Job Lead- Temporary Peer Specialist

Position: Temporary Peer Specialist
Company: Program for Assertive Community Treatment (PACT)
Location: Seattle, WA and surrounding area
Pay Range: $2,651 - $3,381 per month DOQ
Position Closes: September 7, 2010

Position Description: This is a temporary position not eligible for benefits or SEIU membership. Applications must be received by September 7, 2010 in order to be considered. A person who is or has been a recipient of mental health services for severe and persistent mental illness holds this position. Because of their life experience with mental illness and mental health services, the peer specialist provides expertise that professional training cannot replicate. Peer specialists are fully integrated team members who provide highly individualized services in the community and promote client self-determination and decision-making. Peer specialists also provide essential expertise and consultation to the entire team to promote a culture in which each client’s point of view and preferences are recognized, understood, respected and integrated into treatment, rehabilitation, and community self-help activities. Staff hired must be certified by the Washington State Peer Support Counselor Training Program within 1 year of employment with PACT team. For more information, please see the complete job description at www.desc.org/jobs.html

Company Information: The Program for Assertive Community Treatment (PACT) is a client-centered recovery-oriented mental health service delivery model that has received substantial empirical support for facilitating community living, psychosocial rehabilitation, and recovery for persons who have the most severe and persistent mental illnesses, have severe symptoms and impairments, and have not benefited from traditional outpatient programs.

PACT serves clients with severe and persistent mental illness that are complex, have devastating effects on functioning, and, because of the limitations of traditional mental health services, may have gone without appropriate services. Consequently, the client group is often over represented among the homeless and in jails and prisons, and has been unfairly thought to resist or avoid involvement in treatment. PACT services are delivered by a group of multidisciplinary mental health staff who work as a team and provide the majority of the treatment, rehabilitation, and support services clients need to achieve their goals. The team is directed by a project manager, team leader and a psychiatric prescriber and includes a sufficient number of staff from the core mental health disciplines, at least one peer specialist, and a program or administrative support staff who work in shifts to cover 24 hours per day, seven days a week and to provide intensive services (multiple contacts may be as frequent as two to three times per day, seven days per week, which are based on client need and a mutually agreed upon plan between the client and PACT staff). Many, if not all, staff share responsibility for addressing the needs of all clients requiring frequent contact. PACT services are individually tailored with each client and address the preferences and identified goals of each client. The approach with each client emphasizes relationship building and active involvement in assisting individuals with severe and persistent mental illness to make improvements in functioning, to better manage symptoms, to achieve individual goals, and to maintain optimism. There should be no more than 8-10 clients to one staff member. The PACT team is mobile and delivers services in community locations to enable each client to find and live in their own residence and find and maintain work in community jobs rather than expecting the client to come to the program. Seventy-five percent or more of the services are provided outside of the program offices in locations that are comfortable and convenient for clients. PACT services are delivered in an ongoing rather than time-limited framework to aid the process of recovery and ensure continuity of caregiver. Severe and persistent mental illnesses are episodic disorders and many clients benefit from the availability of a longer-term treatment approach and continuity of care.

To Apply: Submit a cover letter and resume to: DESC-PACT, ATTN: Human Resources,
515 3rd Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104, fax to (206) 515-1501, or email to hr@desc.org.
Please note that cover letters and resumes attached to an email as separate documents will not be accepted unless they are in format readable by MS Word or Adobe Reader. The following document formats are unacceptable and will not be reviewed: .wps, .jpeg.

Job Opening - Resident Caretaker for Beach Plum Farm (22-Acre Conservation Property) in Maine

The mission of the Great Works Regional Land Trust is to conserve the value of our natural, historic, agricultural, forestry, scenic and recreational resources. We pursue this mission by holding property and conservation easements where these values are present and by promoting the need and value of conservation through education and other related activities.

Our work is concentrated in the southern Maine towns of Eliot, South Berwick, Berwick, North Berwick, Wells and Ogunquit. Since our inception in 1986, the Trust has completed 84 projects conserving over 4100 acres.

