Sex Offense Treatment Therapist

The Sex Offender Treatment Therapist is responsible for developing and completing initial treatment plans, maintaining progress notes, and providing final treatment summaries.

• Treats an assigned caseload of adult sex offenders
• Facilitates group and individual therapy sessions
• Completes documentation to include agency approved assessment
• Ensures clients have notified and invited appropriate support persons
• Meets with client support persons to educate and answer questions
• Assesses and completes documentation on an assigned caseload of adult male sex offenders
• Completes the intake using the agency approved risk/needs assessment
• Facilitates behavioral change in clients
• Conducts specialty groups
• Liaises with Risk Management Staff to assist transition of sex offenders
• Presents caseload information to committees related to client planning
• Participates in staff meetings and supervision
• Staff training weekly
• Weekly supervision (group and/or individual) with assigned Sex Offender Treatment Supervisor and/or the Sex Offender Treatment Program Manager
• Collaborates with mental health providers, custody, living unit, and stakeholders regarding dynamic risk and the management of assigned sex offender clients
• Works with appropriate stakeholders regarding the management of sex offender clients
• Delivers testimony as required to the Indeterminate Sentence Review Board
• Provides dispositions and testimony as legally required
• Provides training and workshops to external agencies as directed
• Performs other duties as assigned by Sex Offender Treatment Supervisors, Program Manager, or Program Director

• Obtain/maintain Washington State Agency Affiliated Counselor credential per RCW 18.19.030 within 30 days of hire
• One year of experience providing structured individual and/or group psychotherapy guided by a treatment plan to juvenile or adult populations
• Three years of mental/behavioral health experience with a minimum of six months of providing psychotherapy in a group setting guided by a treatment plan
• Six months experience conducting structured group therapy in a sex offense specific program utilizing cognitive behavioral interventions

• Health insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• Paid vacations
• Paid sick leave
• Paid holidays
• Retirement plan
• Flexible spending accounts
• Dependent care assistance
• Deferred compensation

The Washington State Department of Corrections is seeking a highly motivated individual with a hands-on approach to helping others.