Treatment Court Case Manager

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SERVICE AREA: Housing & Justice Related Services (HJRS)

PROGRAM: Philadelphia Treatment Court (PTC)

JOB OVERVIEW:

The full-time Treatment Court Case Manager will coordinate supportive services for a caseload of 40-50 individuals with current forensic affiliations who abuse illicit psychoactive substances.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Supervise each participant once per month, or more if clinically necessary, at the Treatment Court Case Management office to assist participants in meeting their recovery needs.
• Serve as a liaison between the treatment facility and legal team (including the Treatment Court Judge, Assistant District Attorney, and Assistant Public Defender). Inform all parties of participants’ treatment progress, including arrests or any other problematic behavior that might jeopardize their status with Treatment Court.
• Prepare summaries about specific participants’ progress and present summaries at the bar of the court on selected Wednesdays.
• Ensure the delivery of comprehensive services to 40-50 assigned participants in the areas of housing, education, vocation, HIV, and recovery-oriented community services.
• Document services in each participant’s record/chart in accordance with agency standards, managed care insurance providers, and licensing requirements. Utilize the prescribed format consisting of Data, Assessment, and Plan.
• Document interactions such as phone calls, phase progressions, and updates from status listings in the Treatment Management Information Systems Database (TMIS).
• Prepare graduation packets for assigned participants completing Phase IV on the Thursday before the graduation ceremony.
• Provide monthly caseload statistics on the Friday following each monthly graduation ceremony, as well as submissions for potential graduates for the following month.
• Assist participants with enrolling in the Department of Public Assistance services.
• Play a key role in developing intra- and inter-organizational linkages, fostering collaborative relationships with various programmatic entities.
• Conduct urine drug screens for Treatment Court participants.
• Meet regularly with participants in treatment facilities and recovery houses to follow up on court-ordered sanctions or requests and phase calculations.
• With other members of the case management unit, be available to participants, families, treatment facilities, judges, and legal teams Monday through Friday from 8:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
• Check work email and voicemail throughout the workday.
• Consistently assess each assigned participant’s progress during individual sessions using the PCPC (Pennsylvania Client Placement Criteria) standards to ensure their progress is accurately reflected at the PCPC’s level of care.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

SKILLS:

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to meet timelines
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills
• Working knowledge of DSM-IV and co-occurring issues
• Working knowledge of participants with forensic affiliation
• Preferred: Bilingual in Spanish and English

REQUIREMENTS:

Must meet one of the following:

• Associate degree in social services, sociology, psychology, criminal justice, or social work and 2 years of experience in human services, including 1 year of direct participant contact in an addiction recovery, mental health, or behavioral health setting
• Bachelor’s degree with major coursework in sociology, social work, psychology, anthropology, political science, history, criminal justice, counseling, or education and 1 years of experience involving direct participant contact in an addiction recovery, mental health, or behavioral health setting

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Experience in case management for participants with forensic backgrounds who have abused illicit psychoactive substances
• Experience in courtroom presentations

SALARY GRADE: 16

PHMC is an Equal Opportunity and E-Verify Employer.