Job Description

Posting number: 30240001

Department: MUNICIPAL COURT

Division: MUNICIPAL COURT

Job classification: Municipal Court Behavioral Health Coordinator

Posting type: Open & Promotional

Categories: Court Administration, Miscellaneous, Customer Service

Summary

This position is full-time temporary.

The purpose of this position is to provide case management services to subjects who have been identified as having unmet medical, mental health, or social needs and are frequently involved with the Tuscaloosa Municipal Court or the City of Tuscaloosa Court Referral Program. This position would be assigned to the Tuscaloosa Municipal Court and report to the Municipal Court Administrator and Municipal Court Judge.

Examples of duties

The following duties are normal for this classification. The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the classification if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment for this classification. Other duties may be required and assigned. Specific duties listed may not be required for all positions within this classification but are determined by the normal requirements for the particular position.

Serves as a representative of the city: communicating common needs and deficits of services within the city that are available to patient populations.

Builds relationships to benefit not only the subjects but would also help public safety resources as the demand for non-essential or low-acuity issues diminishes.

Develops public education programs on mental health, substance abuse, community resources, and community re-entry services.

Identifies potential case management subjects through consistent contact with Municipal Court and/or law enforcement.

Contacts and assesses potential subjects; facilitates appropriate treatment for subjects involved.

Continues contact with subjects, monitor progress, assist in goal setting, and terminate appropriately.

Documents all subject and agency encounters within 24 hours of service.

Builds and maintains relationships with community and City agencies/entities.

Provides Municipal Court staff with education and training to assist with appropriate subject referrals and identification.

Identifies potential subjects during their incarceration, and serves as liaison between jail medical staff, outside agencies, and external treatment centers to schedule and follow up on mental health advisory interviews, examinations, and referrals.

Serves as a liaison between the Tuscaloosa Police Department, University of Alabama Police Department, Tuscaloosa County Probate Court, and other external medical and/or psychiatric entities in which the participants are involved.

Provides training and supervision for UA School of Social Work student interns according to the UASSW manual.

Provides monthly reports as to the status of the program to the Municipal Court Administrator and Municipal Court Judge; creates monthly report documenting activities of the program for review by department and City administration.

Obtains periodic training on mobile integrated health (MIH) from and/or networking with other MIH agencies.

Recommends and supports policies and procedures that guide and support the provision of quality services by the Tuscaloosa Municipal Court.

Incorporates continuous quality improvement principles in daily activities.

Must be able to maintain good interpersonal relationships with staff, co-workers, managers, and citizens.

Must meet regular attendance requirements.

Must accomplish the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation, in a timely manner.

Performs other related duties as required.

Qualifications

Master’s degree in social work (MSW) required with at least three (3) years of case management experience; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience, which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job. Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license.

Supplemental information

The following requirements are normal for this classification. Specific requirements may not apply to all positions within this classification but are determined by the normal requirements for the particular position.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Must be able to operate a motor vehicle and a variety of automated office equipment including a computer, printer, calculator, copiers, facsimile machines, telephone, etc. Physical demand requirements are at levels of those for light to moderate physical work that often involves physical interaction with clients and lifting, carrying, and delivering objects and materials of light to medium weight.

DATA COMPREHENSION: Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable functional, structural, or compositional characteristics (whether similar to or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people, or things which may include maps, medical documents/regulations, directories, procedural manuals, and operational manuals.

INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION: Requires the ability to speak with and/or signal people to convey or exchange legal, financial, counseling, and medical-related information, including giving/receiving assignments and/or directions to/from co-workers, assistants, managers, or supervisors as well as communicating with the general public.

LANGUAGE ABILITY: Requires ability to read a variety of legal, financial, counseling, and medical-related documentation, directions, instructions, and methods and procedures. Requires the ability to write job related documentation and reports with proper format, punctuation, spelling, and grammar, using all parts of speech. Requires the ability to speak with and before others with poise, voice control, and confidence using correct English and well-modulated voice.

INTELLIGENCE: Requires the ability to learn and understand relatively complex legal, financial, counseling, and medical-related information, and operational principles and techniques, to understand departmental policies and procedures, to make independent judgments in absence of supervision, and to acquire and be able to expound on knowledge of topics related to primary occupation.

VERBAL APTITUDE: Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, and to follow verbal and written instructions.

NUMERICAL APTITUDE: Requires the ability to add and subtract, multiply and divide, calculate decimals and percentages; determine time; utilize basic algebraic formulas, and understand descriptive statistics.

FORM/SPATIAL APTITUDE: Requires the ability to visually inspect items for proper length, width, and shape using job related equipment.

MOTOR COORDINATION: Requires the ability to coordinate hands and eyes in using job-related equipment and to operate a motor vehicle.

MANUAL DEXTERITY: Requires the ability to handle a variety of items, machinery, automated office equipment, control knobs, switches, etc. Must have the ability to use one hand for twisting motion or turning motion while coordinating opposite hand with different activities. Must have minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination.

COLOR DIFFERENTIATION: May require the ability to discern color.

INTERPERSONAL TEMPERAMENT: Requires the ability to deal with and relate to people beyond giving and receiving instructions. Must be able to adapt to and perform under considerable stress when confronted with an emergency.

PHYSICAL COMMUNICATION: Requires the ability to talk, express, or exchange ideas by means of spoken words and/or hear and perceive nature of sounds by ear.