Specifications include, but are not limited to: Personnel • A dedicated case manager to provide case management for the FTC Pilot parent participants. Case management will include daily communication between the case manager and FTC team members, including court personnel, and the parents. It will also include managing information and working with entities that provide services to the child(ren) involved in the abuse/neglect case. • Ability to provide case management services county-wide, including referral to and direct connection with local substance use and mental health treatment providers. • Personnel free of conflicts of interest with entities involved in FTC. Standing entity partners include: Division for Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF); the Court; CASA; individual parent attorneys; and TLC Recovery Resources. • The case manager and supervising entity may provide some treatment services, depending on skill and training of the case manager and the needs of the FTC Pilot parents, including assessed ASAM Levels of Care. The case manager will be responsible for ensuring ethical, appropriate referrals. Working Knowledge • Working knowledge of area substance use treatment providers, services, and levels of care available. The staffing level should be commensurate with the number of participants in the program, which is anticipated to be around 20. • Working knowledge of, or willingness to learn about, area community services such as housing, transportation, childcare, vocational, educational, substance misuse prevention and harm reduction, and other relevant services. • Working knowledge of, or willingness to learn about, the intersection between abuse/neglect court cases and substance use disorder treatment and recovery. Principles and Skills • Display team leadership in practicing, and willingness to learn more about, Family Treatment Court principles, standards, processes, and best practices (https://www.nadcp.org/standards/family-treatment-court-best-practice-standards/). • Excellent communication with parents, FTC team members, and service providers, including by text, email, video conference, phone, and in-person means. • Coordination of many needs, services, and pieces of information. This will include use of an electronic database for collecting information from and reporting to the FTC team but will also include keeping track of many details for each parent participant and family. • Understanding of and sensitivity to the needs of people in recovery who are parents. • Ability to maintain confidentiality in accordance with applicable state and federal statutes, rules, and regulations. Ability to discern sharable information based on FTC Pilot agreements. • Ability to collaborate with Family Treatment Court Pilot team members—including the Court, Division for Children Youth and Families, CASA Gals, attorneys, peer recovery support specialists, and others—as needed to ensure the goals of the FTC Pilot are met.
