2nd Judicial District Regional Manager Non-Licensed

Job Title: Regional Manager Nonlicensed Job Code: 880001

Monthly Salary Range: $7449.25 $10056.50 FLSA Status: Exempt

Annual Salary Range: $89391.00 $120678.00 Location: Colorado

Reports to: Legal Director Approved: 2/5/2024

Application Opening Date: 4/11/2025 Application Closing Date: 4/21/2025 at 8:00am MST

Please note this posting may be used to establish an applicant talent pool

About Bridges of Colorado

Established in 2018 Bridges of Colorado places Bridges Service Professionals across Colorados 23 judicial districts to serve defendants (referred to as participants) in the criminal justice system who have significant mental health needs. Individuals with high acuity mental health needs are ten times more likely to be jailed and nationally there are three times more individuals with serious mental illness in jails or prisons than in hospitals. Bridges has been identified nationwide as a promising practice that focuses on the whole person. It is intentionally designed to address disparities often experienced by this population in the criminal justice system. Bridges Service Professionals advocate for each participants inherent worth and dignity by centering their lived experiences and voice to ensure their behavioral health best interests. At its very core Bridges is personcentered advocacy rooted in solutionfocused collaborative practices intended to promote positive outcomes for participants.

About the Role

This role exemplifies our values of being

PersonCentered by

Supporting Bridges service professionals in providing ongoing personalized engagement with participants through personcentered solutionfocused case management.

Supervising 810 employees in the Brides service professional job series across the assigned district(s) or region. Responsibilities include training; planning assigning and directing work; quality control and time management of delivery of services to participants. Leads or provides input into and participates in discipline dismissal and hiring processes of employees.

Ensuring Bridges service professionals conduct intake screening and assessment with participants in a timely manner that is in alignment with personcentered practices.

Assisting Bridges service professionals to determine appropriate meaningful and culturally responsive referral and treatment options. As needed help them to identify existing programs community agencies and payor sources (such as Medicaid) to support participant engagement with the most appropriate services.

Providing support to Bridges service professionals as they work to make direct connections to and support engagement with a wide range of services for participants including but not limited to inpatient outpatient and outofcustody competency evaluations and/or restoration services case management services behavioral health services or psychiatric services or supports and employment housing and other social supports.

Engaging in all aspects of the program in ways that humanize participants including practicing traumainformed care culturally competent responses and providing advocacy when participant wellbeing is at significant risk. Identify areas for staff growth or improvement and guide and oversee them accordingly. Identify when a supervisee may not be able to appropriately serve a participant or case and make staffing adjustments as necessary

Supervising Bridges service professionals in ways that support workplace sustainability and wellbeing of them including practicing traumainformed care culturally competent responses and swift responses when BSP safety is at risk.

Providing leadership for development of or participation in onboarding education communities of practice team meetings and professional development opportunities as recommended or required by Bridges leadership.

SolutionFocused by

Supporting Bridges service professionals in informing judicial officers and attorneys (via reports to the court and appearances at court hearings) in a timely manner about participant needs regarding mental health social determinants of health and equitable access to related services including communitybased services.

Ensuring Bridges service professionals inform judicial officers and attorneys in a timely manner about available and appropriate behavioral health services and supports competency evaluations restoration to competency services and other relevant decisions barriers and issues facing individuals with behavioral health conditions who are involved with the criminal justice system.

Supporting Bridges service professionals in their role as a resource for Court and Parties to the case. (The BSP shall not be an independent party in a case nor serve in a role intended to monitor compliance with a court order by a Party or other person associated with a case. Provide leadership and guidance to supervisees when there are challenges maintaining the neutral behaviorhealthfocused role of the service professional.

Identifying gaps or areas of need in the local or state network of behavioral health services and work with Bridges leadership to pursue solutions.

Functioning as a resource expert across the assigned district(s) and region.

Supporting Bridges service professionals in advocating for the behavioral health best interests of participants with judicial officers and attorneys by engaging the highest standards of integrity professionalism and legal neutrality.

Collaborative by

Fostering collaboration and communication between behavioral health and criminal justice systems in ways that promote positive outcomes and ensure participants are treated fairly and humanely regardless of their behavioral health history or mental state.

Supporting Bridges service professionals as they work with judicial officers attorneys jails hospitals and service providers to address system gaps and barriers and promote positive outcomes for participants in assigned cases.

In partnership with Bridges service professionals provide informal noncase specific consultation education and advocacy with court and community partners across the assigned region in order to address systemic barriers across both the behavioral health and criminal justice systems.

Serving in lead role for addressing communitybased gaps barriers problemsolving and initiating needsbased projects and solutions in assigned region across judicial districts in alignment with education materials strategies and priorities identified by Bridges leadership.

Serving as a subjectmatter specialist to the statewide team on topic(s) as assigned. Monitor existing laws policies best practices and relevant changes in assigned topic(s) pertaining to Bridges.

Providing consultations to Bridges service professionals statewide regarding the assigned topic(s) and provide additional support on individual cases as needed.

Providing education to Bridges service professionals statewide and other court and community partners regarding the assigned topic(s) by creating fact sheets for publication and developing and delivering educational sessions as needed.

SUPERVISORY DUTIES: Will provide direct supervision of employees in the Bridges service professional job series.

Other Responsibilities

This is a dynamic position where the scope of responsibilities and duties will evolve and the incumbent should anticipate fulfilling other duties as assigned that are reasonable and necessary to fulfill the Bridges mission. The ideal candidate for this role is expected to not only possess the ability to fulfill the outlined duties but will also be a proactive adaptable and capable contributor to the development of the roles scope and responsibilities aligning them with the evolving needs of the Office.

