SOTAP Community Supervisor

The Department of Corrections' Sex Offense Treatment and Assessment Programs (SOTAP) is seeking a highly qualified and motivated team member to provide administrative and clinical supervision within our team. The Community Program Supervisor will report directly to the Community Program Clinical Manager who is responsible for SOTAP's community program (CSOTAP). CSOTAP serves clients with sexual offenses who have transitioned out of prison and are reintegrting into the community with offices in 17+ field offices across the state.

The Community Program Supervisor will primarily be responsible for providing administrative and clinical supervision to six (6) clinicians providing sex offense specific treatment focusing on offense risk and protective factors. The incumbent ensures that clinical practices are being delivered consistent with evidence-based practices and maintains consistency with the program's treatment model.

This position will also assist the Community Program Clinical Manager with the administrative operations of the program including monitoring performance standards, coordinating services to clients, and interfacing with and educating stakeholders in sex offense programming while building effective partnerships and relationships.

Application assessment will be ongoing, and the hiring authority reserves the right to offer the position at any time during the recruitment process. It is to the applicant's advantage to apply as early as possible.

"This recruitment could be used to fill multiple permanent or non-permanent positions."

Supervise and manage staff providing clinical and administrative oversight ensuring appropriate clinical interventions and programming.

• Monitor individual employee performance to ensure it meets accepted standards for quality, timeliness, and that policies and operating protocol are implemented and adhered to. This includes but is not limited to caseload audits, ensuring clients are held accountable for treatment violations per policy, ensuring clients are progressing in the treatment program and appropriate action is taken for lack of progress, reviewing work product of clinicians to ensure all standard requirements are being met, conducts regular case consultations, ensures adherence to assignment deadlines and follows-through on documentation completion, consults regularly with Community Corrections around offense risk.
• Conduct timely employee performance evaluations and ensure proper coaching and training is provided to clinicians. Assess staff individually for career development, personal/professional goals, and provide them with training and/or rotational experiences. Recognize good performance and address performance deficiencies to help the employee become successful and appropriately document in the employee records.
• Train new staff on laws and agency and unit's policy and processes. Keep all staff apprised of new developments and changes in agency direction, law and policy.
• Manage staff schedules, including leave and overtime/compensatory time according to departmental guidelines and the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.
• Provide training to department officers, along with federal, state, and local law enforcement on dynamic risk.

Recognize and provide staff development and coaching to all clinical staff.

• Identify training needs of the treatment providers and work collaboratively with the Community Program Clinical Manager and SOTAP Clinical Adherence and Training Manager to secure resources as needed.
• Work in collaboration with the Clinical Quality Assurance and Training Manager to develop and deliver relevant trainings for program staff.
• Provide coaching to clinical staff on use of appropriate interventions, developing therapeutic rapport, providing group therapy and other relevant therapeutic skills utilizing the approved therapeutic approaches of the unit.
• Routinely assess skill and professional competence utilizing unit methods of assessing and reporting and routinely provide consultation, direct observation, and intervention as needed with direct report staff.
• Act as a subject matter expert for staff and unit, ensuring each individual's clinical skills and knowledge remain up-to-date and aligned with current literature. Participate in the assessment and hiring of staff.

Provide sex offense specific treatment to recently released clients as needed and required to ensure continuity of care.

• Provide sex offense specific treatment utilizing the approved clinical model to recently released clients as needed and required to ensure continuity of care.
• Facilitate group and individual therapy sessions, both in person and via approved telehealth platforms, for CS4 positions as needed and directed.
• Complete documentation: individual treatment plans, monthly case conceptualization notes and event driven case management notes, treatment summaries and risk assessments for any group/individual sessions facilitated.

Required Qualifications:

A minimum of three (3) years experience in Community Corrections or related field focusing on the integration/re-entry of individuals with a criminal history into the community.

And

- A minimum of two (2) years experience working with those individuals with sexual offense histories providing evidence based sexual offense treatment to include group and individual therapy. Must demonstrate an understanding and knowledge of sex offense risk assessment and treatment, offense management and supervision, including behavioral management, security and safety, and offense programs including preparation of clients for successful supervision in the community.

And

- A minimum of two (2) years supervisory or lead worker experience.

And

- A demonstrated ability to provide positive leadership in times of stress, conflict, and unforeseen events. The ability to remain calm and rational while handling difficult situations to include, but not limited to, volatile/threatening clients, or other crisis/emergency situations. The ability to expertly intervene in response to threats.

Obtain/maintain Washington State Agency Affiliated Counselor credential per RCO 18.19.030 within 30 days of hire.

Preferred/Desired Qualifications:

- A Master's degree relative to behavioral change, risk management, risk assessment or sexual offending from an accredited college or university whose accreditation is recognized by the US Department of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).

- Possession of a current full licensure for Social Worker, Psychologist, or Mental Health provider in the State of Washington or ability to become licensed in the state of WA.