Job Description

Service Area: Housing & Justice Related Services (HJRS)

Program: Philadelphia Treatment Court (PTC) Case Management

Role Type: This is a full-time position with a comprehensive benefits package.

Program Overview:

Philadelphia Treatment Court (PTC) offers first-time drug felony offenders an opportunity to avoid incarceration. First, offenders receive an evaluation for substance use treatment. If treatment is appropriate, they may plead nolo contendere, or no contest, to their crime and enter a treatment program. The treatment program operates under close judicial supervision, with frequent court appearances. PHMC conducts an evaluation, develops a personalized treatment plan, and provides case management services.

Job Overview:

The Philadelphia Treatment Court Case Management team:

• Supports participants through the program requirements, which typically include court appearances, participation in individual or group counseling, and various testing
• Coordinates supportive services, including recovery housing, employment training, job placement, counseling, and medical treatment
• Updates the court on each participant’s progress

This position will coordinate services for a caseload of 50 or more Treatment Court participants.

The Case Management unit is available to participants, families, treatment facilities, judge, and legal team Monday through Friday, 8:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

Responsibilities:

• Provide case management services to individuals or participants with current forensic affiliations who abuse illicit psychoactive substances.
• Supervise each participant on a monthly basis, or more often if clinically necessary, at the Treatment Court Case Management Office (1401 Arch Street) to assist in meeting their recovery needs.
• Serve as a liaison between the treatment facility and legal team (Treatment Court Judge, Assistant District Attorney, and Assistant Public Defender). Inform all parties of participants’ treatment progress, including arrests or any problematic behavior that might jeopardize their status with Treatment Court.
• Prepare summaries about specific participants’ progress and present at the bar of court on selected Wednesdays.
• Ensure the delivery of comprehensive services to assigned participants in the areas of housing, education, vocation, HIV, and recovery-oriented community services.
• Maintain written documentation of services in each participant’s record/chart, in accordance with agency standards, managed care insurance providers, and licensing requirements. Utilize DAP (Data, Assessment, Plan) format.
• Document interactions in the CRS and PAJCIS database, including telephone calls, phase progressions, and updates from status listings.
• Prepare graduation packets for 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 Department of Public Assistance services.
• Develop 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, and follow up on court-ordered sanctions or requests and phase calculations.
• Check their email and telephone voicemail throughout the workday.
• Assess each assigned participant’s progress during individual sessions using ASAM standards to ensure their progress is accurately reflected at the ASAM criteria’s level of care.
• Perform 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
• Ability to present in open court effectively

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required, including at least 18 credits in psychology, social work, sociology, criminal justice, or a related social science field
• Minimum of 1 year of direct service experience performing counseling or case management work in a substance use treatment setting
• Preferred: Experience working with individuals with, or at risk of developing, behavioral health conditions
• Preferred: Experience providing case management services to individuals with forensic backgrounds
• Preferred: Experience presenting in a court setting

PHMC is an Equal Opportunity and E-Verify Employer.