Family Treatment Court Coordinator (01411)

The first review of applications will be November 18, 2024. Please submit the following required documents on the State of Montana Careers website:

• Resume - Please include dates of employment and your supervisor’s name/phone number for each position.
• Cover Letter
• Three Professional References

Applicants with missing documents will not be considered in the recruitment process.  When submitting the required documents, you must check the “relevant document” box to ensure your attachments are uploading correctly to the specific application for this position.  The Judicial Branch is an equal opportunity employer. Women, minorities, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

For a complete job description, please email Katie.Erickson@mt.gov

The Montana Judicial Branch offers a variety of opportunities to help you make a difference in your community, and further your career. As a service-oriented employer, we seek employees with a passion for customer service to help us fulfill our mission to provide an independent, accessible, responsive, impartial, and timely forum to resolve disputes; to preserve the rule of law; and to protect the rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitutions of the United States and Montana.

Benefits of working for the Judicial Branch:

• Work/life balance
• Family friendly policies
• Dedicated and caring colleagues
• Health coverage
• Retirement plans
• Paid vacation, sick leave, and Holidays (combination of up to 38 per year)
• Opportunities and room for professional growth
• Public Student Loan Forgiveness- Employment with the State of Montana may qualify you to receive student loan forgiveness under the PSLF

Butte (/bjuːt/ BEWT) is a consolidated city-county and the county seat of Silver Bow County, Montana, United States. In 1977, the city and county governments consolidated to form the sole entity of Butte-Silver Bow. The city covers 718 square miles (1,860 km²), and, according to the 2020 census, has a population of 34,494, making it Montana's fifth-largest city. It is served by Bert Mooney Airport with airport code BTM.

Established in 1864 as a mining camp in the northern Rocky Mountains on the Continental Divide, Butte experienced rapid development in the late 19th century, and was Montana's first major industrial city.^[3] In its heyday between the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it was one of the largest copper boom towns in the American West. Employment opportunities in the mines attracted surges of Asian and European immigrants, particularly the Irish;^[4] as of 2017, Butte has the largest population of Irish Americans per capita of any U.S. city.

Learn more at https://www.visitmt.com/

­Job Overview:

The coordinator directs the coordination of the Silver Bow County Family Treatment Court Cases in District Court by performing case management, program, planning, treatment planning and advocacy work.

The Family Treatment Court Coordinator is responsible for the administration of the program, including, but not limited to preparation of program materials, program development and public speaking engagements (community awareness). The coordinator prepares and submits monthly budget reports to the lead agency, organizes bi-weekly treatment team meetings, maintains treatment court files, organizes and prepares court treatment plans, works with the treatment team and makes program changes. Qualifications include experience working with multi-agency systems and working with an adult/Youth substance-abusing population. The successful applicant must be able to work well in a team-oriented environment and be self-motivated. 

Job Duties:

• Pay treatment team bills, submit reimbursement forms to Court Administration, Manage the Treatment Court Checking Account. 
• Compile and submit client information from and to treatment team members. 
• Keep records of treatment team meetings and record court sessions. 
• Coordinate, arrange and facilitate meetings with treatment providers, social workers and clients, to create court treatment plans. 
• Coordinate the agenda for foundation board meetings, acting as chief resource for that committee. 
• Supervise clients and establish daily UA provision schedule, reporting results to the treatment team. 
• Work in conjunction with treatment team to establish and implement policies and procedures. 
• Facilitate multi-agency services and collaborate with treatment providers to meet treatment court objectives on behalf of the clients. 
• Maintain positive public relations and provide information for community awareness.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills:

• Ability to maintain confidentiality. 
• Ability to conduct comprehensive interviews, gather social history information and prepare findings and recommendations. 
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients and their families and the professionals who serve them. This includes dealing with and defusing upset, angry and emotionally charged people, often in crisis, needing conflict resolution. 
• Ability to be perceptive, versatile, flexible yet firm and matter-of-fact when necessary. 
• Current Montana driver’s license and proof of insurance. 
• Personal computer knowledge and use of word-processing applications and other office equipment. 
• Principles, methods and practices of social work, including domestic, child and sexual abuse, addictions, mental illness, divorce and family dynamics. 
• Testing techniques and instruments for intelligence, psychological and psychiatric indications and the interpretation of such tests and their relationship to clients and their families, as well as the ability to recognize the need for such testing. 
• Community resources for clients and their families. 
• Social history compilation, comprehensive interview techniques, information assessment and preparation of findings and recommendations. 
• Effective verbal and written communication techniques.
• Family law mediation techniques

Working Conditions:

The work is performed primarily in an office environment and involves exposure to normal, everyday risks which require normal safety precautions typical of offices.  Work may subject the employee to verbal abuse and physical harm from irate of highly emotional parents, children, friends, or relatives of clients.

Physical Demands:

This position requires activities such as sitting for long periods, standing, bending, stooping, reaching, climbing stairs, lifting, moving and carrying light to medium objects, and operating office equipment.

Licensure and Certification Requirements:

Possession of or ability to obtain a valid Montana driver's license; proof of insurance if using a personal vehicle on State business.  Certification in Family Law Mediation preferred.