SCSI; Seattle​/CD Community Safety Ambassador

SCSI (Seattle/CD) Community Safety Ambassador

Seattle, United States | Posted on 01/30/2026

We exist to eliminate the need for the criminal legal system foryouth and young adults. To do this, we create alternatives to incarceration for youth and young adults based on committed relationships centered on love, compassion, and consistency. We use community to heal community, planting seeds of hope, self-respect andvision to unlock the promise of our youth while fighting to dismantle the systems of oppression that threaten to take that promise away.

Why We Matter

Over the last 20 years, we have seen a sharp decline in the numberof young people in detention across King County. But even as the overall number decreased, our juvenile legal system has had an increasingly and disproportionately harmful impact on youth of color,particularly Black youth. While only 10% of King County’s 2 million residents are Black, they now make up almost half of the detention population on any given day and more than half of felony offenses.

In the last three years, Community Passageways has worked with nearly 200 young people with felony charges with the aim of diverting their charges and keeping them in the community. In the end, most ofthem spent no time in detention and the average young person saw an 80% reduction in their length of sentence. The young people kept inthe community through their dedication and our support have gone on toenroll in college, start businesses, graduate from high school, andhelp rebuild our communities.

Who We Are

We are a family born from the community we serve. The lived experiences of staff prepare them to act as credible messengers and Ambassadors. Our Ambassadors work with heart, humility, and compassion to lead community and school-based healing circles, individual andfamily case management, court advocacy, and youth leadership opportunities.

Summary of Position

Reporting to the Community Safety Manager and working in partnership with the Resource Navigator team as part of a comprehensive Care Team, Community Safety Ambassadors build rapport and trust with participants. They establish a consistent schedule of outreach and help to provide participants with support needed to move into more positive opportunities. Additionally, they support the Community Support Team on longer-range truce negotiation, conflict mediation, and incident and hotspots specific outreach.

The employee must be able to perform the essential functions of this position satisfactorily and, if requested, reasonable accommodation will be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their job, absent undue hardship. The Employer retains the right to change or assign other duties to this position.

Participant Support

Alongside Resource Navigators, build ongoing relationships and trust with participants largely between the ages of 12 to 30 who meet three risk factors and/or those referred through SCSI and RPKC network. Risk factors include:

Regularly singled out by law enforcement, even if no arrest

Has been shot and/or seriously injured from violence

Has had a close peer, friend, or family member shot and/or killed in the last 3 years

On probation, parole, electronic home monitoring, or have an active case

Lives or hangs out in hotspots

History and/or immediate risk for engagement in gun-involved activity

Leverage relationships with participants to help shift their mindsets and support their growth, and connect them to pro-social activities, a positive peer group, and formal and informal community support

Work alongside Resource Navigators to provide connection to services and resources as participants become ready to receive them

Facilitate connection to resources by attending and coordinating transportation for participants to and from meetings, appointments, and events as needed

Employ a compassionate and trauma-informed approach with participants who may have substance use disorders, untreated mental health issues, and significant trauma

Advocate for the participants in court as needed

Keep detailed participant case notes and documentation

Ongoing Participant Communication

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