Best Practices for Supervising Individuals with Substance Use Disorder and Mental Illness

A significant percentage of accountability court populations suffer from either substance use disorder, mental illness or both. Since the inception of accountability courts in 1989 significant research has been completed on how to better serve individuals in the justice system who suffer from behavioral health issues. That research has been incorporated into the field in the form of interventions, and practices designed to support sobriety and recovery. In particular the informs competencies supervision officers should have practices that should be employed to increase the likelihood of achieving positive outcomes. JSI Vice President Mack Jenkins will cover those competencies and identify best practices for supervision officers. Among those practices will be how to work closely with treatment clinicians.

Learning Objectives

Attendees of this session will:

• Be able to identify best practices associated with supervising individuals with behavioral health disorders.
• Learn requisite competencies (skills) for working with justice involved individuals with behavioral health disorders.
• Learn practices to enhance the collaboration between. supervision and treatment.
• Learn the supervision model best optimized to facilitate sobriety and recovery for justice involved individuals with behavioral health disorders.