Great Works Regional Land Trust (GWRLT) is currently seeking (9/1/10) a resident caretaker for its Beach Plum Farm property in Ogunquit.

Beach Plum Farm is a 22-acre conservation property located at 610 Main Street in Ogunquit. Beach Plum Farm is open to the public from dawn to dusk, makes community garden plots available, for a nominal fee, to members of the public and houses the GWRLT’s office in addition to the caretaker’s residence. The caretaker’s residence consists of a 2 bedroom, 1 bath house with full basement, an open concept kitchen/living room and a washer/dryer.

Initially, a one-year lease is required; after one year tenancy is at will, with 60-day notice to vacate. Rent is $1,200 per month with a $600 abatement applied for performance of caretaking duties. A security deposit equal to one month rent ($1200) is required.

Caretaking duties are defined as:

· General maintenance and upkeep (including mowing and fall and spring cleanup,

· Shoveling walkways and porches of the grounds immediately surrounding the caretaker’s residence,

· Public relations (being the “face of the Land trust” to farm visitors and community members), communication of Land Trust policies for the property,

· Oversight of the security of all buildings on the property and

· Management and oversight of the Community Gardens Program.

Limited, mutually agreed upon, additional work on the property may be seasonally available, billed to GWRLT at the rate of $14.00 per hour or on a per task basis. Any such additional work will be approved by GWRLT staff prior to commencement. Such additional work could include: additional mowing on the property, annual maintenance of memorial benches, invasive species management and non-routine maintenance of the caretaker’s residence and/or the other buildings on the property.

Anyone interested in this position should contact the Great Works Regional Land Trust office at (207) 646-3604 or info@gwrlt.org. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for additional information and an application.

Beach Plum Farm Community Gardens Program

The Community Gardens Program at Beach Plum Farm involves roughly 60 (sixty) 20’x20’ garden plots that are leased to individuals in the community on an annual basis. Enrollment is opened first to prior year gardeners with a letter of inquiry in March. Gardeners are assigned the same plot every year when possible. Enrollment is opened to prospective gardeners on the waiting list in April. Any plots not assigned by the beginning of May are offered to the community at large and advertised via a press release.

Community Gardens Program Management & Oversight responsibilities:

· Meet with GWRLT staff annually (usually in spring) or as otherwise necessary

· Maintain database of current and waiting-list gardeners

· Prepare and send annual spring letter

· Work with GWRLT staff to develop Community Gardens Program rules and regulations

· Work with GWRLT staff to develop/maintain appropriate signage

· Represent GWRLT in all interactions with gardeners

· Communicate with current and prospective gardeners as necessary (in person or by phone, letter or email)

· Help to prevent theft or other inappropriate activities in and around garden plots

· Assist GWRLT in developing, communicating and implementing Community Gardens Program rules and guidelines

· Assign plots to new and/or waiting-list gardeners

· Help ensure organic practices

· Be reasonably available to gardeners for information, questions and/or assistance

· Arrange and prepare for and oversee spring tilling; limited tilling as necessary with GWRLT equipment

· Prepare plots, as necessary, for winter

· Arrange for fall purging of water lines; ensure water lines are on and operational in spring

· Other duties as may be necessary

Job Lead- Organizer

Position:Organizer
Company: Got Green
Location: Seattle, WA

Company Description: Got Green is a start-up organization - sponsored by the White Center Community Development Association - and we are seeking an experienced community organizer to build a racially diverse activist base of low income and working class young adults of color to fight to ensure that their communities fully benefit from the sustainable, green economy.

We are entering a historic time in our country where local efforts to reduce greenhouse gases and global warming are expected to generate thousands of job opportunities as well as new products that are healthier for our homes and families. Got Green believes that through community organizing, we can make sure that Seattle-area “green jobs” provide opportunity to communities most in need: low income communities of color; and that “green jobs” are also “good jobs” - paying a living wage and benefits. We also believe that through organizing, we can make sure that low-income families gain equal access to “green products” and “green lifestyles.”

