Treatment Court Coordinator, St. Louis County, Duluth

Treatment Court Coordinator

Are you interested in learning how you can serve your community and learn about the justice system? Do you have a desire to help others in their recovery journey?

Join the Sixth Judicial District as a Treatment Court Coordinator! The Sixth Judicial District seeks to fill a part-time (anticipated 32 hours per week) exempt Treatment Court Coordinator position located in St. Louis County, Duluth, serving the DWI Court. This is responsible, professional work coordinating and supervising the activities of a Treatment Court.

Work involves the performance of extensive planning, organizing, coordinating and monitoring the activities of the Treatment Court. This position works collaboratively with judges and may take part in statewide work groups and/or team meetings to promote best practices, efficiency, and effective operations on a system wide basis.

What You Will Do The following are examples of major job duties expected of this position:

• Plans, implements, administers, and monitors the day-to-day activities of a Treatment Court.
• Serves on Treatment Court teams.
• Secures funding to support ongoing Treatment Court operations.
• Directs and maintains an accounting and auditing system with respect to program funds.
• Writes grant proposals; plans and prepares budgetary estimates and justifications.
• Coordinates and approves expenditures and oversees fiscal contractual obligations.
• Organizes and coordinates training for team members and treatment court partners such as substance abuse or mental health treatment providers.
• Maintains cooperative relationships with treatment agencies, community organizations, the Probation Department, and the Department of Human Services.
• Attends and participates in conferences, meetings, and committees as the Treatment Court representative.
• Attends case staffings and court hearings.
• Consults with treatment court judges on a wide range of organizational and managerial issues including, but not limited to, internal and external quality assurance, efficiency, and policy.
• Monitors and supervises Treatment Court services, including participant referrals and screening and determining the need for additional court services and assessing appropriate services for individual participants; uses discretion in interpreting treatment court policies and procedures and completes participant case reviews, including compiling and evaluating information from other team members to inform Treatment Court team decisions.
• Facilitates community presentations, assists in docket development, promotes team integrity, develops community resources, monitors quality assurance, develops agendas, and collects data.
• Serves as liaison by representing the Treatment Court team, serving as the point of contact for information about the Treatment Court, and coordinating services for participants and the court between team members, steering committee, with the general public, and court administration.
• Provides guidance, assistance to participants, and updates on policy changes.
• Administers evaluations, reviews participant files, and may conduct initial screenings in order to identify the nature and severity of substance abuse, mental health, or other problems central to the Treatment Court.
• Prepares reports to court, state, and county agencies. Oversees collection of performance and outcome data.
• Collaborates with judges, lawyers, police, and sheriff to coordinate programs for participants.
• Provides education and community awareness for the Treatment Courts.
• Supports other Sixth District Treatment Court Coordinators in backup court coverage and sharing of ideas.

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