Behavioral Health & Forensic Clinical Coordinator

James City County•Williamsburg, FL

3d•$78,747 - $123,780

About The Position

The Behavioral Health and Forensic Clinical Coordinator provides advanced clinical, forensic behavioral health, and program coordination support for justice-involved individuals with serious mental illness, co-occurring disorders, or other significant behavioral health needs. The position oversees the Colonial Behavioral Health Docket, including referral and screening processes, case staffing, treatment coordination, participant monitoring, court reporting, continuity of care, and discharge planning. It also collects and maintains data for DIMS and grant-related statistics and submits required grant reports. The coordinator leads development, implementation, and evaluation of efforts by the Court and Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office to provide mental health treatment in criminal cases as an alternative to incarceration. As a clinical resource, the position conducts or coordinates behavioral health screening and assessment, reviews clinical and criminal justice information, provides consultation, identifies treatment and service needs, and facilitates appropriate referrals, including for forensic evaluations. The position works with prosecutors, defense counsel, courts, community corrections, law enforcement, behavioral health providers, and community partners to support treatment, diversion, supervision, and case management strategies.

Requirements

Master’s degree in social work, counseling, psychology, or a closely related field.
Five years of post-graduate relevant clinical experience.
Virginia professional clinical licensure appropriate to the duties, such as LCSW, LPC, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, or another appropriate Virginia-recognized clinical behavioral health license.
Experience working with justice-involved populations and forensic behavioral health.
Experience working with courts, prosecutors, defense counsel, corrections, or law enforcement.
Working knowledge of clinical behavioral health screening and assessment and treatment centers.
Expertise in forensic behavioral health principles, treatment coordination, and continuity-of-care principles.
Ability to recognize behavioral health conditions requiring further assessment or intervention and distinguish clinical recommendations from legal determinations.
Ability to explain complex clinical information to attorneys, judges, law enforcement, corrections personnel, and other non-clinical professionals.

Nice To Haves

PhD.
Experience with behavioral health or other specialty court dockets.

Responsibilities

Oversee behavioral health screenings and clinical assessments within the scope of professional licensure.
Analyze clinical, criminal justice, treatment, and collateral information to identify behavioral health needs, risk factors, treatment needs, and circumstances requiring further evaluation.
Identify indicators of serious mental illness, co-occurring disorders, crisis needs, and other significant behavioral health concerns.
Use clinical judgment to determine when specialized psychiatric, psychological, competency, substance-use, crisis, or other evaluation may be appropriate.
Provide behavioral health and clinical consultation to prosecutors concerning cases with significant behavioral health concerns.
Promote awareness of the Behavioral Health Docket so appropriate cases are identified for services, specialty-docket referral, diversion, or further clinical evaluation.
Educate attorneys and criminal justice professionals on behavioral health information and treatment considerations within the clinical role.
Consult with courts, defense counsel, community corrections, law enforcement, treatment providers, and authorized partners about behavioral health needs and available resources.
Oversee Behavioral Health Docket referrals, participant screening, eligibility-related clinical information gathering, and multidisciplinary case staffing.
Coordinate communication among the court, attorneys, supervision personnel, behavioral health providers, and other docket partners.
Coordinate treatment and community-service referrals; monitor treatment participation and other behavioral health components of participant plans.
Prepare or gather clinical and program information for docket review and court reporting; oversee continuity of care and discharge planning.
Maintain program information, support performance monitoring and quality improvement, and ensure grant requirements are met.
Establish and administer quality-control processes for assigned housing programs.
Conduct or coordinate supervisory review of client files, eligibility determinations, calculations, case documentation, payments, and other transactions.
Coordinate referrals to behavioral health treatment, crisis services, substance-use treatment, psychiatric services, housing, and other community resources.
Oversee continuity of behavioral health care across detention, community supervision, treatment providers, and other parts of the justice system.
Develop and maintain relationships with behavioral health providers and service organizations.
Consult on case management and supervision strategies for individuals with significant behavioral health needs.
Educate justice system partners about treatment resources and service pathways.
Develop and improve behavioral health screening, referral, and coordination protocols.
Collect and analyze program information for monitoring and quality improvement.
Oversee grant administration, performance measures, and required reporting.
Provide behavioral health education and training to prosecutors, law enforcement, community corrections personnel, and other justice system partners.
Maintain accurate, objective, timely, and appropriately confidential clinical and program documentation.
Organize and participate in multidisciplinary meetings, case conferences, and program-planning activities.