Community Justice Case Manager - Burien

Description

Location: Burien

Hours -M-F-8:30am-4:30pm

Salary $70k - 72k

· ETS strives to achieve pay equity and transparency as part of our goal to create an equitable workplace. Job Summary

This position is critical to the LEAD project, by providing engagement and intensive case management services to individuals suspected of low-level drug offenses and/or prostitution. The Case Manager will provide direct services to an active case load of approximately 25-30 individuals. Case managers provide outreach, long-term engagement and supportive services for participants through intensive case management activities and collaboration with LEAD partners, service providers, housing providers and other community organizations. This position will serve the individuals in the city of Burien.

REACH Mission and Values

The REACH Program of Evergreen Treatment Services works with individuals experiencing homelessness and behavioral health conditions to help them achieve stability and improved quality of life. Through outreach, relationships, advocacy and bridging gaps, REACH focuses on reducing harm and supporting healing. REACH provides outreach-based care coordination, multidisciplinary clinical services, and support to access and maintain housing. All services are based in principles of harm reduction that offer respect and dignity to individuals moving through stages of change in their lives.

REACH incorporates a racial equity lens that includes naming the impact and actively dismantling systems of oppression rooted in White Supremacy, while addressing the root causes perpetuating historical trauma and immense suffering in individuals’ lives. We are committed to building a robust behavioral health response that diverts people away from jail by rebuilding community and providing services to ensure those presently marginalized aren’t just surviving, but able to thrive.

REACH offers an array of services ranging from survival support provided where folks are living outside to linkages to essential resources such as housing, assistance to resolve legal issues, health care, entitlements and easily accessible treatment for substance use disorders and mental health conditions.

The REACH Team is passionate about creating a hospitable and welcoming environment for all people while providing quality services on an individually tailored basis to our clientele. REACH values diversity of lived experience, is committed to racial equity and social justice, and appreciates hard work, creativity and a good sense of humor.

Overview of LEAD Program

LEAD (Let Everyone Advance with Dignity, formerly known as the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion program) is a collaborative project aimed at building community capacity to increase public health and safety while decreasing reliance on policing and the legal system to respond to public order issues related to drug use and sex work. LEAD provides equity-based solutions for individuals historically overrepresented in the criminal legal system due to the racist criminalization of poverty and homelessness, and the “war on drugs” which has disproportionately harmed communities of color.

REACH LEAD provides comprehensive services to adults experiencing behavioral health challenges to support these individuals to achieve improved quality of life and reduce recidivism. Services include outreach and intensive care management, legal assistance, housing placement, behavioral health treatment and recovery support, and linkage to a variety of community resources. Working with care managers, participants develop an individualized plan based on their needs and priorities. All services are provided from a Harm Reduction framework, utilizing Motivational Interviewing skills and aligned with Trauma Informed Care principles. LEAD partners include community representatives and social service providers, and criminal legal system representatives including police and probation, prosecutors, and public defenders.

 Job Functions (May Include):

• Provide Outreach and Intensive Case Management services for assigned clients
• Engage participants on the street and at social service provider facilities to establish a working relationship and offer services
• Assess participants for the severity of chemical dependency and housing status and determine needs for other services, e.g., medical, mental health
• Assist participants in gaining access to a variety of funding programs (e.g., SSI, ABD, VA)
• Assist participants in finding housing and maintaining occupancy.
• Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with LEAD partners including Seattle Police Department, King County Sheriff, King County