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Dakota Co Sheriff's Office- Housing- (Emerge)
 
 
 
**APPLICANTS CANNOT BE ON PROBATION OR HAVE SERVED TIME IN A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN THE LAST YEAR! MUST HAVE RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION. The Housing Specialist position is part of the Emerge VISTA program and will be serving out of the Dakota County Sheriff’s Office in Hastings MN. DCSO is a paramilitary organization that is directed by elected official Sheriff Tim Leslie, an innovator and avid supporter of jail programs. Our facility is known throughout Minnesota for its creative programming, and we have been recognized county and Minnesota-wide for our efforts. This is not a "typical jail"! Our facility is innovative and unique. The mission of the DCSO is to provide a safe place for community members and families to live, work, and thrive. The VISTA will work alongside a dynamic and eccentric team of jail programs staff and associates that share a collective goal to improve the lives of offenders through education and support. Our passionate team strives to maintain existing programs and create new evidence-based programming that addresses risk factors that lead offenders to recidivate. It is our experience that these factors, if unmanaged, ultimately lead ex-offenders back to our doors and into the cycle of re-incarceration. We aim to metaphorically “break the chains” in incarceration by supporting our offenders with re-entry tools that will allow offenders to return to our communities better off so that they can contribute positively to society. This will ultimately create more stable families, strengthen our communities, and reduce the financial burden on our taxpayers. Programs that we offer include chemical dependency, employment readiness, anger management, parenting skills, domestic abuse prevention, general education and college preparation, cognitive thinking skills, and relapse prevention, to name a few. The jail is a 24/7/365 facility that offers a unique, fast-paced, and challenging environment for a mature and adventurous VISTA.
 
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Member Duties : In this position, you will build relationships with housing stakeholders and attend community meetings, develop and implement housing workshops, devise a tracking system to follow-up on participants success post-release, provide housing resources to offenders, and create a more streamlined referral system to connect ex-offenders with landlords and Group Residential Housing (GRH) providers. The relationships you build with local housing providers, and the services you coordinate will provide the offenders with skills needed to secure housing after release and stay out of jail!
 
Program Benefits : health benefit ,  Childcare assistance if eligible ,  Living Allowance ,  Training ,  Relocation Allowance ,  Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend ,  Education award upon successful completion of service . 
 
 
*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits.
 
Terms :
Car recommended ,  Permits working at another job during off hours . 
 
Service Areas :
Ex-Offender Reentry ,  Public Safety ,  Housing ,  Community and Economic Development ,  Homelessness ,  Community Outreach ,  Education ,  Neighborhood Revitalization . 
 
Skills :
Education ,  Recruitment ,  Social Services ,  Community Organization ,  Team Work ,  Business/Entrepreneur ,  Communications ,  Writing/Editing ,  Law ,  Public Speaking ,  Computers/Technology ,  Conflict Resolution ,  Leadership ,  Teaching/Tutoring ,  General Skills ,  Fund raising/Grant Writing . 
 
 
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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA
Program
Dakota Co Sheriff's Office- Housing- (Emerge)
Program Start/End Date
07/30/2016  -   07/29/2017
Work Schedule Full Time
Education level
College graduate
Age Requirement
Minimum:  18    Maximum:  None
Program Locations MINNESOTA  
Languages
English
Accepting Applications
From  03/31/2016  To  06/17/2016 
Contact Hal Palmer
1580 Highway 55
Hastings   MN   55033
651-438-4828
Hal.Palmer@co.dakota.mn.us
www.dakotacountysheriff.org
Listing ID 59424

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