Prod State of FL App

This position is responsible for developing and employing effective case management procedures that assist with the
identification and coordination of Unified Family Court. The position is responsible for providing information to litigantsand trial court staff, reviewing filings and making referrals to community-based services, managing and preparing casesfor court hearings and briefing judges, attending hearings, and other trial court proceedings, maintaining record/filingsystem, training and assisting new departmental personnel, scheduling hearings, and performing related administrativesupport functions. The position is responsible for collecting and reporting on case/program data and maintainingdatabases as needed. The position works under direct supervision of the Family Court Manager and is reviewed throughconferences, reports and results achieved.

• Provides court case management, case monitoring, program implementation and other assistance to the judiciary
• and general magistrates of the Unified Family Court Division. Screens and identifies possible cases for Unified Family
• Court, monitors the movement of court cases from point of initiation to disposition; exercises independent
• judgment and initiative
•  Researches case histories, compiles statistical data, attends court, sets mandatory case conferences
• Communicates with attorneys and interested parties regarding additional requirements or documents needed to
• advance the administration of the case
• Manages and prepares cases for court hearings by tabbing and naming pleadings, composing and preparing
• historical summations, calculating child support guidelines, researching and providing corresponding cases and other
• documentation pertinent to the case and/or litigants
• Travels to different courthouses located in Palm Beach County, as needed
• Assists with domestic violence cases as needed
• Assists litigants in person, by telephone and via correspondence, providing case status information, rules of civil
• procedures and statutes, reviews pro se filings for judges
• Provides referrals to appropriate community agencies
• Interacts and establishes relationships with judges, government officials, court staff, paralegals and professionals
• associated with Unified Family Court and the general public
• Other duties assigned by the Family Court Manager, Judges, or Chief Deputy Court Administrator