Part-Time Juvenile Drug Court Coordinator-Jamestown

General Summary or Purpose

Interested applicants must submit a resume and cover letter.

If you are looking for a 20-hour per week position with flexible hours or looking to build your resume and would find it rewarding compiling data, preparing progress reports and interacting with juveniles and collaborating entities in the Juvenile Drug Court Program, this opportunity may be right for you.

The Ideal Candidate:

• Keeps information confidential.

• Follows and requires others to follow set rules.

• Easily understands, reads and relays instructions.

• Effectively deals with all levels of the public.

The Ideal Candidate Minimum Qualifications:

• High school diploma

• Bachelor's degree preferred

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Major Responsibilities & Essential Functions

Title of Immediate Supervisor:Juvenile Court Supervisor

Accountable For (Job Titles):None

FLSA Status:Non-Exempt

The Juvenile Drug Court Coordinator is responsible for maintaining the files of all youth who are involved in the Juvenile Drug Court Program. The coordinator will contact all collaborating organizations (treatment provider, schools, tracker, probation officer, community service provider, etc.) and prepare progress reports for the weekly review hearings. The coordinator will also maintain the overall statistical data, budget, and other relevant information required for evaluation of the program.

This position works a maximum of 20 hours per week.

• Maintains files on all participants.

• Contacts collaborating organizations and provides progress reports for review hearings.

• Assists the Juvenile Drug Court Judge in the courtroom during review hearings.

• Conducts orientations for new participants and their parents.

• Staffs the weekly review hearings and administrative team meetings.

• Coordinates graduations.

• Purchases supplies needed for drug court affairs.

• Schedules and verifies community service work for participants and develops meaningful community service opportunities.

• Communicates and coordinates with programscontracted to provide supervision for participants.

• Maintains statistical data, budget information, and other information required for the evaluation of the program.

• Performs other duties of a comparable level or type.

Minimum Qualifications & Certification or Licensing Requirements

Requires a high school diploma. A bachelor's degree in the social sciences (criminal justice, social work, sociology, psychology,etc.) is desired, and valid driver's license or evidence of equivalent mobility.

Knowledge, Skill, & Physical Requirements

Knowledge and Skill Requirements:

• Courteous and cooperative.

• Understand, read and relay instructions.

• Follows and requires others to follow set rules.

• Keeps information confidential.

• Interpersonal skills to deal effectively with all levels of the public.

Physical Requirements:

• The essential functions of the job typically require: sitting, standing, walking, talking, hearing, seeing, feeling, reaching, and fingering requirements and other reasonable methods that accommodate an individual in completing the essential functions of the job.

• Employee may be subject to some travel in the performance of the job. Employee normally hascontrol over travel schedule and can often adjust schedules due to adverse weather or travel conditions.

• Employee is exposed to biological hazard in the performance of drug testing.

• Physical requirements can typically be characterized as Light: Work involves exerting up to 20 lbs. Of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 lbs frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.