Forensic Service Coordinator - Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) RU 538

Forensic Service Coordinator

Annual Salary: $52,278

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Make a difference for adults living with serious mental illness who need intensive, community-based support to maintain stability and successfully navigate behavioral health, community, and forensic systems.

The Forensic Service Coordinator works as part of our Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Team, a multidisciplinary team of medical, behavioral health, and rehabilitative professionals providing comprehensive services to adults with severe and persistent mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders.

This position has a special focus on individuals with current or prior forensic involvement and provides intensive service coordination, outreach, advocacy, counseling, crisis intervention, and linkage to community resources. The Forensic Service Coordinator works closely with clients, families, treatment providers, courts, and other community partners to promote stability, recovery, and successful community living.

Requirements:

- Bachelor's degree in a Human Services field of study such as Social Work, Psychology, or Counseling.

- One (1) year of experience in case management or service coordination services, and experience in working with jails, prisons, and criminal justice agencies.

- Must be registered with the Board of Counseling to practice as a QMHP-A or register as a QMHP-A trainee within 30 days of employment.

- Master's Degree preferred.

What you will do:

- Conduct outreach, interviews, mental status and psychosocial assessments, and ongoing evaluations; develop, monitor, and document individualized treatment and service plans in collaboration with clients and the ACT Team.

- Coordinate behavioral health, substance use, medical, housing, financial, social, and community-based services; make referrals and advocate for resources such as housing, food, medical care, disability benefits, and transportation.

- Provide supportive counseling, crisis intervention, daily living assistance, medication monitoring, appointment support, and substance use screenings, including on-site urine drug screening, to promote treatment compliance and stability.

- Provide specialized service coordination for individuals with forensic involvement, collaborating with legal and community partners, participating in discharge planning, and attending or testifying at court hearings and other legal proceedings as required.

- Monitor client progress through community and residential visits; collaborate with families, caregivers, treatment providers, and the multidisciplinary ACT Team while maintaining timely and accurate service coordination documentation.

Why Join us?

At the Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board, you'll be part of a team committed to helping individuals achieve greater stability, independence, and quality of life. Our ACT Team provides an opportunity to do meaningful, hands-on work while collaborating with professionals across behavioral health, medical, rehabilitative, and community service systems.

Benefits include:

- Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance

- Life Insurance

- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

- Annual and Sick Leave

- 11 Paid Holidays

- Virginia Retirement System (VRS)

If you are passionate about behavioral health, forensic services, intensive case management, and helping individuals with serious mental illness succeed in the community, apply today to join our Assertive Community Treatment Team.

The selected candidate must successfully pass a criminal history fingerprint background investigation, DMV record check, Child Registry search, drug screening test and employment reference checks.