About our Catholic Charities Family

We seek compassionate, talented individuals with a heart for helping others and making a positive impact on the lives of men, women, and children across our large region. People of faith helping people in need achieve self-sufficiency and live with dignity.

Job Description

St. Frances Center for Immigrant Legal Assistance is the legal services arm of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. It is one of the largest non-profit immigration legal services programs in the region. We provide free to low-cost immigration legal assistance to immigrants and refugees in Southeast Texas.

The Staff Attorney is responsible for providing direct legal representation to clients served by St. Frances Cabrini Center for Legal Assistance in immigration matters. Legal representation includes entering an appearance as the attorney of record on matters and in proceedings before the USCIS, Asylum Office, State, federal and immigration courts, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, agencies within the Department of Homeland Security, Department of State, as well as appellate agencies such as the Administrative Appeals Office and Board of Immigration Appeals. The Staff Attorney also provides legal services in the form of community outreach and legal education, legal workshops, legal intake, legal research, individual legal representation as well as supervising caseworkers and/or law student interns. The Staff Attorney works under the direct supervision of the Senior Attorney and/or Managing Attorney. The Staff Attorney works as a team with the Legal Assistant/Paralegal and other Cabrini Center staff.

The Expertise We’re Looking For

• You have a Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D.) degree from an ABA-accredited law school is required

The Skills and Assets You Bring, and More

• A successful candidate will be detail-oriented and organized, with excellent time management and collaboration skills
• You have 0-2 years of work experience as a licensed attorney in the State of Texas, or a recent graduate from an ABA-accredited law school taking the next available Texas Bar Examination and be admitted to the State Bar of Texas within twelve months of hire, or has an active license from another U.S. jurisdiction and is eligible to waive into the State Bar of Texas within 12 months of hire
• It is preferred that you are fully bilingual in Spanish and English (read, write and speak)
• You have excellent legal research and legal writing skills
• You have excellent verbal and written communication and negotiation skills
• You can handle a high-volume caseload, multiple deadlines, and other tasks simultaneously
• You have knowledge and proficiency in basic typing skills and computer applications such as MS Office, Adobe and other databases
• You have demonstrated multi-cultural skills and sensitivity
• You can handle and maintain confidential information
• It is strongly desirable that you have experience working with low-income immigrant community
• You have strong analytical, conceptual, problem-solving and decision-making skills

The Value You Deliver

You join Catholic Charities and help people in southeast Texas by providing caring, compassionate services and advocating for social justice in collaboration with parishes and communities.

What you Deliver

• Citizenship Workshop: You develop and implement pro se citizenship workshops by recruiting pro bono attorneys and volunteers to staff the workshops, organize and conduct pre-workshop CLE training for volunteers, review legal screening to assess suitability for workshop placement, manage workflow at the workshop and collaborate with other NAC partners in organizing mega-regional citizenship workshops.
• Direct Representation: You provide direct representation to immigrant clients before the USCIS. Asylum Office or Immigration Court on matters such as family petition, removal of conditional status, adjustment of status, naturalization, asylum, removal defense, and any immigration proceedings. Direct representation encompasses the following tasks: conduct legal intake and screening, interview with clients, affiants, witness, experts, case managers, and others who can provide information or statement in furtherance of the principle client's immigration matters; draft, prepare and assemble relevant immigration petitions; conduct legal research; write a memorandum of law, motions or briefs in support of applications and petitions filed before USCIS. Asylum Office. State, Immigration and federal Courts, Board of Immigration Appeals, Administrative Appeals Office, EOIR, and other immigration agencies; prepare clients for interviews or court hearings. Maintain a minimum of 30-40 active cases.
• Case Management: You maintain client physical and electronic files according to program requirements, including case notes, correspondence, filings, calendars, and dockets. Maintain a case status list and case service statistics for Cabrini Center and program funders. Participate in case reviews with Senior Attorney, Managing Attorney or Legal Director as applicable.
• Meetings: You attend and participate in mandatory unit and Cabrini staff meetings, and other agency meetings. You participate in calls and meetings organized by funders, city-wide advocacy groups, local service providers, and national support centers when appropriate and helpful.
• Supervision: You provide supervision and direction to Legal Assistant and/or Paralegal on a full range of legal services provided by the program.
• Contract and Agency Compliance: You comply with all contract requirements. You provide data and statistical information for grants, contracts, and other reporting purposes. Provide accurate and timely monthly data, time logs, and reports for internal use, funder use, and other entity use. Participate in trainings, meetings, calls, etc. as required by funders or to serve program needs.
• Outreaches: You participate in Charlas by presenting and performing legal consultations. Participate in program and agency community legal education and outreach efforts (Spanish and English), particularly as they relate to issues of immigration law, providing direct information to prospective clients, attending information sessions on asylum, deportation, and other immigration relief.
• You perform other duties as assigned by the Legal Director and supervisors, such as assisting and training staff in legal and regulatory changes, participating in coalition activities, participating in staff retreats, United Way activities, agency fairs, speaking engagements, assisting with special organization projects/events, etc.

