Specialty Courts Supervisor - Family Treatment Court

# Job Description Summary
Are you ready to lead with purpose and make a meaningful difference? Pima County Juvenile Court seeks a compassionate and strategic leader to serve as Specialty Courts Program and Grant Manager for Family Treatment Court. This role leads innovative programs that support families involved in the dependency system, promotes positive outcomes for children, and strengthens community partnerships. Join us in advancing child safety, family well-being, and lasting system improvement.
# Job Description

Hiring Range: $72,009.60 - $79,206.40

Range Explanation:

Hiring Range is an estimate of where you can receive an offer. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, training, and internal equity.

This is an on-site position

No relocation assistance will be provided

All candidates are required to pass a background check in accordance with Superior Court policy. Any applicant who does not meet background‑check requirements will be disqualified from further consideration.

NOTE TO APPLICANTS: To ensure compliance with federal employment eligibility verification requirements, applicants should use the legal name shown on their government-issued identity and employment authorization documents. If hired, the legal name used for Form I-9 and E-Verify processing must match the documentation presented at onboarding. Preferred names may be used where appropriate for workplace communications and directory listings, but all legally required employment records must reflect the employee's legal name

Distinguishing Characteristics:

This is a classified position and reports to the Children and Family Services Division Director.  The incumbent performs duties under general supervision, and provides supervision directly over a staff of professional, para-professional, and support employees.

Minimum Qualifications:

A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in behavioral or social sciences, three years of professional experience in a problem-solving court program, court, child welfare, substance abuse treatment or mental health treatment fields, and at least one year of progressively responsible lead or supervisory duties OR any equivalent amount of experience, training and/or education approved by Human Resources.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience/knowledge of dependency court processes, substance use disorders, treatment approaches, and available community resources.
- Experience establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with court personnel, attorneys, Department of Child Safety (DCS) representatives and community stakeholders.
- Experience engaging and supporting individuals through compassionate, nonjudgmental, and trauma-informed approaches.
- Strong organizational, communication, and time-management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and experience analyzing data, evaluating program outcomes, and supporting grant reporting requirements.

Essential Duties & Functions:

- Manages the development, implementation, and improvement of Family Treatment Court programs, services, and grants to achieve established goals and objectives in support of division and court-wide objectives.
- Manages, plans, assigns, supervises, trains, and evaluates the work of the staff.  Conducts regular FTC team meetings.
- Collaborates with the Family Treatment Court Judge and Department of Child Safety (DCS) co-located supervisor on the implementation of FTC program and services.
- Oversees comprehensive grant management, ensuring compliance, and implementing data-driven decision-making.  Grant management encompasses grant administration, grant submission and reporting/evaluation requirements, performance monitoring, compliance oversight, contract management, subrecipient monitoring, and budget oversight.
- Manages operational and grant budget planning, implementation, and oversight.
- Ensures timely and accurate data entry of client services, progress and outcomes, and reports outcome data and trends regularly to Division Director, court administration, and grant authorities.
- Oversees the recruitment, intake, and enrollment processes.
- Coordinates referrals to any contracted service, acts as a liaison between FTC and the service providers; tracks outcomes of service participants.
- Leads the FTC Leadership Advisory team comprised of contract attorneys, DCS representatives, service providers, and staff to address Family Treatment Court issues and processes.
- Interacts with the Family Treatment Court and/or provides training to judges, staff, court management, clients, DCS, community partners/providers, attorneys, and the public to explain Treatment Court programs and services, resolve program, service or client issues, develop program improvements, and maintain a focus on program results.

Additional Responsibilities/Duties:

- Maintains awareness of current issues in the treatment court, family treatment court, substance abuse, dependency, and child welfare field and attends professional conferences/trainings as assigned.

- Develops and prepares informational materials, news releases, and other media materials to inform and market the family treatment court programs and services.

- Performs special assignments as assigned by the Division Director.

- Performs other related work duties and projects as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

- The principles, practices, methods and techniques of effective program administration and management;

- The principles, practices, methods and techniques of effective grant administration and management;

- Applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations governing the judiciary, treatment court programs, and grants.

- Court and treatment court structures and organizations, functions, performance measures, best practices, and services;

- Strategic planning principles and practices;

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- Plan, organize, and direct large complex administrative services;

- Analyze and implement legal requirements;

- Analyze and interpret operational efficiencies, difficult program and organizational problems, and present solutions clearly and concisely;

- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with others;

- Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing;

- Computer and technological skills to utilize and lead implementation of court technology and databases to administer and evaluate FTC;

- Communicate effectively with staff employees, court administration and management, judges, government and community agency representatives, community leaders, Administrative Office of the Court officials, and the general public.

Licenses and Certificates:

Must have a valid Arizona Driver License at time of appointment.

Physical/Sensory Items:

Typically performs duties in an office environment and may lift materials and/or equipment 20 pounds or less.  This position will require some driving.

Important Notice Regarding Multiple Applications:

Once a candidate formally accepts a job offer with Superior Court, Juvenile Court, or Justice Court (Tucson and Ajo), all other active applications within these courts will be inactivated.

Benefits Information:

We offer exceptional benefits

- Retirement Plan
- Vacation, holidays, and sick leave
- 100% paid parental leave
- Employer-paid Short -term Disability
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Health Wellness discount program
- Mental and Behavioral Health Benefits
- Paid Training with Advancement Opportunities
- Upon yearly anniversary, 56 hours of sick time accrued, less usage, may be rolled over to vacation time.

The Arizona Superior Court in Pima County and the Pima County Juvenile Court Center offer the same benefits as those offered to other employees working for Pima County. We offer a competitive benefits package to benefits-eligible employees, which includes medical, dental, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, paid vacation and sick leave. Some benefits  require contributions  by employees in addition to contributions made by the employer.  Please see the link below for a complete description of the offerings .

Pima County Benefits

Retirement Plan participation is mandatory for all eligible employees to include a mandatory pre-tax pay deduction. Current rates can be viewed here:

ASRS Contribution Rates

Full-time employees of government organizations may be able to receive student loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.  For more information click  Student Loan Forgiveness | Federal Student Aid .

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, political interest, or any other characteristic or category protected by local, state, or federal law.