(a) Qualifications. — The executive director shall have sufficient experience and training to identify and assist impaired members of the legal profession and to work well with the volunteers, plus any additional qualifications deemed necessary by the Board.
(b) Duties and Responsibilities. — The executive director’s duties and responsibilities shall include but not be limited to the following:
(1) To work with the Board to develop a vision and plan to ensure that the WVJLAP becomes a vital and credible resource for the West Virginia legal community;
(2) To act as the initial contact point for all referrals to the WVJLAP, whether voluntary or involuntary. The executive director should always remain accessible to current members seeking help, and should never be insulated from the telephone or from personal contact. The position will require that the executive director be ready, either alone or together with a program volunteer, to travel within the State to meet with any Member in need of assistance;
(3) To help members of the legal profession and the judiciary and their families to secure evaluation, counseling and/or treatment for chemical dependency, physical and mental and/or emotional health conditions, by maintaining current information on available treatment services, both those that are available without charge as well as paid services. In this regard the executive director will be responsible for evaluating referral resources such as individual health care providers (physicians, counselors, therapists, etc.) and treatment programs, and developing a resource listing that is available for Members and others using the services of WVJLAP;
(4) Establish and maintain regular contact with other bar associations, agencies and committees that serve either as sources of referral or resources in providing help;
(5) To help lawyers, judges, law firms, courts, law schools and others, with the advice and assistance of a health care professional, identify and intervene with impaired members of the legal profession;
(6) To recruit, select, train and coordinate the activities of volunteer lawyers and judges who will provide assistance, and to maintain a current contact list of those volunteers. In furtherance of this duty the executive director should assist in coordinating volunteer support meetings for Members and attend the meetings on a periodic basis to address questions or concerns of the volunteers;
(7) To recruit, select, train and coordinate the activities of volunteer judges (“Judicial Assistance Groups”) who will provide assistance, and to maintain a current contact list of those judicial volunteers and assist in coordinating volunteer support meetings for Judges and attend the meetings on a periodic basis to address questions or concerns of the judicial volunteers;
(8) To work to establish and maintain a policy that ensures confidentiality, as required by these rules, as an essential component of the WVJLAP. Included in this duty will be the establishment of rules or policies relating to maintaining the confidentiality of those seeking assistance (whether voluntary or involuntary), as well as the confidentiality of WVJLAP volunteers;
(9) To plan and deliver educational programs to inform the public, the judiciary, state and local bar associations, law firms, civic and educational organizations of the advocacy of early intervention and prevention and the assistance that is available to those in need;
(10) To be responsible for the day-to-day administration of the WVJLAP, including the development of job descriptions for WVJLAP staff personnel, and the hiring, training, and assessing of such individuals, including clinicians, assistants, and office personnel, as budgetary considerations allow. The executive director will also be responsible, with the oversight of the Board, for development of the WVJLAP’s annual budget and oversight of its fiscal management;
(11) To act as the WVJLAP’s liaison with the American Bar Association Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs and with judge and lawyer assistance programs throughout the country;
(12) To network with other professional assistance organizations located in West Virginia;
(13) To establish private and public sources of funding for WVJLAP; and
(14) To perform such other duties and responsibilities as may be established by the Board.