Forensic Program Coordinator
About The Position
The Forensic Program Coordinator serves as a liaison among courts, ADMH facilities and legal staff, ADMH administration, JBS programs, and other social service agencies regarding the NGRI population. The coordinator provides therapeutic services to assigned forensic recipients, supports their placement and management, and oversees court-hearing assignments and reporting. The role also supervises forensic case managers, maintains recipient tracking systems, and completes special projects as assigned. The position is located at 940 Montclair Road, Suite 200, Birmingham, Alabama. Normal hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with on-call availability as needed to support recipients.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in a human service-related field, such as counseling or social work.
- Ability to self-motivate, self-monitor, and self-initiate to complete required tasks.
- Some knowledge of terminology consistent with legal, judicial, criminal, and court actions and proceedings.
Nice To Haves
- License or license-eligible status preferred.
- Previous experience working with a forensic population or in a forensic setting preferred.
Responsibilities
- Serve as liaison with courts, ADMH facilities and legal staff, ADMH administration, JBS programs, and other social service agencies regarding the NGRI population.
- Attend scheduled court hearings and provide required testimony on the progress, or lack thereof, of forensic recipients.
- Provide therapeutic services to assigned forensic recipients, including individual therapy, group therapy, crisis management, and family therapy.
- Conduct pre-discharge and pre-placement interviews with state hospital recipients who have NGRI status.
- Work with the placement team on NGRI admissions into the residential program.
- Manage NGRI recipients to ensure they are in the best possible court-approved living arrangement and report to the appropriate court when behaviors or actions make it necessary.
- Maintain a tracking system for recipients in residential programming and the community who have NGRI status.
- Provide regular NGRI report updates to the supervisor, Associate Director, and Executive Director.
- Oversee assignment of circuit court hearings for JBS recipients with NGRI status.
- Notify staff and recipients of hearings in a timely manner.
- Supervise forensic case managers.
- Prepare and submit accurate, timely quarterly progress reports on assigned NGRI recipients to the appropriate judge.
- Demonstrate efficiency and competency in use of the EHR.
- Perform special projects as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