Additional Expertise and Requirements

• Adhere to Texas Family Code {261.101}, Texas Mandated Child Abuse Reporter: As a mandated reporter, you are required by law {Texas Family Code (261.101} to report all reasonable suspicions or knowledge of child abuse, neglect, or child sexual abuse to proper authorities. You are required to follow all agency policies and procedures related to the reporting of abuse and neglect, as well as immediately report such events to the Texas Abuse Hotline (1-800-252-5400), your Program Director or VP and the Catholic Charities Director of Quality & Compliance.
• Understands and supports a trauma-informed system of care and committed to providing quality, trauma-informed treatment supportive services as per program guidelines and services.
• Must have reliable transportation, valid Texas driver’s license and valid vehicle insurance
• Position requires/may require driving in your personal vehicle on freeways and highways to satellite offices, job fairs, and offsite meetings and events, throughout the 10-county service area of Catholic Charities
• Must be able to work on a flexible schedule as caseload demands to meet work, program, and project deadlines.
• Requires contact by telephone, written communication, and face-to-face contact with other staff, clients, funders, financial institutions, other stakeholders, and/or volunteers.
• Ability to lift twenty pounds; stooping, climbing, and bending.
• Regularly required to speak and listen.

How Your Work Impacts our Organization

The work you do will help us advocate for the vulnerable among us, a network of support services to people of all ages and from all walks of life and religious backgrounds.

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About our Catholic Charities Family

We seek compassionate, talented individuals with a heart for helping others and making a positive impact on the lives of men, women, and children across our large region. People of faith helping people in need achieve self-sufficiency and live with dignity.

Job Description

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston is seeking a full-time, experienced Staff Attorney to provide direct legal representation to clients served by St. Francis Cabrini Immigration and Legal Services Program in immigration matters.

Join our team as a Staff Attorney! The Staff Attorney works under the direct supervision of Senior Attorney and/or Managing Attorney and collaborates with a team of legal assistants, paralegals, and other Cabrini Center staff. Legal representation includes but is not limited to entering an appearance as the attorney of record on matters and in proceedings before the USCIS, Asylum Office, State, federal and immigration courts, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, agencies within the Department of Homeland Security, Department of State, as well as appellate agencies such as the Administrative Appeals Office and Board of Immigration Appeals. The Staff Attorney also provides legal services in the form of community outreach and legal education, legal workshops, legal intake, legal research, individual legal representation as well as supervising caseworkers and/or law student interns.

The Expertise We’re Looking For

• You have a Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D.) degree from an ABA-accredited law school
• You have 0-2 years of work experience as a licensed attorney
• You are licensed to practice law in the State of Texas or will be licensed to practice law in the State of Texas within 12 months of hire

The Skills and Assets You Bring, and More

• You are detail-oriented and organized, with excellent time management and collaboration skills
• You are fully bilingual in Spanish and English (read, write and speak)
• You have excellent legal research and legal writing skills
• You have excellent verbal and written communication and negotiation skills
• You can handle a high-volume caseload, multiple deadlines, and other tasks simultaneously
• You have knowledge and proficiency in basic typing skills and computer applications such as MS Office
• You have demonstrated multi-cultural skills and sensitivity
• You can handle and maintain confidential information
• You have experience working with low-income immigrant community

The Value You Deliver

You join Catholic Charities and help people in southeast Texas by providing caring, compassionate services and advocating for social justice in collaboration with parishes and communities.

