Veterans Treatment Court Coordinator

Rockingham County is an equal opportunity employer and will comply with federal and state statutes regarding discrimination in employment. 

This posting is continuous and will remain posted to fill vacancies as they become available.  Applicants that apply to this posting will be considered for any vacancies of this type and will only need to apply once.  

• Paid Medical, Dental, Vision & Life Insurance
• Onsite wellness/medical clinic
• Onsite fitness center
• Retirement
• Flexible Spending
• Paid Vacation, Sick & Holidays
• Bereavement
• Community Service Leave
• Weekends Off (varies by position)
• Flexible Work Schedules & Telework Options (varies by position)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• 401-K & 457 Plans

General Definition of Work
Performs intermediate skilled technical work coordinating Veterans Treatment Court Program, verifying completion of defendant obligations, ensuring successful achievement of program objectives and goals, preparing and maintaining files and records, preparing reports, and related work as apparent or assigned. Work is performed under the general direction of the Clerk to Superior Court and over sight of the County Manager.
Qualification Requirements
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions.Essential Functions
Responsible for coordination of a newly established veterans treatment court.
Serves as the liaison between the criminal justice system, treatment system, and supplemental support services.
Screening and assessing the needs of prospective clients to determine a course of action to successfully complete the program.
Making community referrals.
Maintaining relationships with partner agencies.
Monitoring and tracking client progress and participant program compliance. 
Advocating for participant needs, providing personal support, education, and crisis management sufficient to promote wellness, rehabilitation, and progress.
Facilitate treatment meetings and documenting the case planning process with other team members to include compiling court status reports.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Thorough knowledge of County and Department policies and procedures; thorough knowledge of modern principles and practices of criminal prosecution; thorough knowledge of the Veterans Treatment Court Program; thorough knowledge of applicable State, laws, rules and regulations, and courtroom procedures; general knowledge of legal office procedures, practices and methods; thorough knowledge in preparing reports and other types of correspondence; general knowledge in the operation of standard office equipment and associated software; ability to make arithmetic computations; ability to compute rates, ratios and percentages; ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing; ability to solve problems within scope of responsibility; ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with veterans, State legislators, attorneys, judges, associates, volunteers, court officials and the general public.Education and Experience
Bachelor’s Degree in criminal justice, human services field, or a related field, and three (3) years of related case coordination experience for a specialized criminal justice program; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Physical Requirements
This work requires the occasional exertion of up to 10 pounds of force; work regularly requires speaking or hearing, using hands to finger, handle or feel and repetitive motions, frequently requires sitting and occasionally requires standing, walking, reaching with hands and arms and pushing or pulling; work requires close vision, distance vision, ability to adjust focus, depth perception, color perception, night vision and peripheral vision; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word and conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly or quickly; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels and to receive detailed information through oral communications and/or to make fine distinctions in sound; work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data, operating machines, operating motor vehicles or equipment and observing general surroundings and activities; work has no exposure to environmental conditions; work is generally in a moderately noisy location (e.g. business office, light traffic).

Special Requirements - Valid driver's license in the State of North Carolina.

Salary : $46,071 - $73,713