Job Responsibilities:
. Recruit and develop the leadership of low income and young adults of color to participate in and lead all of Got Green’s activities.
. Develop and implement a broad-based outreach and recruitment plan to 1) Bring new members into Got Green; 2) Educate communities of color (including recent immigrant communities) about green jobs opportunities; 3) Recruit potential participants into a union-certified Weatherization Installer Tech training program.
. Work with volunteer activists to plan and lead community organizing campaigns aimed at 1) Shifting the balance of power in favor of low income communities; 2) Winning concrete demands that improve the lives of low income young adults of color.
. Organize events such as community forums; hip-hop shows; film showings; accountability sessions; etc. to advance Got Green’s outreach and organizing.
. Create leadership and personal development plans with each of Got Green’s core constituent leaders. Support Got Green leaders towards reaching their goals.
. Help to develop and lead organizing skills trainings and political education sessions for Got Green constituents/activists.
. Build and maintain a community-based interpreting/translation network
. Assist with fundraising activities such as grant writing; meetings with potential funders; event organizing; as needed.
. Support Got Green’s Weatherization Tech Installer training program and fieldwork. Build relationships with Got Green trainees to involve them in community organizing efforts.
. Participate in staff meetings, organization-wide retreats and on-going strategic planning sessions and support other staff where needed
. Represent Got Green’s mission, values and objectives in all interactions with the public.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

. Demonstrated connections to and “roots” in communities of color
. Minimum three years direct organizing experience around economic, racial, and/or gender justice issues - preferably in communities of color
. Experience developing the leadership skills of low income/working class constituents
. Excellent written and verbal communications skills
. Strong computer skills - MS Office, Web-based email, databases, etc.
. Ability to work evenings and weekends as required
. Valid WA State Driver’s license, owns a vehicle, is/can be insured.
. “Risk taker” and “Team player”

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
. Fluent in a second language
. Existing network in one or more local communities of color
. Experience with/knowledge of organized labor movement and specifically building trades unions
. Desktop publishing, graphic design, or web design experience
. Sense of humor

Compensation: $37K-$42K DOE, Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance, Sick Leave & Accrual, Vacation (12 days in the first year), 12 paid holidays

To Apply: Submit resume, cover letter and three references ASAP via email to:
<”ailto:info@gotgreen.org> info@gotgreen.org
SUBJECT LINE: Organizer position

Please also submit your answer (500 words or less) to the following: What have you found to be the greatest challenges and opportunities to building a grassroots activist base in low-income communities of color?

Job Lead- Data Manager/Analyst

Job Title: Data Manager/Analyst
Company: University of Washington
Location: Seattle, WA

Position Description: The Innovative Programs Research Group (IPRG) is an externally funded entity within the University of Washington School of Social Work. Funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the Department of Defense (DOD) is currently supporting these randomized controlled trials:

o The Men’s Domestic Abuse Check-Up (MDACU) is evaluating a telephone-delivered motivational enhancement intervention with adult males who are abusing alcohol/drugs, engaging in intimate partner violence, and are neither in counseling nor undergoing adjudication.
o Motivating Treatment Seeking and Behavior Change by Untreated Military Personnel Abusing Alcohol or Drugs. In collaboration with Ft. Lewis, this study is evaluating a brief telephone-delivered intervention with military personnel who are abusing alcohol or drugs and are not currently in treatment.
o Marijuana Dependence Treatment (PRN). In collaboration with Virginia Polytechnic Institute, this two-year study is evaluating an in-person motivational enhancement intervention and cognitive behavior therapy with adults who are marijuana dependent.
o Teen Marijuana Check-Up 4 (TMCU4). This 5-year study is in collaboration with Virginia Polytechnic Institute and will evaluate a brief intervention conducted in high schools for adolescents who use marijuana heavily.

The Data Manager/Analyst will oversee the data management and assessment quality assurance activities associated with two or more of the above IPRG trials, as well as any future studies conducted at this group.

FTE 50%-100% (depending on project need).

To Apply: Please visit the University of Washington Employment Website
(http://www.washington.edu/admin/hr/jobs/apl/index.html) and refer to job #67240.

