ADULT DIVERSION PROGRAM CASEWORKER | State of Rhode Island

Responsibilities and Opportunity Offered: The office is seeking an Adult Diversion Program Caseworker to fill a position within the Diversion Unit of the Criminal Division. The position offers a unique and challenging experience for a highly motivated person. As a member of the Diversion Intake Unit, you will be responsible for interviewing potential participants, communicating with crime victims, conducting criminal history checks, interacting with law enforcement agencies and recommending counseling and other types of services for candidates. Using that information, you will then be required to prepare a written report to be submitted to the Diversion Court. Other responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the basic clerical tasks associated with the opening and closing of cases.

Qualifications: Applicants must possess superior clerical and organizational skills, as well as the capacity to function at a high level in a demanding environment. Additionally, applicants must exhibit the ability to work in a supportive and professional manner with other support staff, attorneys, and state agencies. Applicants should have excellent writing skills, be a team player and demonstrate attention to detail. Candidates must be computer literate in Excel, Word, CCH, and adept to learning new computer programs. Applicant must have a working knowledge or familiarity of the Odyssey Judicial Public Portal.

RHODE ISLAND OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ADULT DIVERSION PROGRAM CASEWORKER CRIMINAL DIVISION PAY GRADE 8718 ($48,620 - $54,390) November 27, 2023 – December 11, 2023 About the Office: The Attorney General is the state’s top lawyer and law enforcement official, protecting and serving the people and interests of Rhode Island through a broad range of duties. Every day, the Office’s attorneys fight to ensure the public safety of the state’s communities, improve the economic security of its citizens, safeguard the state’s spectacular natural resources, and restore the public’s trust in government. Assistant and Special Assistant Attorneys General represent the people of Rhode Island in civil and criminal matters before trial courts, appellate courts, and the supreme courts of Rhode Island and the United States. The Office is unique among attorneys general offices across the country. Out of fifty states, only two other offices share the same broad criminal mission. The Office’s attorneys prosecute complex and violent crimes but also functionally serve as one of the nation’s largest district attorney’s offices, prosecuting all felonies throughout the state. If applying for the position via mail or email, there is no need to also apply through the online system. How to Apply: Applicants should mail or email a (1) cover letter summarizing why you are interested and describing the skills and abilities you possess that will enable you to succeed in this position, (2) resume, and (3) list of three references to: Aida Crosson Director of Administration Office of the Attorney General 150 South Main Street, Providence RI 02903 ACrosson@riag.ri.gov Equal Opportunity Employer: The Attorney General’s Office is stronger, more credible, and more capable when its employees bring diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives to their work. The Office encourages all qualified applicants from all ethnic and racial backgrounds, veterans, LGBTQ individuals, and persons with disabilities to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, disability, or covered veteran status. Other Information: Finalists will be subject to a full background investigation including reference checks. All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of the background investigation.