Forensic Case Manager

Job Details:

Position Location:

Premarq 204 - Warrenton, OR 97146. Position Type:
Full Time. Salary Range: $26.78 - $34.95 hourly. Clatsop Behavioral Healthcare (CBH) has moved most positions to a 4 day 9 hour work week with paid 30 minute lunches to promote a better work life balance. Wages have been increased for our valued current and future employees.

Clatsop Behavioral Healthcare has an immediate opening for a full time Forensic Case Manager. This position provides intensive case management services to incarcerated individuals ordered to participate in the Aid & Assist program. The role focuses on legal coordination, clinical stabilization, and transition planning within the correctional environment. It also serves the purpose of discharge-planning for non-Forensic individuals struggling with acute mental health symptoms and/or Severe and Persistent Mental Illness (SPMI).

This position receives day-to-day direction and coordination from the Forensic Clinician to ensure alignment of forensic services across community and jail-based settings, and reports directly to the Crisis Systems Program Manager. It collaborates closely with other jail-based positions for release planning and completing referrals to post‑release residential treatment.

• Participates in daily Crisis Team meetings.
• Supports community-based Mobile Crisis Case Management (QMHA) interventions as needed.
• Attends weekly court hearings, conducts weekly Legal Skills groups, and submits weekly status reports for the Aid & Assist caseload.
• Regularly checks all pertinent cases on the Oregon Judicial Department website to ensure up-to-date knowledge.
• Participates in investigations, hearings, and legal proceedings as required.
• Assists with referral and coordination of entry into diversion programs such as Mental Health Court or Drug Treatment Court as needed.

• Participates in ongoing case management, needs assessments, and release planning.
• Provides follow‑ups to incarcerated individuals identified by Mobile Crisis.
• Identifies acutely symptomatic incarcerated individuals needing additional support and communicates needs to appropriate supports.
• Supports incarcerated individuals not ordered to Aid & Assist to minimize recidivism and divert from future incarcerations.
• Completes referrals for post‑release residential SUD and MH treatment.
• Participates in jail discharge planning as needed in support of conditional release requirements for individuals ordered into the Aid & Assist program and/or the SPMI population, collaborating with other CBH jail-based positions.
• Connects non‑Forensic individuals to appropriate post‑release community supports and resources.
• Collaboratively manages a variable caseload of clients involved or at risk of involvement in the legal system.
• Changes method and degree of treatment when indicated by client reactions.
• Encourages use of coping skills; facilitates Legal Skills or other training groups; teaches life skills.
• Refers clients to other supportive services to supplement treatment.
• Regular consultation with other Crisis and jail‑based team members to ensure client needs are met.
• Assists with referral and coordination of entry into other programs within CBH as needed.

• Documents case updates for Aid & Assist and other cases in Care Logic and shares information with all parties concerned.
• Documents all services according to agency standards and timelines.
• Data collection for the incarcerated population as needed.
• Coordinates with CBH program administrators to provide accurate updates on client engagement.
• Coordinates with ENCC and ensures timely recording of data on aid/assist report.
• Tracks and collects client caseload data in real‑time for CFAA reporting purposes.

• Performs outreach and engagement as a preventative measure (i.e., Forensic Diversion).
• Collaborates with natural and community supports.
• Consults and coordinates with community partners.
• Coordinates with outreach workers for community engagement.
• Provides in‑person community outreach to clients…