MENTAL HEALTH COORDINATOR - Criminal Courts

Tarrant County; Texas; Presencial; USD 52.000 - 72.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Tarrant County in Texas is seeking an internal coordinator to handle mental-health issues affecting the Criminal Courts. You will manage all mental-health court business, attend hearings, create dockets, and distribute them to appropriate court staff.

You will collaborate with judges, jail personnel and health providers to monitor cases, coordinate transfers when needed, and ensure due process is followed. A high school diploma is required, with a bachelor/associate degree preferred and seven

Formación

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Bachelor’s or Associate's degree preferred.
• Seven years related experience.
• Bachelor’s or Associate's degree may substitute for required experience on a year-for-year basis.
• Demonstrate working knowledge of courts, docket management and due process.

Responsabilidades

• Handles all mental-health court business as directed by the judges or magistrates.
• Attends mental-health court proceedings and ensures proper settings per local rules.
• Communicates with local and outside agencies regarding mental health proceedings.
• Creates and generates dockets for mental-health proceedings and distributes to staff.
• Provides information regarding case status and court conflicts.
• Coordinates calendar of activities and maintains schedules for Mental Health Court staff.
• Serves as court coordinator for mental-health proceedings.
• Monitors incoming prisoners with severe mental-health impairment for timely actions.
• Coordinates transfer considerations with jail for medical/mental-health facilities.
• Monitors appointments of psychologists/psychiatrists ensuring reports are filed.
• Coordinates return of defendants from state hospital and schedules hearings when competent.
• Coordinates progress of defendants released on pretrial supervision for medication/bond compliance.
• Serves as a resource to courts for referrals to community resources.

Conocimientos

Communication

Organizational skills

Confidential information handling

Independent work

Court proceedings knowledge

Educación

High School Diploma or equivalent

Bachelor’s or Associate's degree preferred

Bachelor’s or Associate's degree in a related field may substitute for required experience

Herramientas

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft PowerPoint

Descripción del empleo

Summary

This position serves as an internal coordinator for issues pertaining to the mentally impaired affecting the Criminal Courts.

• Handles all mental-health court business as directed by thejudges or magistrates.
• Attends mental-health court proceedings and ensures proper settings as guided by local rules and case-flow management.
• Communicates with local and outside agencies, fielding calls related to mental health proceedings.
• Creates and generates dockets for mental-health proceedings and distributes to appropriate criminal court staff and clerks.
• Provides information regarding case status and court conflicts.
• Coordinates calendar of activities, meetings and events and maintains schedules for the Mental Health Court staff.
• Serves as court coordinator for mental-health proceedings.
• Works on behalf of the Criminal Courts and in tandem with the Data and Jail Population Specialist to monitor incoming prisoners and to identify those with a severe mental-health impairment that may require immediate attention. May include initiating transfers to a therapeutic residential setting for stabilization, charge dismissal and transfer for civil commitment, or commitment for competency restoration.
• Works with jail staff to coordinate judicial authorization for transfer to medical or mental-health facility if a prisoner becomes mentally unstable while in jail.
• Monitors assignments of psychologists and psychiatrists who are appointed to evaluate prisoners for mental competency. Ensures appointment orders are signed by a judge or magistrate, the jail is notified of the appointment, and doctors have submitted timely reports.
• Coordinates return of defendants from state hospital and ensures hearing can be scheduled at a time when the defendant is presumably competent.
• Coordinates and monitors progress of mentally impaired defendants released on pretrial supervision to ensure medication compliance and bond-condition compliance.
• Serves as a resource to courts for referral of mentally impaired defendants to community resources.
• Collaborates with service providers and community organizations to resolve issues with mentally impaired offenders with pending cases.
• Performs all other related duties as assigned.
• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Bachelor’s or Associate's degree preferred.
• Seven (7) years related experience.
• Bachelor’s or Associate's degree in a related field may substitute for required experience on a year-for-year basis.
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of the operation of courts, court proceedings, docket management, and due process requirements.
• Intermediate to Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office programs, including Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel. Strong communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to assume responsibility without direct supervision.
• Ability to handle confidential information.

Summary

This position serves as an internal coordinator for issues pertaining to the mentally impaired affecting the Criminal Courts.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Handles all mental-health court business as directed by thejudges or magistrates.
• Attends mental-health court proceedings and ensures proper settings as guided by local rules and case-flow management.
• Communicates with local and outside agencies, fielding calls related to mental health proceedings.
• Creates and generates dockets for mental-health proceedings and distributes to appropriate criminal court staff and clerks.
• Provides information regarding case status and court conflicts.
• Coordinates calendar of activities, meetings and events and maintains schedules for the Mental Health Court staff.
• Monitors companion cases.
• Serves as court coordinator for mental-health proceedings.
• Works on behalf of the Criminal Courts and in tandem with the Data and Jail Population Specialist to monitor incoming prisoners and to identify those with a severe mental-health impairment that may require immediate attention. May include initiating transfers to a therapeutic residential setting for stabilization, charge dismissal and transfer for civil commitment, or commitment for competency restoration.
• Works with jail staff to coordinate judicial authorization for transfer to medical or mental-health facility if a prisoner becomes mentally unstable while in jail.
• Monitors assignments of psychologists and psychiatrists who are appointed to evaluate prisoners for mental competency. Ensures appointment orders are signed by a judge or magistrate, the jail is notified of the appointment, and doctors have submitted timely reports.
• Coordinates return of defendants from state hospital and ensures hearing can be scheduled at a time when the defendant is presumably competent.
• Coordinates and monitors progress of mentally impaired defendants released on pretrial supervision to ensure medication compliance and bond-condition compliance.
• Serves as a resource to courts for referral of mentally impaired defendants to community resources.
• Collaborates with service providers and community organizations to resolve issues with mentally impaired offenders with pending cases.
• Performs all other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Bachelor’s or Associate's degree preferred.
• Seven (7) years related experience.
• Bachelor’s or Associate's degree in a related field may substitute for required experience on a year-for-year basis.
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of the operation of courts, court proceedings, docket management, and due process requirements.
• Intermediate to Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office programs, including Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel. Strong communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to assume responsibility without direct supervision.
• Ability to handle confidential information.

Physical Demands And Work Environment & Other Requirements

While performing the duties of this position, the incumbent is regularly required to sit, stand, lift, transport, stoop, grasp, climb, walk, and bend. There is exposure to household type cleaning agents (such as diluted bleach, alcohol-based window cleaner, chlorine-based cleanser); and occasional exposure to pesticides. There is occasional exposure to inmate control devices that emit pepper agents via aerosol spray, gel, or foam. There is the potential of exposure to toxic smoke.