Overview:
The Juvenile Competency Coordinator at the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth (OCCY) oversees the activities related to juvenile competency evaluations as outlined by the Oklahoma Administrative Code, ensuring agency responsibilities are fulfilled. This role involves coordinating meetings and activities of the Juvenile Competency Evaluation Professional Committee, maintaining routine communication with judges and parties in juvenile justice proceedings, recruiting and training forensic evaluators, and managing their credentialing process. The coordinator also monitors contracts, collaborates with the Administrative Office of the Courts, reviews invoices, assigns competency evaluations, enters and analyzes evaluation data, prepares reports, and works with stakeholders to improve juvenile competency matters. Additionally, the coordinator prepares annual reports on juvenile competency activities in Oklahoma and performs other duties as assigned.
Job Description:
- Serve as the agency staff overseeing the activities of Oklahoma Administrative Code (OAC) Title 135, Chapter 10 ensuring agency responsibilities are fulfilled
- Coordinate meetings and activities of the Juvenile Competency Evaluation Professional Committee (Professional Committee) in accordance with OAC 135:10-26-4.
- Communication with judges and parties in district court juvenile justice proceedings regarding juvenile competency matters will be routine.
- Engage in recruitment strategies to identify prospective credentialed forensic evaluators
- Coordinate training events, in coordination with the Professional Committee members and others, of prospective evaluators
- Manage the credentialing process of the Professional Committee and prospective evaluators
- Communicate with the Administrative Office of the Courts and others as needed to carry out agency responsibilities of 10A O.S. § 2-2-401.4
- Serve as the agency contract monitor for credentialed forensic juvenile competency evaluators
- Communicate with prospective vendors and collect necessary information
- Work with OCCY Business Manager to ensure contracts, purchase requests and purchase orders are in place annually
- Review monthly invoices for accuracy and submit to OCCY Business Manager for payment
- Coordinate with OCCY Business Manager to ensure new contracts or renewals are in place prior to July 1 of each year
- Receive court orders from Oklahoma District Courts and ensure assignment of each competency evaluation is directed to an evaluator
- Communicate with involved parties to collect contact information needed by the evaluator
- Enter data following the completion of each evaluation into an agency datasystem
- Analyze trends in the data and prepare reports and presentations for various groups
- Work with other stakeholders to address/improve matters relating to juvenile competency in the state
- Prepare an annual report regarding the activities of juvenile competency in Oklahoma
- Carry out other duties as assigned by the supervisor or OCCY administration
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Competencies:
- Knowledge of Oklahoma’s children’s court system
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Planning and organizing of multiple on-going program related activities
- Working knowledge of Excel spreadsheets
- Ability to publicly speak and prepare presentations for recruitment, training and program updates to stakeholders
- Possess cultural humility and a willingness to continually learn
Education and Experience:
Education and Experience requirements at this level consist of a master's degree in social work, a social or behavioral science, planning, public administration or a related field or a juris doctorate and five years of professional experience in child welfare, juvenile justice, guidance and counseling, education, law or in the planning for social services or programs delivering social or rehabilitative services to children and their families; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. NOTE: No substitution will be allowed below the level of a bachelor’s degree.
Equal Opportunity Employment:
The State of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of genetic information, race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability.
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