Pre-Trial Success Program Manager

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About the Center: The Comprehensive Behavioral Health Center of St. Clair County is located in East St. Louis, IL. The Center has been in operation since 1957 serving the needs of children, adolescents, and adults.

Our mission is to provide quality individualized essential services for people in need of emotional, rehabilitative and social support. We strive to be the top-ranking Community Behavioral Health Center within its size, population and category in the State of Illinois.

Description: CBHC is seeking a Pretrial Success Program Manager to provide overall leadership, clinical oversight, and operational direction for our newly launched Pretrial Success Program.

In this pivotal role, the Program Manager is responsible for the successful implementation of key grant objectives and for bridging the gap between clinical behavioral health services and the local legal system. The Program Manager ensures highly coordinated service delivery between CBHC, the courts, justice system partners, and community providers to improve client outcomes and support diversion initiatives.

Key Duties:

• Provide overall administrative and clinical oversight of the Pretrial Success Program to ensure compliance with grant requirements, CBHC policies, and applicable behavioral health standards.
• Develop and maintain program workflows, policies, procedures, and service delivery processes.
• Provide direct supervision and clinical consultation to Case Managers and Recovery Support Specialists.
• Ensure timely completion of participant intake, GAIN-SS screening, service planning, documentation, and outcome reporting requirements.
• Monitor program performance measures, participant outcomes, productivity, and quality indicators through CBHC’s CQIP processes.
• Facilitate weekly case review meetings to support coordinated care, identify barriers, and ensure participant progress toward court compliance and stabilization goals.
• Provide coaching and fidelity monitoring related to evidence-based interventions including Motivational Interviewing, WRAP, SOAR, Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT), and CBT-based Anger Management.
• Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with St. Clair County courts, judges, attorneys, probation/pretrial services, law enforcement, legal aid organizations, and community providers.
• Conduct outreach activities to educate stakeholders regarding program eligibility, referral processes, and Pretrial Services Act requirements.
• Monitor referral pathways and ensure effective coordination with behavioral health, substance use, housing, medical, and supportive service providers.
• Support recruitment and integration of staff with lived experience and ensure peer support services are incorporated into program operations.
• Participate in grant reporting, evaluation activities, audits, and continuous quality improvement initiatives.
• Provide clinical consultation regarding participants requiring higher levels of behavioral health services, including therapy, crisis intervention, MAT, or specialty treatment.

Preferred Skills & Knowledge:

l Knowledge of behavioral health systems, justice-involved populations, and diversion programming.

l Understanding of pretrial processes and barriers impacting court compliance.

l Strong leadership, supervision, and program management skills.

l Ability to develop effective partnerships across criminal justice and community systems.

l Knowledge of trauma-informed care, recovery principles, and evidence-based behavioral health interventions.

l Strong documentation, organizational, and communication skills.

Reports to: Director of Behavioral Health

Minimum Qualifications:

l Master’s degree in social work, counseling, psychology or psychiatry.

l Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC), or Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) at minimum.

l Previous supervisory experience and knowledge of behavioral health, criminal justice, diversion, or court-based programming preferred.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $ $60,000 annually

Expected hours: 40 per week

Schedule:

• 8-hour shift
• Day shift

Pay: $60,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Vision insurance

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Work Location: In person