RENEW Program Coordinator

RENEW Program Coordinator

Salary

$74,769.00 Annually

Location

345 S. High Street, Columbus, OH

Job Type

Full Time

Job Number

00287

Department

Judicial Employees

Opening Date

06/25/2026

Closing Date

7/5/2026 11:59 PM Eastern

• Description
• Benefits
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Purpose of Position

The Franklin County Court of Common Pleas RENEW (Rebuilding Empowering Navigating Embracing Wellness) Program is committed to enhancing public safety and supporting successful reintegration by providing structured supervision, treatment, and individualized support to moderate- and high-risk individuals returning to the community from incarceration. Through accountability, evidence-based practices, and coordinated community resources, the program promotes stability, reduces recidivism, and empowers participants to lead productive, law-abiding lives.

The coordinator's primary function is to oversee all RENEW Court operations. This position will work extensively with the RENEW Court Judge and Common Pleas Court staff. Further, this position coordinates services for clients involved in the RENEW Court Specialized Docket.

Essential Job Functions & Competencies

• Coordinates the daily operations of the program

• Provides case management

• Screens candidates to determine eligibility for the program and assists in the selection of participants

• Consults with the legal community including the Defense Bar, Prosecution & Judges

• Provides training opportunities to the legal community to promote understanding and referrals to the RENEW Docket

• Maintains client data; updates progress of clients

• Maintains information on potential clients

• Researches and implements best practices for use by probation and the treatment team

• Prepares and files necessary court entries and other documents

• Assists in determining needs for the program

• Develops interagency and law enforcement linkages

• Offers support and testimony in court proceedings

• Promotes the Program in the community

• Provides public relations, including public speaking

• Attends training to enhance skills related to the position

• Creates educational materials and training

• Coordinates trainings for the treatment team members to ensure ongoing compliance with best practices

• Organizes and facilitates graduation ceremonies

• Conducts quality assurance in conjunction with probation management and as required by funding sources

• Coordinates Treatment Team Meetings and RENEW Court Hearings

• Maintains certification of the RENEW Docket in compliance with the Supreme Court of Ohio Commission on Specialized Dockets

• Identifies public and private grant awards to support the operations of the RENEW Docket

• Coordinates the collection of data and reporting outcomes to provide to the Supreme Court of Ohio, County Commissioners, and other local funding sources

• Performs other related duties as required

The aforementioned duties are normal for this position. These are not to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Other duties may be required and assigned

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required to Perform Essential Job Functions

• Ability to perform case management functions to assist in the success of participants.
• Ability to evaluate, audit, deduce, and/or assess data using established criteria, including exercising discretion in determining actual or probable consequences and in referencing such evaluation to identify and select alternatives.
• Ability to coordinate activities of a project, program, or designated area of responsibility.
• Ability to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools, and/or materials used in performing essential functions
• Ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, and/or advisory data and information.
• Ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; ability to calculate decimals and percentages; may include ability to perform mathematical operations with fractions; may include ability to compute discount, interest, and ratios; may include ability to calculate surface areas, volumes, weights, and measures.
• Ability to apply principles of influence systems, such as motivation, incentive, and leadership and to exercise independent judgment to apply facts and principles for developing approaches and techniques to resolve problems.
• Ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness, and creativity in situations involving the evaluation of information against sensory, judgmental, or subjective criteria, as opposed to that which is clearly measurable or verifiable.
• Ability to exert light physical effort in sedentary to light work, but which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of light weight (5-10 pounds). Tasks may involve extended periods of time at a keyboard or workstation.
• Performance of essential functions requires exposure to accused and convicted criminal offenders.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in criminal justice, social work, sociology, psychology, or related field (applicant may substitute 2 years of related experience for each year of required education);
• One year's experience involving:
• community supervision of offenders (probation, parole);
• counseling; or
• maintaining a caseload in a case management setting.

The successful candidate must be a strong advocate for those individuals involved in re-entry.

Preferred Qualifications

• Licensure in mental health counseling and, optimally, chemical dependency

• Experience working with treatment providers

• Experience with grants (identifying grant resources, completing applications, grant writing)

Join Franklin County Court of Common Pleas today and receive the following benefits:

• Extensive health benefits for all full-time permanent employees.
• Life insurance coverage for all permanent employees.
• Guaranteed 11 paid holidays every year.
• A 14 percent employer contribution to your OPERS pension plan.
• Employee Tuition Reimbursement program.
• Earn a potential monetary incentive during our annual wellness incentives for employees/spouses enrolled in healthcare.

See more information regarding our benefits we provide at: Franklin County Benefits

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Do you have a Bachelors Degree in criminal justice, social work, sociology, psychology, or a related field (applicant may substitute 2 years of related experience for each year of required education)?

• Yes
• No

02

Do you have 1 year of experience in the community supervision of offenders (e.g. probation, parole)?

• Yes
• No

03

Do you have 1 year of experience involving counseling in a case management setting?

• Yes
• No

04

Do you have 1 year of experience in maintaining a caseload in a case management setting?

• Yes
• No

05

Do you have licensure in mental health counseling and/or chemical dependency?

• Yes
• No

06

Do you have experience working with treatment providers?

• Yes
• No

07

Do you have experience with grants, including identifying grant resources, grant writing, and completing applications?

• Yes
• No

Required Question

Employer Franklin County Court of Common Pleas - General Division

Address 345 South High Street, 2nd Floor

Columbus, Ohio, 43215

Phone 6145254344

Website http://www.fccourts.org