Position Summary

 Serves as the coordinator for supportive services for the Pueblo of Sandia Tribal Court’s restorative program, Healing to Wellness Court (HTWC). This position is responsible for the day-to-day administration, monitoring, documentation, communication, and case management of male and female clients and their identified family members involved in reintegration and/or reunification efforts stemming from Tribal Offenses or Tribal Court Interventions. This position is responsible for the creation and maintenance of data collection systems to monitor participants and family members: engagement, compliance, and outcome measures. The position is to work towards identifying trends, performance measures, and performance outcomes for the basis of evaluation from a strengths-based perspective.

This position provides wrap around services through case management to participants and identified family members, by creating inter-agency linkages to address participant’s needs in the areas of transportation, housing, medical, mental health, education, vocation, skills training, and employment. This position will collaborate across disciplines from the fields of health care, behavioral health, education, law enforcement, courts, and Tribal Leadership. This position provides intakes, assessments, recommendations, and referrals for all clients associated with HTWC. This position facilitates the HTWC monthly multi-disciplinary committee meetings.

This position is responsible for coordinating adult, child, elder, vulnerable and offending populations’ prevention and protective services to support the preservation and protection of the Pueblo of Sandia Tribal Families, Community, and Culture. This position is expected to achieve its goals and objectives through direct action, collaboration, and reporting to the Pueblo of Sandia Tribal Courts, Probation, Administration, and Leadership.

 Essential Duties And Responsibilities

1. Facilitates planning, development and implementation for the HTWC through the Tribal Court Case System

2.    In conjunction with court staff, the Healing to Wellness Coordinator is responsible for forming, coordinating and staffing a multidisciplinary advisory team, drafting/updating a program policy and procedures to screen and determine eligibility of participants, and produce deliverables required by the granting agency in a timely manner

3.    Work collaboratively with the Healing to wellness multidisciplinary advisory team and court staff in the development of programming for services for Healing to Wellness participants who are struggling with drug and/or alcohol issues and facing criminal sanctions

4.    Coordinates and attends all hearings and monthly meetings with Tribal Courts, Leadership, and Administration for HTWC

5.    Organize, attend and facilitate case staffing meetings conducted prior to review hearings and participate in review hearings

6.    Develop community resources for Healing to Wellness participants

7.    Manages daily operations, filing systems and provides needed audits and reports for compliance with the HTWC

8.    Maintains up-to-date record of participant performance and provides progress reports/recommendations/ for the Healing to Wellness (HTW) Committee during HTWC meetings from intake to termination of a case

9.    Submit monthly reports to Court Administrator

10.  Advocates for timely review, progress incentives, and relapse or recidivistic sanctions in response to client behavior for HTWC

11.  Coordinates continuum of care and transitions support through regular contact with external and internal reporting agencies, referral agencies, Tribal Courts, Leadership, and Administration

12.  Develops post-program services and prevention efforts for participant alumni and family for HTWC

13.  Compiles data, reports, and statistics regarding cases for Tribal Courts, Leadership and approved reporting agencies

14.  Participate in relevant conferences, meetings, committees as needed and the Healing to Wellness advisory team

15.  Must possess the ability to work in a team approach with the willingness to work collaboratively with various programs

16.  Main Back-up to the Court Clerk duties

17.  Performs other duties as assigned  

 Additional Responsibilities

 Key Performance Indicators

 This position has Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) identified as a measurement of success.  KPI’s will be shared with all team members who work in this job title and feedback will be provided regarding the successful completion of the KPI’s as part of the performance review process.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

1. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office software programs (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint), etc.
2. Must adhere to confidentiality and data privacy act
3. Ability to interact professionally with members of the Tribal Community, Leadership, administration, general public, court staff, etc.
4. Ability to plan, implement, and coordinate work with other Sandia Departments to operate programming for HTWC
5. Ability to effectively work in a culturally diverse environment with clients and participants facing legal, custodial, and other challenging situations
6. Must be organized and detail oriented for timely reporting, service delivery, and coordination of meetings and hearings
7. Strong written and oral communication skills

   Education And Experience

Required:

1.  High School Diploma, GED certification or equivalent

2.  Bachelor Degree in Criminal Justice, Social Work or related field and two (2) years of directly related experience. Any combination of education from an accredited college or university in a related field and/or direct experience in this occupation totaling six (6) years may substitute for the required education an experience. 

License/Certifications/Registrations

1. Must possess and maintain a valid, unrestricted New Mexico Driver’s License.
2. Must be able to successfully pass a stringent background investigation and character investigation in compliance with PL 101.630.
3. Will require a pre-employment and random drug screening.

Physical Requirements/Working Conditions

The following selected physical activities are required to perform the essential functions of this position

Physical Requirement

Description

Balancing

Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling and walking, standing, or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces. This factor is important if the amount of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.

Climbing

Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. This factor is important if the amount and kind of climbing required exceeds that required for ordinary locomotion.

Crawling

Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.

Crouching

Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.

Feeling

Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.

Grasping

Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.

Hearing

Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.

Kneeling

Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.

Lifting

Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles. Must be able to lift 100 lbs. occasionally, 50 lbs. frequently and demonstration of this ability required.

Pulling

Using upper extremities to exert force to draw, haul, or tug objects in a sustained motion.

Pushing

Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force to thrust forward, downward, or outward.

Reaching

Extending hand(s) and arms and leg(s) to reach, pull, carry, lift, twist and rotate in any direction.

Running

May involve running when necessary.

Seeing

The ability to perceive the nature of objects by the eye.

Walking

Job requirements include, in the performance of duties, walking throughout the work area, on uneven, inclined, hard and soft carpeted floor, cement structures and surfaces.

Sitting

Particularly for sustained periods of time.

Standing

Particularly for sustained periods of time.

Stooping

Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.

Talking

Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.

Trunk

1. Bend, twist, rotate, push, pull and carry.

List Working Conditions Required

1. Work is performed indoors and outdoors.  Outside work is subject to temperature extremes and inclement weather conditions. 
2. Ability to work extended hours and work schedules. Work is subject to changes and extended hours may be required.
3. Subject to hazards which may cause personal bodily harm; smoke; diseases; cuts, bruises, common cold influenza, dust, odors and elevated noise levels.