Religious Coordinator; RC - Snoqualmie

Our vision is to ensure that “Washington state’s children and youth grow up safe and healthy—thriving physically, emotionally and academically, nurtured by family and community.”

Job Class: Religious Coordinator
Location: Snoqualmie
Closes: Thursday, January 8, 2025
Salary: $55,836 - $75,108 Yearly. The salary does not include an additional 5% premium pay for employees working in King County or an on-site 24/7 facility 5% premium.

The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is accepting applications for a Religious Coordinator to plan, organize, lead, and direct all aspects of the religious/spiritual programs and services at Echo Glen, a Juvenile Rehabilitation institution. You will direct and manage all religious services for the facility and manage Religious Property and Religious Diets.

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• Maintain knowledge of the Federal/State laws and departmental policies governing the delivery of religious programs for residents.
• Support the religious needs of persons of all religious faiths; provides for the protection of the residents’ constitutional guarantee of religious freedom.
• Develop and conduct religious orientation for all newly arrived residents.
• Schedule and coordinate religious groups and meetings on campus and maintain callouts for religious programs.
• Maintain knowledge of different religious needs pertaining to baptism, marriage, births, death, Holidays, customs, and grieving.
• Ensure that policy and safety protocols are implemented and adhered to by youth and personnel participating in the program.
• Assist in the evaluation of overall effectiveness of the religious program and make appropriate recommendations for improvement.
• Manage, train, and work with religious volunteers, volunteer clergy, and contract chaplains, and provide religious/ spiritual program training for facility staff on specific faith group beliefs, practices, and other religious issues.
• Conduct worship, educational, pastoral, and administrative services.
• Review, process, and coordinate requests for religious diets as needed.
• Ensure volunteers and providers complete required trainings, background checks and paperwork prior to working with any youth.

• Three years’ experience working as minister or mini stress, priest, rabbi, imam, Latter Day Bishop, shaman, or other religious leader of a nationally recognized faith and endorsed for chaplaincy by, and in good standing with, a nationally recognized religious body.
• The ability to take action to learn and grow.
• The ability to take action to meet the needs of others.

Note:

Years of experience in a similar position may be counted year-for-year.

• Experience working with adolescents or young people (ideally in a residential, correctional, rehabilitation, or institutional setting) – given the juvenile rehabilitation setting, this helps ensure the candidate understands youth developmental issues, institutional culture, and the specific challenges of 24/7 secure environments.
• Ability to establish rapport and provide counseling to individuals under severe emotional strain, including youth in a secure institutional setting.
• Knowledge of adolescent development, trauma‑informed care, behavioral issues in institutional settings, and rehabilitation modalities.
• Ability to develop, administer, supervise, and evaluate programs and volunteer or contractual clergy services in a 24/7 institution.

Complete your applicant profile and attach the following documents:

• Letter of interest describing how you meet the specific qualifications for this position.
• Current resume detailing experience and education.

The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is committed to Washington’s children and youth growing up safe, healthy, and thriving. We invite all candidates to join us in our mission to create a diverse and equitable workplace that reflects the communities we serve. If you are excited about this role but you believe that your education and/or experience might not align perfectly with every qualification in the job posting, we encourage you to apply anyway.

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