Corrections Specialist 3 - Reentry Navigator

Salary: $6,043.00 - $8,123.00 Monthly
Location : King County - Seattle - Other, WA
Job Type: Full Time - Permanent
Job Number:
Department: Dept. of Corrections
Division: Reentry
Opening Date: 11/06/2026
Closing Date: 11/15/2026 11:59 PM Pacific
Salary Information: The high end of the salary range, Step M is typically a longevity step

Description
Department of Corrections

Corrections Specialist 3 - Reentry Navigator

Seattle Community Justice Center | Seattle, WA

Reentry Division
Our agency is looking to hire two permanent Corrections Specialist 3s within the Reentry Division. These positions are based at Seattle Community Justice Center in Seattle, WA. The working schedules are Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
*Employees assigned to a permanent duty station in King County will receive a 5% premium pay calculated from their base salary.
*Our agency offers a free ORCA card to all employees whose permanent duty station is assigned in King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties.

These positions are a member of the Reentry Division, Reentry Navigator Team. The Reentry Division includes Education, Correctional Industries, Housing Voucher, and Strength in Families, just to name a few. These positions also serve as a member of reentry care teams that may include, but not be limited to, institution and community supervision staff, iCoach representatives, family, faith-based support, mentors, housing providers, Health and Human Service providers, and community support.
These positions directly support achieving Governor Inslee's Results Washington goal of DOC reducing recidivism and facilities compliance with RCW 72.09.270 regarding legislatively mandated Individual Reentry Plan (IRP). These positions are critical in supporting successful reentry and thereby reducing the likelihood of recidivism and increasing safety for the public, staff, and incarcerated individuals. These positions will be responsible for reentry planning workshops, resource event coordination, Individual Reentry Plan support, and scheduling reentry team meetings (RTM) driven from the Integrated Reentry Continuum of Care Model or attending wraparound meetings. During RTM's this position will be responsible for identifying institution/community care teams to discuss individualized needs, development of IRP's and provide individuals with access to programs and services, which target identified needs and scorecard items. Be a reentry liaison for individuals to access resources provided by community-based organizations, whose services provide individuals with opportunity to engage in and develop skills needed to enhance a successful transition to the community.

These positions directly supports compliance with Governor's Executive Order 16-05 Building Safe and Strong Communities through Successful Reentry. This position assists in providing individuals opportunities that will contribute to personal growth and the likelihood of reducing future victims. The Reentry Division provides people with focused opportunities for success.

A complete application packet will include all of the following attachments:

1.Cover letter regarding your interest in this position.
2.Detailed chronological resume.
3.Three professional references with valid phone number(s) and an email address for each. Definition of "professional references" is listed below in Supplemental Information section.
4.Copy of your unofficial transcripts. (if applicable)

Please note: Incomplete application packages may disqualify an application from the selection process. The information provided in your application must support your selected answers in the Supplemental Questions section of this application. Please do not upload protected documents as they may not attach to your application.

For information about the Reentry Division, please visit our

Duties

Duties include, but are not limited to:
Provide reentry navigation by assisting individuals in completing Individual Reentry Plans, Essential Needs Checklist, coordinating Reentry Team Meetings or participating in wraparound meetings, providing transfer day support as needed, and providing resource navigation that meet the identified needs and/or Scorecard items. Reentry navigation services include connecting appropriate resources and support systems based upon the individual's risk, needs, and reentry goals and objectives:

• Identify existing evidence-based programs and services that address criminogenic needs identified through the Washington ONE assessment in coordination with the individual's correctional counselor, corrections specialist, or community corrections officer. Provide resource navigation and assist with the referral process to identified programs and services in coordination with the individual's corrections counselor, corrections specialist, or community corrections officer.
• Coordinate Reentry Team Meetings with the individual and reentry team members to support stabilization and progressive achievement of identified goals and execution of the reentry plan for successful reintegration into the community.
• Meet with incarcerated individuals, key correctional staff, pro-social supporters (if available), health services and treatment staff (when applicable) for participants to identify programs, services and resources that address risk and needs during confinement, partial confinement, and following release or transfer to support successful reentry.
• Identify what resources are available in the community matching individual's IRP/Scorecard needs that will provide long-term benefits to the community and the individual.
• Develop essential needs checklist with the individual to provide a plan for the critical first 72 hours after an individual's release or transfer.
• Maintain regular communication with participant through workshops, facility visits, e-mail, telephonic or office visit.
• Attend facility and community Reentry Resource Events that promote engagement with community partners and provide ongoing support for individuals in their communities.
• Request and process essential needs funds for transfer day support.

