Community Corrections Caseworker

Join our team! The Community Corrections Division is seeking a qualified candidate to fill a Caseworker position. Caseworkers engage with a diverse group of adult offenders who may face various health, mental health, alcohol, and substance abuse challenges.

We are looking for candidates with experience working with at-risk adults in behavioral health organizations, correctional facilities, or security-focused environments. Relevant experience includes conducting assessments, developing programs, and providing individual and group counseling related to behavior and program orientations.

The Community Corrections Division has three programs - Community Center Alternative Programs (CCAP), Electronic Home Detention (EHD), and Intake Services Unit (ISU). Caseworkers work in CCAP and EHD. The EHD and CCAP programs are housed in the King County Yesler Building, 400 Yesler Way in downtown Seattle. EHD work with participants that are out in the community completing their sentence. CCAP work with participants who partake in a continuum of structured programs.

The Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention (DAJD) is a professional and nationally recognized organization that supports safe, vibrant, and healthy communities in partnership with other criminal justice and human service agencies. DAJD operates the largest county jail in the State of Washington, housing an average daily population of more than 1400 residents.

The DAJD contributes to the public safety of the citizens of King County and Washington State by operating safe, secure, and humane detention facilities and community corrections programs, in an innovative and cost-effective manner.

This recruitment will create an eligibility list which may be used to fill future Career Service, Term Limited Temporary or Special Duty Assignment Community Corrections Caseworker vacancies for up to 6 months of the closing date. The job description is an overview and is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. It is not an exhaustive list of all the functions and tasks required of this position.

• Conduct comprehensive, relevant assessments to determine level of programming; assess criminal history, internal and external information sources, and motivation for change in determining eligibility.
• Evaluate offenders to determine degree of risk to the community and place accepted applicants based on criteria for Electric Home Detention (EHD), and Community Center for Alternative Programs (CCAP).
• Screen internal and external referrals to determine possible program eligibility.
• Provide daily one‑on‑one and group counseling services to help program participants deal effectively with various problems including personal behavior, finances, stress management, and program orientation.
• Conduct field monitoring through random visits to employment/training sites to ensure program compliance; prepare and validate participant release schedules.
• Conduct daily management of convicted felons and misdemeanants released into community including maintaining case files and contracts with client, attorneys, courts, victims, and agencies. Daily management duties also include providing counseling, confronting behavior, reporting violations, and removing non‑compliant program participants.
• Conduct case load management according to developed behavioral modification plans and assess daily activities for compliance.
• Evaluate program participants to determine treatment needs, develop treatment plans, and ensure compliance.
• Review program rules/requirements, probation conditions, and court orders with program participants to ensure understanding of release conditions.
• Facilitate and monitor involvement with social service providers.
• Will complete other duties as assigned.

• A bachelor's degree with major coursework in criminal justice, social or behavioral sciences, or a High School Diploma or G.E.D. with five years of direct experience conducting intake interviews, screening, case management, and/or client assessments.
• Understanding of evidence‑based practices for working with offenders.
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