Treatment Court Coordinator - Sweetwater County

Position Summary: The Treatment Program Coordinator position exists to provide professional program management for the treatment program.

Program Mission: "The Treatment Court of Sweetwater County Supervised Treatment Program seeks to improve quality of life through the efficient and effective use of community resources that reduce the abuse of alcohol & drugs and related criminal activity."

Program Values: Respect, Accountability, Support, Opportunity.

Program Description: The Treatment Court of Sweetwater County Supervised Treatment Program offers a court-supervised, alternative sentencing program to offenders who meet program requirements. The Court Supervised Treatment Program requires the offender(1) to attend regular court status hearings before the Judge; (2) provides a 12/18-month structured treatment program; (3) uses intensive supervision and case management to guide defendant progress through the program; (4) requires mandatory and frequent drug/alcohol testing; (5) uses immediate sanctions and incentives to modify offender behavior in the program.

Specific Duties:

• Must be able to facilitate and operate in a multidisciplinary team and/or group.
• Must be able to create and manage a yearly budget.
• Must provide supervision to staff member(s) of various disciplines.
• Must know grant-opportunity resources.
• Must have the ability to write and apply for grants.
• Must be able to act as a mediator between incentive/sanction options for clientele.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain good working relationships with other local agencies.
• Must manage the daily operations of the Treatment Court of Sweetwater County.

PLEASE NOTE: This is NOT a County job.

Please review the Job Description below for a more replete list of functions.