Collaborative Case Management in Veterans’ Treatment Court

All Veterans Treatment Courts (VTCs) are composed of multidisciplinary teams working towards a common goal with justice involved veterans with behavioral health issues. In most cases the teams have more than one discipline that may play some type of case management role requiring some form of a case plan. Generally, the disciplines are supervision, treatment providers, and the VJO. Supervision may have a supervision plan with specific goals, while treatment providers may have a treatment plan designed to address clinical issues., the JSO may play some type of oversite role. Without well- coordinated plans, and collaboration in the effort to monitor the plans, there is a risk the participant may be confused, face redundancy, and be overwhelmed. This session will teach practical steps for treatment court teams to collaboratively apply the Risk Need Responsivity (RNR) model. Vice President Chief Mack Jenkins will speak on how to create a comprehensive case plan that addresses both criminogenic and clinical areas, and how to work together in employing the principles of case management in support of the participant’s recovery.

Session Objectives

• Attendees will learn the definition of Collaborative Case Management
• Attendees will learn how to create a case plan that addresses criminogenic and clinical needs.
• Attendees will learn how a multidisciplinary team can collectively employ the components of case management.
• Attendees will learn how to overcome barriers to collaboration.