Five Job Openings - Office of the Superintendent for Public Instruction

The five job openings are:

Program Specialist
College Success Foundation Contracts Manager
Secondary Reading Assessment Specialist
Early Learning Director
Teaching and Learning Science Director

To apply to to http://www.k12.wa.us/employment/default.aspx

Job Lead- After-School Program Director

Position: After-School Program Director
Company: Vietnamese Friendship Association
Location: Seattle, WA
Compensation: $28,000 to $33,000 DOE

Position Summary: The Vietnamese Friendship Association, a 501(c)(3), works to empower the Vietnamese community to succeed while bridging cultures. We are located in the Southeast district at the Othello Station on the Link Light Rail. We serve youth and families, primarily low-income Vietnamese, through after-school, parent advocacy, and other programs. We are seeking a qualified, Vietnamese bilingual-bicultural candidate to direct our EASE (Educational Assistance for Student Empowerment) after-school program and summer program, which serves over 150 students each year. For more information, please visit our website, vfaseattle.org.

Major Responsibilities: Maintain an organized and successful after-school and summer program. This includes such responsibilities as: develop and implement policies and procedures for programs; create, maintain, and update Policy and Procedure Manual as needed; create and oversee implementation of an ongoing student recruitment plan including development of an annual recruitment and quarterly activity plans; development and distribution of program marketing materials; presentations to targeted organizations; and ensuring a presence at key community events, etc.; recruit, train, and supervise team of program tutors and other staff; recruit, train, and supervise team of program volunteers and service learners; plan and implement program activities; work with Executive Director and other staff to ensure financial sustainability of programs.

Duration: 9/8/2010- 8/31/2011 with possibility of extension depending on job performance and availability of funding.

Benefits: Health, dental insurance, 18 days of flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) accrued bi-weekly

Minimum Qualifications: BA, preferably in education or social work related field. 2+ years of experience in the field of after-school program/youth development work. Proficiency in written and spoken Vietnamese. Skills in program planning, implementation, evaluation, training, and supervision. Proficiency in Microsoft Office and basic computer skills. US citizen or lawful permanent resident. Transportation, WA driver’s license, insurance. Agree to take, and pass, WA background check.

To Apply: Please send your resume and cover letter, and three professional references to vu.le@vfaseattle.org by 5pm 8-29-10

The Vietnamese Friendship Association is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, age, religion, gender identity, or sexual orientation.

Job Lead- Case Manager

Position: Case Manager
Company: Wellspring Family Services
Location: King County, WA
Salary: $38k - $45k DOQ

Job Duties: Clinically assess factors that have led to the client’s current situation (facing homelessness), develop care plans to address client strengths and needs as they relate to housing self-sufficiency, including goals, action steps and expected outcomes. Our open position is in intervention to keep families from becoming homeless.

Qualifications: MSW or BSW or related degree, 1 - 3 years’ experience as case manager; working with homeless families and diverse populations desired.

To Apply: Go to www.wellspringfs.org/careers for full instructions

Job Lead- Lead Preschool Teacher

Position: Lead Preschool Teacher
Company: Wellspring Family Services
Location: King County, WA
Salary: $14 - $16/hour DOQ

Job Description: Work with homeless families and children who are living in emergency or transitional housing. Our Early Learning Center offers a stable and safe learning environment that helps children ages one to five develop social and emotional skills, self-esteem, independence, conflict resolution, and school readiness.

Qualifications: Minimum of AA in Early Childhood Education (required); 3+ years of experience in a child care setting working with children ages 2 to 5 years, with 2 years as a lead teacher.

To Apply: Go to www.wellspringfs.org/careers for full instructions

Job Lead- Housing Services Intake Coordinator

Position: Housing Services Intake Coordinator
Company: Wellspring Family Services
Location: King County, WA
Salary: $15-17/hour DOQ

Job Summary: Support our housing services clients by conducting clinical screening (intake), and by providing program support.

Qualifications: BA in social services or related and 1 year of experience or AA and 4 years’ experience providing stabilization services to low income families.

