to work directly with clients on all aspects of legal representation without using an interpreterThis is a grant requirement.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Excellent organizational and time management skills and ability to pay close attention to detail
Proficiency in microsoft office applications, database management and internet
Ability to drive and possession a valid u.sDriver’s license
Commitment to the agency’s core values and mission to assist immigrants and their families.
To apply:
Please email resume and cover letter with the subject line “ detained child staff attorney ” to: employment(at)cirict.org.
Job type: full-time
Pay: $56,000.00 - $58,000.00 per year
Benefits:
401(k)
Dental insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Paid time off
Vision insurance
Schedule:
Monday to friday
Language:
Spanish (required)
License/certification:
License to practice law in ct (preferred)
Work location:
Multiple locations
Work remotely:
Yes
Work location: multiple locations
