Sex Offense Treatment Therapist MCC
Listed on 2026-07-17
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Healthcare
Mental Health, Substance Abuse Counselor, Psychology
Sex Offender Treatment Therapist
The Washington State Department of Corrections is seeking a highly motivated individual with a hands-on approach to helping others. If this sounds like you, consider putting your skills to use and joining the DOC team as the Sex Offender Treatment Therapist for the Sex Offender Treatment and Assessment Programs (SOTAP) within the Health Services Division. Approximately 20 percent of the incarcerated individuals in Washington Correctional Facilities and 18 percent of individuals on community supervision are serving time for sexual crimes, making their management and treatment a major concern for the Department of Corrections (DOC) and the community.
DOC and its partners have a comprehensive system consisting of confinement, treatment, supervision, notification, and civil commitment whose goal is public safety. The Sex Offender Treatment Therapist is responsible for providing sex offender treatment to adults confined at Monroe Correctional Complex. This position will provide both individual and group sex offender treatment to individuals assigned to their caseload. The therapist will develop and complete institutional treatment plans, progress notes, a program approved dynamic needs assessment (pre and post treatment) and a transition summary for each assigned client within established time-frames.
The Sex Offender Treatment Specialist position works collaboratively with staff in the Sex Offender Treatment and Assessment Program (SOTAP), as well as designated staff in the Department of Corrections, Indeterminate Sentence Review Board (ISRB), End of Sentence Review Committee (ESRC), community stakeholders to include visitors and incarcerated individuals, in an effort to promote community safety and the incarcerated individual's re-entry and transition to the community.
A completed application packet will include:
- A detailed resume
- A cover letter
- Three professional references
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.
Duties- Treats an assigned caseload of adult sex offenders. Facilitates group and individual therapy sessions for 12-15 assigned group members. Completes documentation to include agency approved assessment (at intake and discharge), Institutional Treatment plans, progress notes and a comprehensive Transition Summary for external distribution. Additionally, some clients may require treatment summary addendums and/or additional documentation. Ensures clients have notified and invited appropriate support persons to the Family Support Seminar event.
Meets with client support persons to educate and answer questions. - Assesses and completes documentation on an assigned caseload of adult male sex offenders. Completes the intake using the agency approved risk/needs assessment and completes an Institutional Treatment Plan for each client. Facilitates behavioral change in clients, conducts specialty groups, and liaises with Risk Management Staff to assist transition of sex offenders. Presents caseload information to committees related to client planning, risk management issues, and transition.
- Participates in staff meetings and supervision. Staff training weekly; weekly supervision (group and/or individual) with assigned Sex Offender Treatment Supervisor and/or the Sex Offender Treatment Program Manager; collaborates with mental health providers, custody, living unit, and stakeholders regarding dynamic risk and the management of assigned sex offender clients. Other trainings/meetings as scheduled.
- Works with appropriate stakeholders regarding the management of sex offender clients. Works directly with guardians, victim advocates regarding the management of sex offenders. Serves as an active member of the transition process identifying incarcerated individual risk, development of management techniques and strategies. Delivers testimony as required to the Indeterminate Sentence Review Board. Provides dispositions and testimony as legally required. Provides training and workshops to external agencies…
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