What you Deliver

• Direct Representation: You provide direct representation to immigrant survivors of crime and qualifying family members before USCIS, Asylum Office or Immigration Court on matters such as U visas, T visas, VAWA, adjustment of status, and any related immigration proceedings. Direct representation encompasses the following tasks: conduct legal intake and screening, interview with clients, affiants, witness, experts, case managers, and others who can provide information or statement in furtherance of the principal client's immigration matters; draft, prepare and assemble relevant immigration petitions; conduct legal research; write a memorandum of law, motions or briefs in support of applications and petitions filed before USCIS. Asylum Office. State, Immigration and federal Courts, Board of Immigration Appeals, Administrative Appeals Office, EOIR, and other immigration agencies; prepare clients for interviews or court hearings. Maintain an active caseload of at least 40 active cases providing individual representation to immigrant survivors of crime and their qualifying family members.
• Case Management: You maintain client physical and electronic files according to program requirements, including case notes, correspondence, filings, calendars, and dockets. Maintain a case status list and case service statistics for Cabrini Center and program funders. Participate in case reviews with Senior Attorney, Managing Attorney or Legal Director as applicable. Maintain a minimum of 30-40 active cases.
• Meetings: You attend and participate in mandatory unit and Cabrini staff meetings, and other agency meetings. You participate in calls and meetings organized by funders, city-wide advocacy groups, local service providers, and national support centers when appropriate and helpful.
• Contract and Agency Compliance: You comply with all contract requirements. You provide data and statistical information for the grant, contract, and other reporting purposes. You provide accurate and timely monthly data, time logs, and reports for internal use, funder use, and other entity use. You participate in trainings, meetings, calls, etc. as required by funders or to serve program needs.
• Outreaches: You participate in Charlas by presenting and performing legal consultations. You participate in program and agency community legal education, training, and outreach efforts (Spanish and English), particularly as they relate to issues of immigration law, providing direct information to prospective clients, attending information sessions on asylum, deportation, and other immigration relief. You recruit and mentor pro bono attorneys, plan and coordinate CLE and other outreach/training sessions.
• Supervision: You provide supervision and direction to Legal Assistant and/or Paralegal on a full range of legal services provided by the program.
• Other: Perform other duties as assigned by the Legal Director and supervisors, such as assisting and training staff in legal and regulatory changes, participating in coalition activities, participating in staff retreats, United Way activities, agency fairs, speaking engagements, assisting with special organization projects/events, etc.

How Your Work Impacts our Organization

The work you do will help us advocate for the vulnerable among us, a network of support services to people of all ages and from all walks of life and religious backgrounds.

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About our Catholic Charities Family

We seek compassionate, talented individuals with a heart for helping others and making a positive impact on the lives of men, women, and children across our large region. People of faith helping people in need achieve self-sufficiency and live with dignity.

Job Description

Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston is seeking a Bilingual Social Services Coordinator for their St. Frances Cabrini Center for Immigrant Legal Assistance program.

Unaccompanied Children Program of St. Frances Cabrini Center for Immigrant Legal Assistance follows the journey of migrant children who come to the United States without a parent or adult guardian, we teach them about their legal rights, we screen them for immigration relief, and we represent them in state court, USCIS and the Immigration Court to advance their claim for immigration relief and to defend them against deportation.

The Social Services Coordinator is responsible for providing needs assessment and referral for unaccompanied children clients and their families with social service needs beyond legal services.

The successful candidate will have strong communication, organizational and problem-solving skills.

The Expertise We’re Looking For

• You have a bachelor's degree
• You have 1-3 years of experience in a similar role

The Skills and Assets You Bring, and More

• You are fully bilingual in Spanish and English (read, write and speak)
• You have excellent interpersonal and analytical skills
• You have strong organizational skills, ability to maintain significant caseload, set priority, multitask and work under pressure and competing demands
• You have strong writing, speaking, active listening and presenting skills
• You can work as part of a team in a very fast-paced environment
• know of community resources for the populations served
• You have a general understanding of the needs of immigrants and demonstrates sensitivity to these needs
• You can work with the population served in crises
• You can handle and maintain confidential information
• You demonstrate knowledge and understanding of professional boundaries with clients, staff and volunteers
• You have advanced knowledge and proficiency in basic typing skills and computer applications such as MS Office
• You demonstrate multi-cultural skills and sensitivity

The Value You Deliver

You join Catholic Charities and help people in southeast Texas by providing caring, compassionate services and advocating for social justice in collaboration with parishes and communities.

