Full-Time Corrections Counselor
Job Description
The Opportunity:
Are you an experienced and motivated individual with case management experience who is passionate about helping adults involved in the criminal justice system turn their lives around and create a better future? If this describes you, please read on.
Multnomah County’s Department of Community Justice has multiple openings and is recruiting positive, motivated Corrections Counselors to work with medium and high-risk justice involved adults.
Corrections Counselors are responsible for providing field based, direct client services alongside a team of parole and probation officers, community health specialists and community providers. These positions will work out of the Transition Services Unit, DCJ, Mead Building, as well as work in the field providing services in clients’ homes, shelters, on the streets, or wherever clients are residing throughout Multnomah County.
Primary duties of a Corrections Counselor include:
- Outreach and Engagement
- Case management (1:1 and group)
- Crisis Intervention
- Assessment and Transition Planning
- Assistance with Social Security Insurance, and Social Security Disability Insurance, OHP processes and forms completion.
- Housing Placement and Retention: emergency, transitional and long term
- Coordinate with other agencies and programs such as Health Department, Department of County Human Services, Sheriff’s Department and Oregon Department of Corrections, alcohol and drug treatment programs, department staff and others who are involved in the life of a justice involved individual
Applicants must be willing to work a variety of shifts and weekends, and be able and willing to travel to various locations as needed.
Minimum Qualifications/Transferable Skills*:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in psychology, sociology, criminal justice, social work, or a related field
- Minimum of two (2) years of counseling and case management experience; familiarity with motivational interviewing and stages of change research
- Must pass a thorough background investigation which includes, but is not limited to a review of applicant’s criminal, civil, driving, military, educational and employment history, including fingerprinting on your first day of employment.
How to Apply
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