The first review of applications will be October 17, 2024.Please submit the following required documents on theState of Montana Careerswebsite: * Resume -Please include dates of employment and your supervisor’s name/phone number for each position. * Cover Letter * Three Professional References When submitting the required documents, you must check the “relevant document” box to ensure your attachments are uploading correctly to the specific application for this position.Documents not requested will not be considered in the recruitment process. The Judicial Branch is an equal opportunity employer. Women, minorities, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.* * * For a complete job description, please email Katie.Erickson@mt.gov *The Montana Judicial Branch offers a variety of opportunities to help you make a difference in your community, and further your career. As a service-oriented employer, we seek employees with a passion for customer service to help us fulfill our mission to provide an independent, accessible, responsive, impartial, and timely forum to resolve disputes; to preserve the rule of law; and to protect the rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitutions of the United States and Montana. _Benefits of working for the Judicial Branch: _ * Work/life balance * Family friendly policies * Dedicated and caring colleagues * Health coverage * Retirement plans * Paid vacation, sick leave, and Holidays (combination of up to 38 per year) * Opportunities and room for professional growth * Public Service Loan Forgiveness - Employment with the State of Montana may qualify you to receive student loan forgiveness under the PSLF Havre is the eighth-largest city in Montana, and the largest city in the Montana section of the Hi-Line. With the nearest larger city, Great Falls, about 120 miles (190 km) to the south, Havre serves as a medical and business center for the Montana section of the Hi-Line. U.S. Highway 87 has its northern terminus at Havre. U.S. Highway 2, running east–west, is the city's main street. The largest employers are Northern Montana Hospital, Montana State University–Northern, and the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway (BNSF). Throughout much of the twentieth century, BNSF was the most prominent employer in the city, but the company scaled back its workforce in Havre in the 1990s. The Milk River (tributary of the Missouri River) runs through the town, and the Bears Paw Mountains can be seen to the south. Learn more athttps://www.visitmt.com/. ­ *Job Overview:* The Treatment Court Tribal Liaison Coordinator is responsible for assisting and directing American Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaskan Native members through the Treatment Court process. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, case management of individuals who are participating in the Treatment Court process, developing and maintaining cooperative relationships with American Indian groups/tribes through outreach programs, acting as an liaison between the courts and American Indian participants in the Treatment Court process, assisting with cultural issues, and providing educational opportunities for court personnel to inform employees of cultural differences that can create unnecessary problems or delays in the Treatment Court process. Qualifications include experience working with multi-agency systems, working with an adult/youth substance-abusing population, thorough knowledge of American Indian culture, and successful collaboration between American Indian groups/individuals and government agencies. The successful applicant must be able to work well in a team-oriented environment and be self-motivated. _Job Duties:_ · Screen and evaluate potential participants according to screening guidelines. · Compile and submit participant client information from and to treatment team members. · Work with participants to develop comprehensive treatment plans to address behavioral, medical, employment, housing and educational needs. · Keep records of treatment team meetings and record court sessions. · Coordinate, arrange and facilitate meetings with treatment providers, social workers and participants, to create court treatment plans. · Supervise participants, coordinate with treatment providers, establish drug/alcohol testing schedule and report results to the treatment team. · Work in conjunction with treatment team to establish and implement policies and procedures. · Facilitate multi-agency services and collaborate with treatment providers to meet treatmentcourt objectives on behalf of the participants. · Pay treatment team bills, submit reimbursement forms to Court Administration, Manage the Treatment Court Checking Account. · Manage on-going grant programs with community partners with weekly supervision, staffing, and reporting, submission of invoices to state and local partners. · Maintain positive public relations and provide information for community awareness. · Attend and engage in monthly coordinator’s meetings and training conferences. __ __ _Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (Behaviors): _ · Ability to maintain confidentiality. · Ability to conduct comprehensive interviews, gather social history information and prepare findings and recommendations. · Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients and their families and the professionals who serve them. This includes dealing with and defusing upset, angry and emotionally charged people, often in crisis, needing conflict resolution. · Ability to be perceptive, versatile, flexible yet firm and matter-of-fact when necessary. · Current Montana driver’s license and proof of insurance. · Personal computer knowledge and use of word-processing applications and other office equipment. · Principles, methods and practices of social work, including domestic, child and sexual abuse, addictions, mental illness, divorce and family dynamics. · Testing techniques and instruments for intelligence, psychological and psychiatric indications and the interpretation of such tests and their relationship to clients and their families, as well as the ability to recognize the need for such testing. · Community resources for clients and their families. · Social history compilation, comprehensive interview techniques, information assessment and preparation of findings and recommendations. · Effective verbal and written communication techniques * * Working Conditions: The work is performed primarily in an office environment and involves exposure to normal, everyday risks which require normal safety precautions typical of offices. Work may subject the employee to verbal abuse and physical harm from irate of highly emotional parents, children, friends, or relatives of clients. May work with individuals charged with convicted felonies and determine if the individual can be safely treated in the community. * *Physical Demands: This position requires activities such as sitting for long periods, standing, bending, stooping, reaching, climbing stairs, lifting, moving and carrying light to medium objects, and operating office equipment. * * Licensure and Certification Requirements: Possession of or ability to obtain a valid Montana driver's license; proof of insurance if using a personal vehicle on State business. _Minimum Qualifications (Education and Experience_): Minimum qualifications are a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in social work, human services or related field and two years’ experience with adult substance abuse offenders, conflict resolution, domestic relations, report preparation and experience working with multi-agency systems. Experience may substitute for degree. Must be able to work well in a team-oriented environment and be self-motivated.__ *Title: *Treatment Court Tribal Liaison Coordinator (31204) Location: Havre Requisition ID: 24142668