To Apply: For more information and application instructions, go to www.wellspringfs.org/careers

Job Lead: Communications Assistant

Position: Communications Assistant
Company: One America (formerly Hate Free Zone)
Location: Seattle, WA

Company Description: OneAmerica (formerly Hate Free Zone) is a dynamic Seattle-based nonprofit organization whose mission is to advance the principles of democracy and justice at the local, state and national levels through building power in immigrant communities, in conjunction with key allies.

OneAmerica has grown to become a nationally and locally recognized leader in advancing immigrant, civil and human rights. Our strategies include public policy advocacy, community organizing, public education and outreach, electoral organizing (including voter registration and mobilization) and leadership development for immigrants and refugees in Washington State. We also participate at a leadership level on several national coalitions on issues involving due process for immigrants, comprehensive immigration reform and national immigrant voting. Our work has resulted in specific policy changes and increased power for immigrants in Washington State.

To achieve our mission, OneAmerica is committed to five core goals: Increase and enhance participation of immigrants in civic life; Increase capacity of local immigrant and refugee organizations across the state to lead and advocate for change; Improve the public climate for immigrants and refugee communities in our state and nationally; Win positive policy change for immigrants and refugees across the state and nationally; and Increase One America’s organizational capacity to achieve goals effectively, efficiently and sustainably.

Position Description: The Communications Assistant is a full-time position based in our Seattle office and works with the Communications Director and organizing staff to execute campaigns in support of our program priorities. The successful candidate will be passionate about our mission and have a whatever it takes attitude; be comfortable working in a fast-paced organizing environment; juggling competing priorities; and working collaboratively with the teams of organizers, policy and administrative staff. The Communications Assistant supports the organization communications efforts by coordinating website content and design; managing email blasts and contact lists; maintaining social networking sites and developing creative new strategies with existing and new tools; designing and editing content and collateral materials that further both programmatic and fundraising efforts; conducting local and national media outreach and tracking media coverage; and supporting events and campaigns. This position reports to the Communications Director but works closely with members of our organizing, policy, and development staff.

Responsibilities Include: Maintain and update websites, Design and manage e-blasts and action alerts; Create, edit and post online video for social marketing and campaign purposes; Maintain and advance social media sites and strategies; Facebook, Twitter, YouTube etc.; Design and edit publications and materials for advocacy and fundraising; Coordinate small- and large-scale printing and contracted media services/campaigns with vendors, including A/P for communications department, billing and invoice management and other general and administrative duties; Assist with media relations and press events; Provide logistical and administrative support for organizing events and campaigns; Manage and segment existing email list (Constant Contact), ensuring coordination with organizational database (Salesforce)

Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, marketing or other related field; 2-3 years of experience in communications work; Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to tell stories of our members in support of organizing work in different formats; Strong technology skills including online, multimedia, database management, email blasts, social media, video; Experience with HTML, CSS, Drupal, CMS Web, WordPress, Constant Contact, Mac/PC platforms, Adobe CS, Salesforce and other data management tools preferred; at a minimum, demonstrated ability to learn new platforms essential; Strong, demonstrated graphic design skills; Candidate should be organized and highly detail-oriented; Able to work independently on multiple projects in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment; Commitment to core mission of the organization and ability to work with diverse populations; Second language, especially Spanish, preferred. Salary: Commensurate with experience. Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, life and long term disability; 403B plan; sick time, family leave, and generous vacation.

To Apply: Send the following material via email to Interim Communications Director Charlie McAteer at jobs@weareoneamerica.org with the subject line “Communications Assistant”

• Cover letter

• Resume

• Three examples of written work, preferably published, that demonstrate your writing style and ability

• Links to examples of your website work

• Examples of graphic design skills

• Examples of online video (if applicable)

• Any additional materials that demonstrate your design, web or writing ability

• Salary requirements

Potential finalists will be asked to interview and may be asked to complete a test of their tech/web abilities.

Please no drop-ins, calls or faxes.

CANDIDATES OF COLOR ENCOURAGED TO APPLY

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