What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Care Coordinator position at Habersham County Board of Commissioners?
The job of the Clinical Care Coordinator is to maintain consistency in treatment throughout the
Accountability Courts programs by acting as a liaison between the court and Treatment
Providers as well as offering base treatment services to all participants in the program.
Major Duties:
- Assessing each eligible participant referred to the program for risk and needs:
a. Completing LS/CMI and other assessments as necessary to determine clinical
appropriateness of participant's entry into the program.
b. Evaluating ASAM levels and determine if the Mountain Judicial Circuit Accountability Court
is able to provide appropriate level of care.
c. Participating in review staffings of new participant by offering pertinent information to the
Judge and other team members concerning assessment results.
d. Performing basic mental health and suicide risk screening and refer for further
assessment as needed.
- Acting as a liaison with other counselors:
a. Communicating to the Program Coordinators any identified concerns of the counselors.
b. Communicating with the counselors any identified concerns of the Program Coordinators,
Case Managers, or court personnel.
c. Representing the Treatment Provider in trainings or other court events, and sharing new
information with other counselors.
- Providing information about each participant's progress throughout the program in each
staffing:
a. Participating in all pre-court staffing meetings and Accountability Court hearings as a
Treatment Team representative.
b. Informing the court about participation, readiness, behavior, and successes of each
participant.
c. Ensuring protection of participant's confidential information.
d. Ensuring the court is informed before making decisions concerning participant's progress
in the program.
e. Offering treatment responses with every sanctionable offense.
f. Advocating for appropriate sanctions with consideration to therapeutic value to the
individual participant as well as to the integrity of the program.
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g. Addressing the court or participants as needed to offer clarification or treatment related
education.
h. Explaining basic concepts about treatment offered to participants in layman's term.
- Treatment planning with new participants upon entry into the program:
a. Creating a treatment plan with each participant which includes short-term and long-term
treatment goals.
b. Referring each participant for further individual sessions with a mental health provider,
parent aide, peer support, or therapist – as needed.
c. Setting up each participant with appropriate treatment groups and intensity of treatment
services according to the participant's individual needs.
d. Collaborating with Program Coordinators as needed to meet client's needs in terms of
scheduling.
e. Ensuring that there are no conflicts of interest or inappropriate dual relationships with
participants and counselors who lead groups or individual sessions.
- Meeting with each participant as they complete treatment groups:
a. Reviewing group completion surveys completed by participants.
b. Coordinating new group schedule with participants, as needed, to address issues
identified in treatment plans and/or program minimum requirements.
c. Informing Program Coordinators/Case Managers of completed groups for certificates to
be presented at next court.
- Updating treatment plans for each participant prior to each phase completion:
a. Reviewing treatment plan from previous phase and updating it to include new short-term
and long-term treatment goals.
b. Ensuring that each participant is building a solid support system within the community,
and that complexity and reliability of support system improves in each phase.
c. Referring participant to additional individual treatment as needed.
d. Ensuring compliance with mental health treatment, as needed.
e. Addressing any barriers keeping participant from achieving any unfinished treatment goal.
f. Recommending readiness to phase up or identifying issues that need to be addressed
before phasing up.
g. Reassessing for risk and needs at the end of phase 3 and phase 5.
h. Assisting phase 5 participants in identifying appropriate Give Back Projects.
- Identifying trainings for clinicians and other team members and providing in-service trainings
as appropriate.
- Identifying disparities in program policies or procedures and bringing them to the attention of
the Courts Program Director.
- Developing prosocial sober activities and incentives for participants.
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Desirable Knowledge and Skills:
• Familiarity with court system and legal processes.
- Ability to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing.
- Skills in compiling, summarizing, and presenting statistical data.
- Skills with standard office equipment, computer software programs, and specialized
management systems.
- Skills in interpersonal communications in a sensitive and collaborative format.
- Ability to make decisions with sound judgment while keeping within current standards and
practices.
- Knowledge of substance use disorders, mental health disorders, and comorbid disorders.
- Strong personal boundaries and professional behavior and dress.
- Knowledge of Trauma-informed approach and motivational interviewing.
Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's Degree or further studies in psychology, social work, or related field or 2 years of
experience working in a similar position. Preference given to those with Master's degree or
certification in human services.
- Possession of a valid driver's license and be willing to drive personal vehicle between Banks,
Rabun, Habersham, and Stephens Counties as needed, as well as to attend out-of-area
trainings or events.
- Must pass a Background/Reference Check and Pre-Employment Drug Screenings prior to the
start of employment.