Regional Manager, Non-Licensed, 6th, 12th, and 22nd Judicial Districts

Job Title:

Regional Manager
- Non-licensed Job Code: 880001

Monthly Salary Range: $7,449.25 - $10,056.50 FLSA Status:
Exempt

Annual Salary Range: $89,391.00 - $

Location:

Colorado

Reports to:

Legal Director Approved: 2/5/2024

Application Opening Date: 8/28/2026 Final date to receive applications: 9/11/2026 at 9:00am MST

Please note this posting may be used to establish an applicant talent pool. One (1) position being hired for the Regional Manager position for the 6th, 12th, and 22nd Judicial Districts.

Established in 2018, Bridges of Colorado places
-service professionals across Colorado's 23 judicial districts to serve defendants (referred to as participants) in the criminal justice system who have significant mental health needs. Individuals with high acuity mental health needs are ten times more likely to be jailed and nationally there are three times more individuals with serious mental illness in jails or prisons than in hospitals. Bridges has been identified nationwide as a promising practice that focuses on the whole person.

It is intentionally designed to address disparities often experienced by this population in the criminal justice system. Bridges service professionals advocate for each participant’s inherent worth and dignity by centering their lived experiences and voice to ensure their behavioral health best interests. At its very core, Bridges is person-centered advocacy rooted in solution-focused, collaborative practices intended to promote positive outcomes for participants.

This role exemplifies our values of being

• Supporting Bridges service professionals in providing ongoing, personalized engagement with participants through person-centered, solution-focused case management.
• Supervising 8-10 employees in the Brides service professional job series across the assigned district(s) or region. Responsibilities include training; planning, assigning, and directing work; quality control, and time management of delivery of services to participants. Leads or provides input into and participates in discipline, dismissal, and hiring processes of employees.
• Ensuring Bridges service professionals conduct intake, screening, and assessment with participants in a timely manner that is in alignment with person-centered practices.
• Assisting Bridges service professionals to determine appropriate, meaningful, and culturally responsive referral and treatment options. As needed, help them to identify existing programs, community agencies, and payor sources (such as Medicaid) to support participant engagement with the most appropriate services.
• Providing support to Bridges service professionals as they work to make direct connections to, and support engagement with, a wide range of services for participants, including, but not limited to, inpatient, outpatient, and out-of-custody competency evaluations and/or restoration services, case management services, behavioral health services or psychiatric services or supports, and employment, housing, and other social supports.
• Engaging in all aspects of the program in ways that humanize participants, including practicing trauma-informed care, culturally competent responses, and providing advocacy when participant well-being is at significant risk. Identify areas for staff growth or improvement and guide and oversee them accordingly. Identify when a supervisee may not be able to appropriately serve a participant or case and make staffing adjustments as necessary
• Supervising Bridges service professionals in ways that support workplace sustainability and well-being of them, including practicing trauma-informed care, culturally competent responses, and swift responses when BSP safety is at risk.
• Providing leadership for, development of, or participation in onboarding, education, communities of practice, team meetings, and professional development opportunities as recommended or required by Bridges leadership.

• Supporting Bridges service professionals in informing judicial officers and attorneys (via reports to the court and appearances at court hearings) in a timely manner about participant needs regarding mental health, social determinants of health, and equitable access to related services, including community-based services.
• Ensuring Bridges service professionals inform judicial officers and attorneys in a timely manner about available and appropriate behavioral health services and supports, competency evaluations, restoration to competency services, and other relevant decisions, barriers, and issues facing individuals with behavioral health conditions who are involved with the criminal justice system.
• Supporting Bridges service professionals in their role as a resource for Court and Parties to the case. (The BSP shall not be an independent party in a case nor serve in a role intended to monitor compliance with a court order by a Party or other person associated with a case.) Provide leadership and guidance to…