Family Law Facilitator/self-help Services Manager - Bakersfield, United States - Superior Court of California, County of Kern

Superior Court of California, County of Kern

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Bakersfield, United States

4 weeks ago

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Mark Lane

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Description

Family Law Facilitator/Self-Help Services Manager
- $4, $6,062.66 biweekly

Plus an additional 10% KernFlex

This regular, full-time recruitment closes on May 7, 2024.

DEFINITON:

Under general direction of managing attorney, plans, organizes, implements, and oversees the administrative and operational functions of the Family Law Facilitator Office and Court-based Self-Help programs.

Ensures that legal assistance services to unrepresented parties with child support, spousal support and health insurance issues are in compliance with Family Code and all Self-Help programs are in compliance with California Rule of Court

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:

Essential Functions:

The following examples are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by personnel assigned to this classification.

Any one position in this class may not perform all the duties listed below, nor are the duties described intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required of personnel so classified.

Plans, organizes, controls, integrates an evaluates the administrative and operational functions of the Family Law Facilitators Office and the Court's Self-Help programs and services including directing and evaluating the work of assigned staff to ensure compliance with Court policies and procedures; establishes performance goals; regularly monitors performance and provides coaching for performance improvement and development; prepares performance evaluations and provides feedback to improve performance; takes or recommends disciplinary action to address deficiencies, in accordance with human resources' policies and labor contract agreements.
Manages the administrative and operational functions of the Family Law Facilitators Office and the Court's selfhelp programs and services to assist self

- represented litigants; develops and implements self-help programs and enhances existing programs and services; designs and conducts clinics/classes for litigants unrepresented by counsel in Family Court for the purpose of enabling the litigants to self-represent in family law matters, such as child and/or spousal support, child custody and/or visitation, and other Self-Help program areas; researches court-related self-help policies and practices and conducts site visits of other courts to research best practices applicable to self
- help programs and services; develops strategies and policies to meet the needs effectively of self-represented litigants; reviews self-help center statistics and meets with judicial officers and court management to make recommendations regarding program changes; prepares and presents program status reports to management and judicial officers. In addition to all other case types the incumbent will specialize in family law and have direct contact with litigants; and will develop, recommend and implements program policy.

Provides oversight of volunteer attorneys and interns, providing assistance to self

- represented litigants at self-help centers; ensures activities are consistent with project objectives and information given is within legal and ethical boundaries.

Provides procedural assistance in the completion of court forms, pleadings and other documents; distributes necessary court forms, such as voluntary declarations of parentage.
Provides information in completing child support, parentage, and other court forms; prepares child and/or spousal support schedules based upon statutory guidelines using specialized software programs; provides information and assistance on child support, spousal support, and parentage issues.
Ensures all federal and other funding requirements are met; reviews department budget and forecasts any changes that might occur with legislation and/or governmental policies.
Participates in committees and advisory boards to work with other stakeholders to maintain uniformity of selfhelp services in accordance with legislation, and to improve service countywide.
Identifies and develops relationships with communitybased organizations and legal aid agencies that operate Courtbased partnership projects; represents the Court with communitybased programs to facilitate communication and collaboration between service providers and selfrepresented litigants; works with legal service providers to promote collaboration and sharing of resources; meets with legal service providers to discuss new legislation, forms and procedures.
Works with representatives of the Judicial Council of California (JCC) and other state or national organizations in determining the effectiveness of Courtbased

Self-Help programs for self-represented litigants and provides information on future funding requirements; researches and obtains funding and other resources for Court-based self
- help programs.