Court stenographer Jobs in Philadelphia, PA

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SERVICE AREA : Housing & Justice Related Services (HJRS)

PROGRAM : Philadelphia Treatment Court (PTC)

JOB OVERVIEW :

The full-time Treatment Court Case Manager will coordinate supportive services for a caseload of 40-50 individuals with current forensic affiliations who abuse illicit psychoactive substances.

RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Supervise each participant once per month, or more if clinically necessary, at the Treatment Court Case Management office to assist participants in meeting their recovery needs.
• Serve as a liaison between the treatment facility and legal team (including the Treatment Court Judge, Assistant District Attorney, and Assistant Public Defender). Inform all parties of participants’ treatment progress, including arrests or any other problematic behavior that might jeopardize their status with Treatment Court.
• Prepare summaries about specific participants’ progress and present summaries at the bar of the court on selected Wednesdays.
• Ensure the delivery of comprehensive services to 40-50 assigned participants in the areas of housing, education, vocation, HIV, and recovery-oriented community services.
• Document services in each participant’s record / chart in accordance with agency standards, managed care insurance providers, and licensing requirements. Utilize the prescribed format consisting of Data, Assessment, and Plan.
• Document interactions such as phone calls, phase progressions, and updates from status listings in the Treatment Management Information Systems Database (TMIS).
• Prepare graduation packets for assigned 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 the Department of Public Assistance services.
• Play a key role in developing 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 to follow up on court-ordered sanctions or requests and phase calculations.
• With other members of the case management unit, be available to participants, families, treatment facilities, judges, and legal teams Monday through Friday from 8 : 30 to 5 : 00
• Check work email and voicemail throughout the workday.
• Consistently assess each assigned participant’s progress during individual sessions using the PCPC (Pennsylvania Client Placement Criteria) standards to ensure their progress is accurately reflected at the PCPC’s level of care.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

SKILLS :

REQUIREMENTS :

Must meet one of the following :

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE :

SALARY GRADE : 16

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