About You

You are passionate about working to improve the systems of care for those caught in the intersection of behavioral health and the criminal justice system along with the following:

Personcentered solutionsfocused and collaborative and are deeply committed to justice equity diversity and inclusion.

Value individualized solutions and responses that are meaningful to the participant and their wellbeing.

Knowledge and experience of interpersonal traumainformed approaches and systems of care specifically understanding the importance of being personcentered solutionfocused and collaborative in this work.

Able to communicate and collaborate with varying levels of positions of power and manage conflict proactively and responsively with professionalism confidentiality clarity and effectiveness.

Creative selfmotivated and able to work and make decisions independently in a decentralized environment.

Clientdriven and valuesdriven.

Aligned with Bridges culture and passionate about supporting it throughout the organization.

Must be responsive flexible and adaptable to the evolving needs of the role and the organization.

Capable of and enjoys thriving in a fastpaced multitasking environment with thoughtful decisionmaking skills.

Emotional intelligence; able to create and sustain helpful professional relationships thoughtfully and responsively with empathy respect and collaboration.

Lived Experience

At Bridges we value lived experience in all forms. If you were formally justice involved or have experiences within the criminal justice and behavioral systems outside of formal education and work experience we want to know! To discuss how your lived experience may be considered as a substitution for minimum qualifications please reach out to Jori Dovey People & Culture Director at

Minimum Qualifications

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelors degree in social justice social work sociology criminology or a related field.

Minimum of four 4 years work experience in criminal justice behavioral health or related field including at least two 2 years of direct employment supervision.

Demonstration of expertise and experience in a subject matter relevant to the core mission of Bridges including rural and resort communities juveniles guardianship family cultural responsivity housing and transitions benefits enrollment competency and other related subject matter.

Demonstration of professional alignment with Bridges values culture and principles of justice and equity throughout the organization.

OR

At least two 2 years as an employee or contractor with Bridges may substitute for the minimum qualifications above with additional specialized training that may be required upon hire.

Years of relevant work experience may substitute for the educational requirement with the exception of any required licenses certifications or accreditations.

Years of education may substitute for the work experience requirement.

Relevant lived experience could be considered as a substitution for educational and/or work experience with the exception of any required licenses certifications or accreditations. Please contact Jori Dovey to determine whether your lived experience substitutes for any of the minimum qualifications.

Preferred Qualifications

Masters degree in social justice social work sociology criminology or a related field.

Seven or more 7 years work experience in criminal justice behavioral health or related field.

Demonstrated continuing education advocacy or volunteer work in DEI JEDI or social justice principles. Lived experience as it pertains to these principles in action will also be considered.

Experience with behavioral health and justiceinvolved populations.

Knowledge of the competency system.

Language proficiency beyond English.

Position Location and Travel Requirements

Bridges supports and fosters a flexible workplace for its employees. Upon initial employment the supervisor will make a workplace determination which best suits the needs of Bridges and the employees role. This position will work from home with regular inperson requirements to meet business needs (i.e. court hearings participant meetings) and regional and state travel depending on the particular assignment. Employees are expected to be readily available to meet business and lastminute needs. Occasional travel to the Bridges office in Denver is to be expected. Reliable transportation will be required.

Accommodations

The Office of Bridges of Colorado is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment including completing the application process interviewing completing any preemployment testing participating in the employee selection process and/or performing essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation please direct your inquiries to Jori Dovey People & Culture Director

Compensation

We are proud of our equityconscious pay scale for all positions providing livable wages robust benefits and meaningful timeoff policies.

This positions hiring pay is salaried. Pay for this position is $83391 to $102800. For equity the pay for this position (and all Bridges positions) is based upon the costofliving adjustment for the Denver metro area. Actual compensation offered will be determined based on prior experience education knowledge skills and abilities relevant to the position. As a person grows in this role the full pay range is currently $89391.00 to $120678.00.

In addition we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes health dental and vision coverage for spouses families and domestic partners; employerpaid basic life and AD&D insurance and short and longterm disability insurance; Public Employee Retirement Association (PERA) benefits; family and parental leave benefits; generous paid time off. Click here for further information about State of Colorado employee benefits.

We also offer professional and career development opportunities including clinical supervision toward relevant licensure. A cell phone will be provided along with a hybrid work arrangement when feasible for your positions responsibilities. Each employee will receive a laptop for their home office or travel for work. All employees will also receive exclusive parking at a discounted rate near the Ralph Carr Judicial building for easy access to the inperson meetings in Denver.

How to Apply

You will be required to provide the following documents:

Resume

Cover letter

List of three references with contact information 2 of 3 must be professional)

Incomplete applications will not be considered. Faxed mailed or emailed applications will not be accepted unless you are instructed to do so. Please direct any additional inquiries or questions to

If you are offered employment the following are the conditions of employment:

Be a current resident of the State of Colorado or become a resident of the State of Colorado within 30 days of the hire date;

Have reliable transportation to meet your positions travel requirements;

Ability to work remotely in an office setting and travel throughout Colorado or region depending on the positions responsibilities;

Be willing to submit to a routine background investigation including a criminal history check;

If hired the Immigration Reform and Control Act requires you to provide proof of your eligibility to work in the United States within three 3 workdays of your start date.

Bridges of Colorado is an equal opportunity employer committed to equity diversity and inclusion of all voices in the workplace. We consider applicants equally and do not discriminate on the basis of race ethnicity age religion social class national origin marital or parental status pregnancy disability status sexual orientation gender gender identity or expression veteran status or political affiliation. We are committed to fostering a culture of inclusion and an environment of representation of diversity. We highly encourage individuals of all identities backgrounds and experiences to apply.