Community Reentry Services Manager - Seattle

Community Reentry Services Manager – Non Permanent

Our vision is to ensure that "All Washington's children and youth grow up safe and healthy, thriving physically, emotionally, and educationally, nurtured by family and community".

Location: Seattle, WA

Close Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Salary: $74,630.00 - $93,288.00 Yearly

This non-permanent appointment is expected to last up to one year.

The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is accepting applications for a Community Reentry Services Manager (WMS1) to assist the Regional Administrator in the planning, implementation, staff utilization and monitoring of regional parole and community services aftercare supports. The position is directly responsible, in both a primary and out-stationed office(s), for the oversight and administration of:

• Functional Family Parole,
• Community Reentry Services for All,
• The County Consolidated Juvenile Court Contract,
• Community Transition Services,
• Transformational mentorship and other client service contracts.

In this role, you will oversee the daily operations of Juvenile Rehabilitation's local parole supervision and community aftercare services. You will plan, organize, lead, and manage the work performed by the regional office, providing direct supervision to community counseling staff and other regional staff as assigned. Your responsibilities will include optimizing the use of regional resources, enhancing employee effectiveness through timely appraisals and professional development, and ensuring the successful execution of at-risk youth prevention programs in collaboration with local Juvenile Courts.

Additionally, you will monitor the local contract for oversight of the monthly Juvenile Court Block Grant and detention billings.

Some of what you will do:

• Manage, supervise and direct staff, conduct timely employee evaluations, and ensure employees receive training to accomplish duties of position.
• Participate and promote strategies to address, recruit and develop a diverse and inclusive workplace.
• Assist and support DCYF Policy 10.03 Tribal Relations and the implementation of Tribal Residential Service Agreements.
• Supervise the delivery of Functional Family Parole (FFP) interventions and services to youth and families, ensures continuous quality improvement, and provides consultation to FFP case managers.
• Ensure compliance with the Governor's Reentry Executive Order 16-05.
• Monitor and manage regional contract expenditures and assist with audits and inventory.
• Provide leadership in the delivery of cognitive, behavioral and evidence informed treatment interventions with parole youth and families.
• Ensure Reentry Team Meetings are facilitated for all youth reentering their community within the designated Region and during FFP.
• Oversee the delivery of case management and direct supervision of the Community Transition Services to eligible youth and young adults completing their legal obligations.
• Assist in promoting community-based access to reentry and rehabilitation treatment and services for all youth and young adults returning to the local community.
• Negotiate, administer, monitor and manage contracts and grants with Juvenile Courts and community-based contracted service providers, monitor compliance, and approve expenditures for selected purchased services.
• Monitor and conduct compliance audits for community-based programs.

Required qualifications:

Seven years of professional experience overseeing significant project or program implementation in a juvenile justice setting, AND one year of supervisory experience. Demonstrated knowledge and/or accreditation in Functional Family Parole (FFP) interventions with the ability to provide clinical consultation and quality assurance oversight to FFP case managers.

Two years of experience as a JR Specialist, AND no less than two years managing current juvenile justice interventions with expertise and/or knowledge in juvenile justice trends within the last ten years may substitute for one year of supervisory experience.

OR

A bachelor's degree from an accredited institution of higher education in Public Administration, Social Sciences or a closely allied field AND five years…