Job Details

Job Posting

We are currently accepting applications to fill two vacancies at all locations throughout the County of Santa Barbara in the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office.

The list established will be used to fill current and future vacancies at all locations (separate lists for different locations will not be established). Candidates must be willing to accept an assignment at any location throughout the County of Santa Barbara. Therefore, applicants must check "All Locations" on the application and be willing to accept assignment at any location. Please note counselors will be assigned to the Main Jail in Santa Barbara and/or the new Northern Branch Jail in Santa Maria.

About the position: The Sheriff's Treatment Program has been an integral part of the Santa Barbara County Jail for more than two decades and has served thousands of inmates with recovery and support services. Like many jail programs across the state, STP has been evolving over the last several years to meet the latest research of "what works" in recidivism reduction and offender reentry. Today, STP's mission and program structure is designed to meet the best practice recommendations of the National Institute of Corrections' Transition from Jail to Community project and to incorporate jail programming recommendations outlined in the broad scope of Evidence-Based Decision Making and Practices (EBDM) of the Criminal Justice System.

This evolution also impacts the job descriptions, duties and the developed skill set of the staff working in the jail programs unit. Evidence-based programming is curriculum-driven and delivered with fidelity to the models. Counselors are competent in stand-up delivery of material, have a solid understanding of adult learning principles, can incorporate the use of Motivational Interviewing and client-centered communication, and understand that incarcerated individuals require a variety of services to meet many diverse needs.

Mission statement: The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Treatment Program improves long-term public safety and reduces each participant's risk of recidivism by teaching effective, evidence-based interpersonal skills that guide the development of a pro-social lifestyle and change the behaviors that lead to criminality and other risky choices.

To learn more about the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office, please visit our website at www.SBSheriff.org.

Sheriff's Treatment Program classes:

• Aggression Replacement Training (ART)
• Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Employment (CBI)
• Thinking for a Change (T4C)
• Courage to Change Interactive Journals
• Reasoning and Rehabilitation (R & R)
• Moral Recognition Therapy (MRT)
• Building Healthy Life Skills: New Insights, New Choices for Healing Trauma
• Alcohol and Other Drug Education (AOD)

Highlighted County of Santa Barbara Employee Benefits:

• Benefits and Wellness Plans - Medical/Dental/Vision
• Retirement Plans

The ideal candidate possess:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in related field
• Experience providing correctional and/or addiction counseling to incarcerated adults in a locked facility.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to work with incarcerated individuals with a broad range of convictions, including violent crimes
• Strong presentation skills
• Demonstrated organizational skills
• Ability to adapt to situations quickly
• An empathetic and non-judgmental communication style
• Bilingual English/Spanish is desirable but not required

Background disqualifiers:

• An admission of having committed any act amounting to a felony within five years in California, or in another state which would be classified as a felony in California
• An adult felony conviction in California, or with a conviction for an offense in another state which would be classified as a felony in California
• Currently on Probation or Parole
• Adult felony and/or misdemeanor conviction(s) may be disqualifying depending on type, number, severity, and how recent
• Conviction of/or sustained petitions for any sex crime
• Recent use and/or possession of illegal drugs; Failure to reveal prior use will be disqualifying
• Unfavorable work history
• Poor credit history
• History of committing domestic violence
• Dishonesty or failure to reveal pertinent information