What you Deliver

• You conduct social service, mental health, and medical needs assessments for clients and families referred by attorneys to determine social service and support needs beyond legal services being provided. You provide initial and ongoing crisis intervention, in coordination with the legal team. You refer clients to counselors, doctors, schools, basic need assistance, and any other needs. You coordinate with the legal team in ensuring that client needs are met, including, but not limited to, assistance with housing, transportation, translation, counseling, health services, accessing public benefits. Update the legal team (attorneys, paralegals, and legal assistants) on the status of social work cases.
• You maintain a caseload of at least 40 clients. Coordinate therapy, physician, and other appointments and coordinate with the legal team to ensure holistic services. You maintain regular communication with clients.
• You attend community fairs, meetings, and other events to do outreach into the community. You research resources available in the community and develop contacts and networks to assist clients in accessing those resources. You update the legal team on all outreaches/meetings attended. You attend one attorney brown bag lunch per month.
• You participate in professional self-development via supervision and continuing education classes. You maintain a case management database and statistics.
• You participate in Charlas, program and agency community education and outreach efforts (Spanish and English), particularly as they relate to issues of immigration law, providing direct information to prospective clients, attending information sessions on asylum and deportation.
• You perform other duties as assigned by Vice President, Legal Director and Managing Attorneys such as assisting in training staff in legal and regulatory changes, and participating in coalition activities, participating in staff retreats, United Way activities, agency fairs and speaking engagements, assisting with special organizational projects/events, etc.

How Your Work Impacts our Organization

The work you do will help us advocate for the vulnerable among us, a network of support services to people of all ages and from all walks of life and religious backgrounds.

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About our Catholic Charities Family

We seek compassionate, talented individuals with a heart for helping others and making a positive impact on the lives of men, women, and children across our large region. People of faith helping people in need achieve self-sufficiency and live with dignity.

Job Description

Join the Unaccompanied Children Program of St. Frances Cabrini Center for Immigrant Legal Assistance as the program follows the journey of migrant children who come to the United States without a parent or adult guardian, we teach them about their legal rights, we screen them for immigration relief, and we represent them in state court, USCIS and the Immigration Court to advance their claim for immigration relief and to defend them against deportation.

The Paralegal in the Unaccompanied Children Program will work under the supervision of an attorney and DOJ Accredited Representative to provide legal services to unaccompanied children in the detained and released setting.

The Expertise We’re Looking For

• You have a bachelor’s degree or an associate degree & paralegal certificate with two years of paralegal experience
• You are knowledgeable and have 1-3 years of paralegal experience in a law office; this is encouraged
• You have experience in non-profit immigration practice or legal services; this is encouraged
• You are fully bilingual in Spanish and English (read, write and speak)

The Skills and Assets You Bring, and More

• The successful candidate will have strong writing, speaking, active listening and presenting skills
• You thrive in a high-pressure environment that requires the ability to multitask
• You can stay focused on different tasks, and use your time, energy, mental capacity, physical space effectively and efficiently to achieve the desired outcome
• You are thorough and accurate when accomplishing tasks and provide accurate, consistent paperwork and information promptly
• You have a valid driver’s license
• You have knowledge and experience with MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Access) and Acrobat adobe

The Value You Deliver

In partnership with the agency, you help in giving a unified voice to those in need. Your role is instrumental in assisting individuals in immigration legal matters.

What you Deliver

• You will plan and coordinate shelter duties with Legal Assistant and Attorneys
• You will prepare and conduct “Know Your Rights” presentations to newly-arrived unaccompanied minors in ORR shelters
• You will develop regular client statistics report to facilitate post-release legal assistance
• You will liaise with shelter staff for up-to-date placement of unaccompanied children
• You will conduct an in-depth intake with detained children to assist the attorney in assessing immigration relies
• You will conduct legal screening for newly arrived unaccompanied minors to identify potential legal relief in consultation with attorneys or an Accredited Representative
• You will appear with attorneys at juvenile detained dockets to coordinate logistics with shelter staff to facilitate the minors' appearance before an immigration judge and keep case notes to record proceedings
• You will maintain client case files to ensure accurate and up-to-date information on client matters; you will update attorney case lists and calendars, maintain accurate client and case management databases, generate statistical reports, correct data entry to provide an accurate database on client information, case processes and caseload information
• You will help released children obtain legal representation by timely referrals, and follow-up with referred providers; organize case files for locally released children and make appropriate internal referral within Cabrini Center
• You will develop regular client statistic reports to facilitate post-release legal assistance
• You will assist attorneys indirect representation by liaising with clients, preparing client case files, drafting, preparing and filing correspondence and pleadings; prepare and file immigration applications and petitions, assist with court preparation with clients; interpret at immigration interviews and hearings

How Your Work Impacts our Organization

The work you do will help us advocate for the vulnerable among us. You join a team that provides high-quality services to individuals otherwise unable to obtain legal representation.