Support the work of incarcerated individuals in developing Individual Reentry Plans to address the needs of the individuals including education, employment, substance abuse treatment, mental health treatment, family reunification, and other areas which are needed to facilitate a successful reintegration into the community. This duty serves to meet Governor Inslee's initiated Results Washington outcome measures to reduce recidivism, increase post-release employment and decrease homelessness:

• Support incarcerated individuals in development of IRPs through workshops, groups, or individual work in conjunction with internal and external stakeholders.
• Identify reentry programs and services within the assigned areas of coverage.
• Coordinate with Correctional staff to ensure that the individuals are referred and connected to the appropriate programs and services that are based upon risk and needs.
• Recruit, schedule and facilitate community-based partners to present workshops and resource information for reentry planning efforts within the institutions and in the community.

Provide effective communication, documentation, collaboration, and community outreach. Tasks include:

• Collect and track data related to reentry outcomes including IRP completion, reentry planning workshops/groups/individual efforts, Essential Needs Checklist completion, transfer day support, Reentry Team Meetings, and regular contact with individuals.
• Record, access, update, and retrieve participant-related information from agency
• Represent the agency on various community groups that provide services and partnerships to ensure continuous engagement of a wide range of systems and community-based agencies in an effort to leverage available resources that may support sustainable reentry.
• Connect incarcerated individuals with community justice center and/or community transition coordination network in the area in which the incarcerated individual will be residing once released from the correctional system.

Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• High school diploma/GED and 5 years' experience providing reentry/transition support to justice-involved population.

Five years of experience needs to include:

Three years of experience working with a range of system and community-based resources available to support the diverse spectrum of potential reentry needs such as collaborative relationships with entities external to the agency, such as county, city, and regional jails, residential/outpatient treatment facilities, housing organizations, health and human services providers, and/or work release facilities OR three years of experience using participant-driven reentry strategies in adult or juvenile corrections, social services, or closely related field.

OR

• Associate's degree and 4 years' experience providing reentry/transition support to justice-involved population.

OR

• Bachelor's degree and 3 years' experience providing reentry/transition support to justice-involved population.

OR

• Master's degree and 2 years' experience providing reentry/transition support to justice-involved population.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing, with program participants, staff at all levels within the Agency and with a broad range of system- and community-based external stakeholder organizations.
• Ability to build strong rapport with justice involved individuals and use effective engagement strategies to maintain open communication; gauge participant competencies; discuss needs, barriers, and goals; collaborate in problem- solving; and support each participant's capacity to prioritize action steps.
• Ability to develop proficient skills in group facilitation.
• Ability to work both independently and in close collaboration with system- and community-based stakeholders. Demonstrate a willingness to receive, internalize, and learn from feedback to exhibit professional growth.
• Knowledge of prison-, jail- and community corrections-based standards and rules with the ability to analyze information to identify problems and develop subsequent action and strategic plans.
  Possession of good interpersonal skills, ability to work without direct supervision, demonstration of high degree of motivation.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Expertise in the Washington State criminal justice system (i.e. law enforcement, prosecution, courts, correctional facilities, and community correction supervision) from the point of arrest to the point of release from jurisdictional custody. Working knowledge of the key decision points for the transition of person released from prison or jail to the community transition and intent and desired outcomes.

Supplemental Information
Vision: Working together for safer communities.

Mission: Improving public safety by positively changing lives.Our Commitment: To operate a safe and humane corrections system and partner with others to transform lives for a better Washington.