Community Corrections Officer ; Or CCOIn-Training - Northgate

Community Corrections Officer 2 (CCO2)

The Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) is actively recruiting to fill a full-time, permanent Community Corrections Officer 2 (CCO2) vacancy within the Community Corrections Division. This position works for the Northgate Field Office located at 9620 Stone Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98103. Depending on your qualifications, you may be appointed at the CCO1 level or directly at the CCO2 level.

As a CCO2 (or CCO1 In-training), you will work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders and contribute to the agency's mission to improve public safety by supporting the effective supervision and accountability of supervised individuals (S/Is) under agency jurisdiction. Supervision efforts will focus on S/I accountability and intervention to enhance and support a safe reentry into the community. Shift hours:  Monday-Friday.

We are looking for teammates who share our vision of public service and are committed to an equitable and inclusive culture that fosters and inspires excellence while promoting innovation, engagement, and safety, leading to better outcomes for our community and our agency. If you have a passion for service - review, decide, and apply!

This position works for the Northgate Field Office located at 9620 Stone Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98103. The CCO2 has an in-training plan attached. The agency offers a free ORCA (transportation) card to all employees whose permanent duty station is assigned in King, Pierce, or Snohomish counties.

Supervise criminal S/Is (supervised individuals) ordered to supervision in the community in accordance with Washington State law, Interstate Compact Rules/Regulations, and agency policy and within prescribed time frames.

• Conduct investigations, searches, issue warrants, and make arrests.
• Complete intake.
• Administer assessments (risk, needs, substance abuse).
• Manage electronic and hardcopy files and reports.

Engage with S/Is to work towards positive change by using communication strategies.

• Motivational Interviewing to enhance the S/I's intrinsic motivation to change.
• Principles of Effective Interventions to interact with S/Is and to manage behavior.

Enforce supervision conditions and the law.

• Present accurate written documentation and oral testimony and make appropriate sanction recommendations for courts and/or hearings.
• Identify, collect, document, process, and maintain evidence and information, ensuring proper chain of custody and storage.
• Exercise sound judgment and follow Department policies, procedures, and protocols regarding the appropriate maintenance, security, handling, and discharge of department-issued firearms.
• Ensure proper safety and security measures are in place while armed and having S/I contact outside of the office environment to include wearing a safety vest as outlined in policy.

Other duties as assigned.

COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS OFFICER 1 (CCO1) MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Must have the ability to carry and properly utilize a department-issued firearm.
• Must possess and maintain an unrestricted vehicle operator's license valid in the state of Washington.
• Must have the willingness and ability to work with individuals with criminal backgrounds and anti-social behaviors; review graphic materials; and remain objective when dealing with individuals under supervision.
• Must have the demonstrated ability through college-level coursework or experience in three or more of the following:
• Written Communication skills:
  Clear, factual, concise, grammatically correct work.
• Critical Thinking:
  Evaluate and interpret, assess the situation, evaluate risk, separate fact and opinion, make informed conclusions, formulate courses of action, implement sound decisions.
• Analytical Reasoning:
  Interpret data, weigh the risks, break down larger issues identify solutions, make decisions or recommendations.
• Conflict Resolution:
  Observe and strategize personal interactions based on environmental conditions and human behavior, identify behaviors/needs, engage in a positive and constructive manner, acknowledge opposing opinions/thoughts, recognize issues, seek collaboration, communicate feedback, identify resources, promote a positive outcome.
• Situational Awareness:
  Remain calm and rational during difficult situations, proactively assess volatile, threatening, or other crisis/emergency situations, recall facts, document details.
• Problem Solving:
  Identify problems, identify causes, seek input, assess outcomes, implement solutions. Organizational Skill – prioritize, plan, minimize distraction, assess progress, manage time frames, detail orientation, time management.
• Work independently:
  Learn duties, understand job expectations, comply with policy/procedure, meet productivity standards/timelines, identify training need/opportunities, engage team members/mentors, seek guidance/help when needed.
• Flexibility:
  Incorporate new information into an existing framework of understanding. Accept change and support the Agency through changes in law, policy, and…