Meredith Schriver Email & Phone Number

United States

United States

Brooklyn, Ny

- Conduct in-depth interviews with clients either at liberty or detained at Rikers Island, Manhattan Detention Center, Brooklyn House of Detention, Metropolitan Correctional Center, and other city and federal facilities. - Perform collateral interviews and locate necessary records to write persuasive pre-sentence and pre-pleading memoranda. - Write psychosocial reports and bail application reports. - Use tools such as trauma-informed care and motivational interviewing to gather information quickly yet compassionately. - Identify appropriate treatment options for clients in need of intervention and diversion, and effect referrals. - Attend court appearances and advocate on clients’ behalves on record. - Keep clients and their families updated about court proceedings. - Monitor clients in the community and update courts on progress, and verify treatment compliance.

• Edit and fact-check work product for a team of approximately ten court advocates within the Court Advocacy Services program;• Help develop and strengthen advocacy strategies;• Conference cases with advocates when needed.

Brooklyn

• Maintain full caseload and perform duties of Court Advocate (see below).• Edit and fact-check all work products submitted to the Court and Office of the District Attorney.• Research and stay up-to-date on trends and goings-on in the criminal justice system.• Assist with training and supervising new Court Advocates.• Supervise and provide field instruction to interns from various graduate-level social work programs.• Assist Program Director with oversight of the daily operations of Court Advocacy Services (CAS).• Liaise with internal and external professionals to apprise them of CAS’s services.• Keep abreast of all Quarterly Activities in Court Advocacy Services and provide a comprehensive written report for funders at the end of each quarter.• Work with Court Advocates to review set goals and provide feedback.

Brooklyn

• Conduct in-depth interviews with clients either at liberty or detained at Rikers Island, Manhattan Detention Center, Brooklyn House of Detention, Metropolitan Correctional Center, and other city and federal facilities.• Perform collateral interviews and locate necessary records to write persuasive pre-sentence and pre-pleading memoranda.• Write psychosocial reports and bail application reports.• Use tools such as trauma-informed care and motivational interviewing to gather information quickly yet compassionately. • Identify appropriate treatment options for clients in need of intervention and diversion, and effect referrals.• Attend court appearances and advocate on clients’ behalves on record.• Keep clients and their families updated about court proceedings.• Monitor clients in the community and update courts on progress, and verify treatment compliance.• Facilitate trainings as needed.

New York, United States

• Partnered with defense attorneys and public defenders to identify women and adolescents to be bailed out;• Met with bail-eligible women and adolescents on Rikers Island and city facilities;• Developed treatment plans, community-based supports, and services for each client pending their release;• Coordinated referrals for treatment as needed;• Followed-up with clients after their return to the community as needed.

Greater New York City Area

• Researched the correlation of children’s direct exposure to the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center to mental health, substance use or abuse and other risky behaviors, and how this event may have impacted adolescence and emerging adulthood.• Interviewed parents and children who worked or lived in and around the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, and collected data for analysis.• Responded appropriately and efficiently to suicidal behavior, sexual abuse, and child abuse.

Greater New York City Area

• Accompanied domestic violence victims charged with crimes against their batterers to court and provided assistance and support throughout the duration of their cases. • Worked one-on-one with clients and their children to secure appropriate counseling and rehabilitative services.• Engaged clients in interim counseling and anger management sessions.• Wrote psychosocial reports and correspondence to assist attorneys in obtaining favorable case dispositions.• Assisted clients in obtaining orders of protection, public assistance, and safe domestic violence shelters.• Maintained contact with clients’ lawyers in order to stay well informed and provide clients and families with necessary information.

Greater New York City Area

• Recruited patients diagnosed with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder for studies centering on antipsychotic medication, mental health and wellness.• Assisted with intake interviews and admission evaluations.• Administered cognitive testing for participating patients.• Assisted head psychiatrist with psychosocial assessments and preparing psychopharmalogical reports.• Entered data into SPSS and other databases.

Postgraduate Certificate, Environmental Justice

Ma, Mental Disability Law

Ma, Forensic Psychology

Ba, Psychology, Justice Studies