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About our Catholic Charities Family

We seek compassionate, talented individuals with a heart for helping others and making a positive impact on the lives of men, women, and children across our large region. People of faith helping people in need achieve self-sufficiency and live with dignity.

Job Description

Join the family! St. Frances Cabrini Center for Immigrant Legal Assistance Program is seeking an Unaccompanied Minor Program Law Clerk to assists the attorneys and accredited representatives with immigration matters by meeting with clients to obtain information and documents required, provide KYR and screenings, prepare notes and documentation, organizing client case files, prepare motions, submissions, legal memorandums, petitions and applications for review by attorneys or accredited representatives and submission to DHS and EOIR. The Law Clerk assists attorneys and accredited representatives in providing representation to immigrant clients by conducting case review and summary, client intakes and follow-up meetings; drafting correspondence, petitions, affidavits, and other documents; conducting research in support of client cases; translating documents to be submitted to immigration courts and agencies, state courts, and other parties; and providing interpretation at USCIS, the asylum office, and/or other appointments, as needed. The Law Clerk will assist in maintaining and updating client case files and case management databases. The successful candidate will be fluent in both Spanish and English, possess strong communication skills, and have excellent organizational skills.

Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston is seeking a Bilingual Staff Attorney for the St. Frances Center for Legal Assistance.

The Expertise We’re Looking For

• You have an undergraduate degree
• You are enrolled in an accredited law school program with 1 year of course completion
• It is preferred that you have a minimum of one-year legal research and strong writing skills required

The Skills and Assets You Bring, and More

• You are fully bilingual in Spanish and English (read, write and speak)
• You have strong writing, speaking, active listening and presenting skills
• You have strong organizational skills and an ability to maintain a significant caseload, set priorities, multitask and work under pressure with competing demands
• You have knowledge and proficiency in basic typing skills and computer applications such as MS Office
• You demonstrate multi-cultural skills and sensitivity
• You can handle and maintain confidential information

The Value You Deliver

You join Catholic Charities and help people in southeast Texas by providing caring, compassionate services and advocating for social justice in collaboration with parishes and communities.

What you Deliver

• Research/Case Assistance: You assist attorneys and accredited representatives in conducting legal research, KYRs screenings and follow-up client interviews to collect information to provide to an attorney to discern eligibility for immigration relief, prepare and update client case files and client databases, collect, compile and organize supporting documents for client cases, translate documents between Spanish and English, and draft, prepare and file correspondence and applications and petitions under the direction of attorneys or Accredited Representatives. Assist in preparing clients for hearings; age outs; and interviews; perform interpretations at USCIS, asylum office, and other interviews
• Case Management: You maintain case information on case management systems (such as LLX, attorney spreadsheets), update attorney calendars on cases, maintain, organize and update case files of clients. Perform case management tasks on clients' cases and records, including file progress notes, correspondence, calendars, and dockets. Maintain case management database, generate a statistical report, correct data entry to provide an accurate database on client information, case processes and caseload information
• Meetings/Training: Your attendance and participation are mandatory in team meetings, Cabrini staff meetings, and other agency meetings. Participate in calls and meetings organized by funders, city-wide advocacy groups, and local service providers when appropriate and helpful
• Other: You perform other duties as assigned by the Legal Director and Managing Attorneys such as assisting with in house meetings and trainings, coordinate with community partners, engage in coalition activities, participate in staff and agency retreats, assist with special events

How Your Work Impacts our Organization

The work you do will help us advocate for the vulnerable among us, a network of support services to people of all ages and from all walks of life and religious backgrounds.

https://www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.php/jobs/ViewJobDetails?job=17153&clientkey=C184945087565AE7BAA81D76126F1823