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Center for Justice Innovation

Benefits:
The benefits are fantastic and the work that the Center for Court Innovation does is great. 

Typical Day at Work: 
A Typical day was predictable and lacked a challenging and fun work environment. The Center for Court Innovation really needs to focus on some of the internal problems within different departments. There seems to be a major imbalance of cultural issues between teams mainly aimed against minority employees. There is no room for advancement and their approach to adopting new and innovative technologies is sub par. The leadership has no real sense of some of the deeper issues affecting their fellow employees on a day to day basis. I found it to be somewhat of a hostile work environment if you are not working on the right team with positive and supportive team members.

Co-workers:
There are some brilliant folks at the center for court innovation, sadly a lot of the star talent do not stay around very long.   

Management:
Management does a very poor job at addressing underlying issues between team members. A very hands-off approach, some of the managers are not qualified or lack the knowledge to effectively run a tightly knit ship.Not to mention a running list of inappropriate behavior on many occasions.

The hardest part of the job was dealing with many of the inflated egos at the Center for Court Innovation.  If you are familiar with working at non-profit organizations you'll see there does seem to be a divide between grant holders and the employees written into certain grants. You end up having multiple bosses you have to answer to and control issues. 

I loved that the Center for Court Innovation was doing great things to help people in need. But internally there are some very ugly truths about what happens at the center amongst the staff. 

My Advice:
Pay closer attention to your employees and what they might be going through. Help to address racial and hostile work environment issues. Embrace the every changing world of technology and don't settle for mediocre leadership in this area.

. Development Department - This department searches for new talent, treatments, and concepts that can be molded and shaped into cutting edge programming that has become synonymous with the channel's sensibility. This area can be good for students who want to see how shows are developed from pitches to pilots. 

2. Production Management Department – This department handles the business or operational side to production. They are responsible for logistical or event planning for the production teams. 

3. Programming/Scheduling Department - This department decides what goes on the air and when. They are responsible for scheduling shows and promos spots on each network. They work very closely with production teams to see when new shows will be ready for air. This internship is good for students interested in seeing how a TV network is run. 

4. Production Department - The job description for general production interns: log/transcribe footage, dub media, production runs, research/brainstorm, and attend field and studio shoot / edits when available. This area can be good for students who want a behind the scenes production internship. Production areas include the following types of shows:

This is an innovative organization that seeks to remedy the injustices that everyday people face. On the surface, the work that the sites do is wonderful. Underneath, this organization is plagued with elitist cliques, racial tension and mismanagement. Regardless of your skill level and your work, those who are considered favorites are constantly rewarded while those who work on the front line or those who are highly qualified but are not favored do not get promoted. This means that star talent is often searching for employment elsewhere.

I felt fortunate to be a member of this agency. Ultimately, I left the agency to pursue a career advancement opportunity. I also believe that, while the agency is well-managed overall, myself and my colleagues just so happened to suffer from an inexperienced Project Director. Soon after I left, my former Director was replaced with new management - and the former Director was re-located.

The most enjoyable aspect of this work was implementing innovative measures within the Court that kept people out of jail! Very rewarding experience.

The job is what you make it. Overall, great mission to innovate the criminal justice system but the day to day support, does not always reflect this mission. Working with mandated clients can be taxing but the job overall, can be rewarding. Salaries are decent but caseloads are too high for what is expected. Opportunities for career growth are available but limited. Much harder for case managers to grow in company. If you are looking for a starting job in this field, this is a great start. Staff passion is high but the day to day work can be taxing. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Meeting wonderful people and working with clients.  

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Excessive case loads with not much if any support.  They are all about data and outcomes.  Whatever it takes methods. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Not a very good environment to work in. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Meeting with clients doing paperwork.  Meeting with clients that's are not yours.

My Project Managers were amazing. I was given professional development through on the job training that was invaluable. Limited room for growth is a thing I've heard from most folks I know who are FT/Perm.
I was temporary for a few years on a project. 
The work I did was a catalyst for my career and is experience I draw upon and refer to this day.

While I was there, there were staff who did the bare minimum and considered therapy talking shop. There was no oversight, but more so constant glazing over issues as good enough or incredible without digging deeper. The program director did not have a proper understanding of the point of the programs or communicating that to prospective clients, so clients would come in confused as to why they were in therapy. Maybe they just wanted to fill the seats. Nevertheless, there were workers who genuinely cared and were diligent. 

CIC has a very impressive mission and at some sites they do great work that the employees are very dedicated to. 

Unfortunately, the way the company treats it's employees does not match this mission. Pay is low, and benefits are expensive. Additionally, managers have gossiped about employees who took disability/medical leave, and employees often leave soon after returning from medical leave because they are treated so poorly. That sets a terrible workplace standard. 


There is a wide variety of work experiences depending on your role and what project site (or main site) you are at. Most people are critical of upper management and there is more work to be done regarding actual social justice practices. There are people who have worked there a very long time and if you are in the in circle you are set, but if not, stay on your toes. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Case manager 38 salaries reported	$63,066 per year
Social worker 20 salaries reported	$67,800 per year
Recruiting coordinator 6 salaries reported	$56,946 per year
Engagement specialist 8 salaries reported	$56,600 per year
Program manager 10 salaries reported	$76,576 per year

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