DUI Court Clinical Evaluator

Judicial Branch position. FLSA: Exempt.

About the role

The purpose of this classification is to perform clinical evaluations of participant referrals to the assigned DUI court program.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates referrals to assigned court program; performs initial assessment interviews; evaluates participant’s biopsychosocial capabilities, risk, and treatability; requests access to and obtains medical and behavioral health records; schedules drug screenings for potential participants; and notifies court liaison or other involved parties of assessment and screening results.
• Develops treatment plans for participants; reviews records and documentation; determines need for mental health, substance abuse, structured activities, or other treatment; discusses treatment plan recommendations with potential participant and case management team; reviews expectations; resolves concerns/problems pertaining to treatment plan; evaluates and recommends changes to plans as necessary; and maintains case management files and records.
• Serves as a liaison with program participants and the court; maintains communication with participants; provides support and encouragement; identifies need for and provides appropriate intervention; ensures participant compliance with established treatment plan; alerts program team regarding concerns, problems and compliance issues; and schedules random site visits, drug screens or other monitoring activities.
• Manages and coordinates social service activities; coordinates referrals to mental health and social service agencies based on need for housing, food, financial support, childcare, transportation, education, and/or crisis intervention; develops assessment tools, forms, and documents for social service use; participates in community outreach events; and provides program education and referrals.
• Participates on multidisciplinary team; provides clinical perspective and feedback regarding referrals and active participants to program team; collaborates with team members to evaluate participant progress; relays screening, mental health provider diagnosis, and other information to team; and maintains individual participant records.
• Maintains a current, comprehensive knowledge and awareness of applicable laws, regulations, principles and practices relating to court ordered clinical evaluations; reads professional literature; maintains professional affiliations; and attends meetings.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Social Work or a related field required.
• Two years of experience in the substance abuse or mental health field (experience in the criminal justice system preferred).
• Must possess and maintain a valid Georgia driver’s license.
• Must possess and maintain licensure as a Master Social Worker (LMSW) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW).

Skills

• Data Utilization: Ability to evaluate, audit, deduce, and/or assess data using established criteria. Includes exercising discretion in determining actual or probable consequences and referencing such evaluation to identify and select alternatives.
• Human Interaction: Ability to work with others to coordinate complex programs and problems. Often represents the department and/or organization when dealing with others.
• Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization: Ability to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools, and/or materials used in performing essential functions.
• Verbal Aptitude: Ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, and/or advisory data and information.
• Mathematical Aptitude: Ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; calculate decimals and percentages; may require ability to utilize principles of fractions and/or interpret graphs.
• Functional Reasoning: Ability to apply principles of influence systems, such as motivation, incentive, and leadership, and to exercise independent judgment to develop approaches and techniques to resolve problems.
• Situational Reasoning: Ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving the evaluation of information against sensory, judgmental, or subjective criteria.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Physical Ability: Tasks require the ability to exert very moderate physical effort in light work, typically involving some combination of stooping, kneeling, crouching and crawling, and may involve lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling objects and materials of moderate weight (12-20 pounds).
• Sensory Requirements: Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate colors or shades of colors, sounds, and visual cues or signals. Some tasks require the ability to communicate orally.
• Environmental Factors: Performance of essential functions may require exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as traffic hazards, odors, animal/human bites, mentally unstable individuals, violence, disease, or rude/irate customers.

Pay

Pay Range: $57,125 – $91,971
Expected Pay Range: $57,125 – $71,680 (Merit-Exempt)