Detention Case Manager; Grant Funded

POSITION: Home Detention Case Manager:
Juvenile Community Corrections (Grant Funded)

DEPARTMENT: Juvenile Community Corrections

WORK SCHEDULE: As assigned

JOB CATEGORY: SO (Special Occupation)

SALARY: $40,000

STATUS: Full-Time

FLSA STATUS: Non-exempt

To perform this position successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function. The requirements listed in this document are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or abilities required. St. Joseph County provides reasonable accommodations to qualified employees and applicants with known disabilities who require accommodation to complete the application process or perform essential functions of the job unless those accommodations would present an undue hardship.

Incumbent serves as a Home Detention Case Manager for the St. Joseph County Juvenile Community Corrections Program (JCCP) and is responsible for overseeing all Home Detention and electronic monitoring functions, as well as implementing an effective social services treatment program for families and children, as required by the Director, to ensure the completion of JCCP programming. The involvement of the Home Detention Case Manager has direct consequence in the success of the family being able to provide the appropriate levels of supervision, structure and support to their children.

• Affordable Medical, Dental, and Vision Plans
• Paid Time Off (PTO) with generous accruals
• Employer Paid Life Insurance coverage
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (STD/LTD)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for healthcare and dependent care
• Gym Membership Discounts to encourage wellness
• Employer-Funded PERF (Public Employees' Retirement Fund)
• Access to additional voluntary benefits and resources

• All case managers are expected to make decisions and act in accordance with departmental policies and procedures, maintaining a full caseload and performing all duties required from time to time by the Chief of Staff of the JJC, or their designees.
• Developing case plans with families and children that will assist them in attaining their goals and successfully completing the program.
• Conducting community accountability visits (CAV).
• Documenting all face to face and collateral contacts with children, parents and relevant others.
• Collecting school, mental health, and all other pertinent documentation relevant to cases.
• Teaching cognitive-behavioral and other groups.
• Assisting with Community Service projects.
• Monitoring progress and completion of probation and case plan requirements.
• Coordinating treatment of juveniles with community partners.
• Completing Risk/Needs Assessment with accuracy.
• Testifying in court concerning the needs of children and families.
• Monitoring payment of court ordered financial obligations.
• Primarily responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Home Detention Program with oversight from the Probation Supervisor and/or the Director of Juvenile Community Corrections or their designee.
• Releasing juveniles from secure detention and placing them on home detention, according to policy, with notice going out to the appropriate authorities.
• Schedule program participants in the home detention software system, i.e., daily monitoring and input of scheduling.
• Enforce Home Detention contract rules and respond to any violations according to policy, procedure or common practice.
• Make regular home visits during and/or after normal business hours as scheduled by JCCP Director.
• Make regular school and employment visits, when applicable, during and/or after normal business hours as scheduled by the JCCP Director.
• Perform drug screens (urine sample collection) on program participants as needed.
• Coordinate services with local law enforcement agencies during and/or after normal business hours.
• Consult with probation officers, detention officers or other Juvenile Justice Center personnel at any time including all non-business hours, weekends and holidays.
• Monitor on-call cellular phone during and after normal business hours from 7:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M. and respond as necessary to all issues with program participants according to policy.
• Prepare and submit the following reports:
  Weekly Progress Reports,…