PRETRIAL JUSTICE COUNSELOR

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PRETRIAL JUSTICE COUNSELOR

Salary

$38.90 - $52.28 Hourly

Location

Lincoln County, OR

Job Type

Full-Time

Job Number

24-77 (356)

Department

Sheriff's Office

Division

CORRECTIONS

Opening Date

10/09/2024

Closing Date

10/23/2024 11:00 PM Pacific

• Description

• Benefits

Position Summary

The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office is hiring a Pretrial Justice Counselor to serve clients in the Lincoln County jail.

The person in this position will have the skill to interact professionally with individuals who have mental and emotional disturbances, developmental disabilities, and alcohol or drug abuse problems. With their knowledge of mental health treatment, the employee will provide assessment, diagnosis, and treatment planning for our clients. The Pretrial Justice Counselor is a liaison between jail staff, courts, clients, and treatment programs. They help facilitate ongoing educational programming to our clients.

Essential Functions/Major Responsibilities

Provide individual or group counseling including diagnosis, treatment planning, counseling, and follow-up :

• Assist with needs assessments in the specialized areas of mental health/alcohol and drug dependency and participate in the design and implementation of programs.

• Consult with other agencies in assessing diagnosis and treatment of emotionally, behaviorally disturbed persons.

• Treat/assess emergency mental and emotional disturbance cases by providing crisis intervention services.

• Provide death notifications to clients.

Act as liaison between jail staff, courts, clients, and treatment programs:

• Act as a consultant to Judges in a capacity that requires professional judgment calls as to assessing risk factors.

• Develop and maintain a working knowledge of criminal law, case law, judicial system, jail standards, health standards and related jail statutes.

• Provide training and support for staff in various areas including, but not limited to, stress management.

  Facilitate educational programming to clients:

• Counsel and refer clients to appropriate resources and services to enhance client welfare, staff safety and community impact.

• Assist clients with transition services from pretrial supervision to the community.

• Consult with supervisors on matters affecting the mental health of clients and staff.

Review intake screening of new clients:

• Prepare necessary records, reports, clinical evaluations, and correspondence to document work.

Typical Qualifications

Minimum Education Level

Masters

Specifics: Master’s degree specializing in clinical social work, psychology or a related field is required.

Minimum Experience Level

None

Specifics: Has experience in mental health counseling/therapy and sufficient education/certification to perform the essential job functions as determined by the Sheriff.

Substitution Note: Any satisfactory combination of experience and training which demonstrates the ability to perform the job as determined by the County.

Driver’s License

Oregon Driver's License required

Specifics: Must obtain within 30 days of hire.

Desirable Qualifications: Oregon license in social work or counseling psychology (LCSW, LPC, LMFT) is preferred. If licensed the employee is required to maintain current and active licensure/certification/insurance and to provide the appropriate verifications at the time of renewals. Bilingual and /or bicultural competencies for the Latino population.

Job Conditions:

Work is primarily indoors with limited field work, often noisy, confined, crowded, hazardous and potentially high risk. Restricted to work area(s) with violent and combative arrestees/clients while maintaining composure and professionalism. Exposure to abusive language, personal and family threats and possibility of physical assaults. Occasional exposure to use of force. Works in an environment with little natural lighting or direct ventilation. Potential for contact with persons infected with a variety of communicable diseases, including but not limited to, Tuberculosis, MRSA, Scabies, Hepatitis B, HIV and AIDS. Working hours to be determined by the Sheriff.

Reasonable Accommodations:

Lincoln County is committed to providing reasonable accommodations as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This job description indicates, in general, the nature and levels of work, knowledge, skills, abilities, and essential functions expected of the position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Lincoln County offers a comprehensive benefit package including vacation, holiday, and sick leave as well as medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, long-term disability insurance. Other optional insurances are availablE. PERS retirement plan is provided to employees who are required to carry a gun. For other employees in the LCDA unit, there is a 401K retirement plan with a current County contribution of 11%.

Regular and Trial Service employees working between 20 - 39 hours per week on a regular basis are eligible for pro-rated employee benefits.

Agency

Lincoln County

Address

210 SW Second St. Newport, Oregon, 97365

Phone

541-265-4157 541-265-0375

Website

http://www.co.lincoln.or.us