Kim Miller
La Grande,OR
Summary
My desire is to obtain the position of Community Corrections Coordinator, with the Oregon Department of Corrections in order to utilize my experience and skill set. My goal is to help develop, streamline, and implement new ways to increase overall program efficiency. I have extensive experience working with justice involved individuals, but also with program and policy development and training. I've had the opportunity to work throughout the state of Oregon with my Sequential Intercept Mapping work, and get to see how a person typically moves through the criminal justice system in multiple counties. My belief is that good relationships, training, and support results in better workflows, which will result in better service delivery for justice-involved persons, and community supervision programs overall. I understand many of the barriers people leaving carceral settings face, and am dedicated to finding better ways to support marginalized populations. I am an analytical, yet person-focused worker with superb problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Behavioral Health and Justice Specialist
Greater Oregon Behavioral Health
06.2022 - Current
- As a specialist with the Center, I function as a point person for Sequential Intercept Mapping (SIM), but also as one third of a team of specialists providing training and technical assistance throughout the state of Oregon.
- The Sequential Intercept process involves gathering key stakeholders with change-making abilities in a community, and walking through the process of how a person would typically flow through the criminal justice system in that community. The process gathers individuals who work within each of the six intercepts, and helps the community identify opportunities for diverting people out of the criminal justice system whenever appropriate, and also how to utilize the current resources more effectively.
- After the workshop, it is my job to collate the information and write the report. The reports are submitted to the community where the workshop was held, and also to our contract administrator, OHA, prior to the 90 day deadline.
- Through my work providing SIM workshops to the communities in Oregon, I have been able to establish relationships with multiple entities within the criminal justice system, and help them identify gaps and problem areas, to develop specific action plans in order to problem-solve within each unique community and their resources.
- I am also the co-facilitator of a nationwide SIM coordinator call that is hosted by Policy Research associates (PRA).
- Each of these quarterly calls serves to provide networking and guidance to SIM facilitators nationwide.
- As the structure of SIM workshops varies widely from state to state, myself and my co-facilitator serve as subject matter experts to research and disseminate information to the people who pose questions to the group.
- My proposal was recently approved by PRA to incorporate a facilitator portal on their website for SIM facilitators to be able to ask questions to the nation-wide group in real-time, so as not to force a delay to their answers until the next call.
Probation Services Counselor
Union County Community Corrections
11.2015 - 06.2022
- I facilitated three treatment groups, including Moral Reconation Therapy, Moving On, and Thinking for Good.
- I was a member of the Union County Treatment Court Team, as well as a member of the Steering Committee for 16 years.
- I worked closely with the specialty court coordinators during grant time to assist with grant applications, and also to ensure the Union County programs were adhering to the 10 key components of successful treatment courts.
- I was also a team member for the Union County Behavioral Health Treatment court for 1 year, and remain on the steering committee for that program.
- As a steering committee member, I continue to be involved with policy changes to program operations. Adjustments to the specialty court programs are enacted whenever the team recognizes that participants may be being held to unreasonable standards.
- I was involved with presenting information to the community along with other Treatment Court Team members in regard to the program in-general, and any upcoming community events.
- I provided support to the probation officers to explain treatment and the referral process, utilized motivational interviewing in order to engage clients with treatment and supervision obligations, assisted with crisis interventions, and went into the jail for client ASAM interviews to refer people to inpatient treatment.
- I was trained in and administered both LS/CMI and WRNA assessments as part of a comprehensive 5194 pretrial diversion assessment process.
- That job demanded a high level of collaboration with many community and statewide partners.
A&D Case Manager
Center For Human Development Inc.
02.2008 - 11.2015
- As an A&D Case Manager, I was responsible for maintaining a caseload of clients receiving SUD treatment, and worked primarily with treatment court-involved clients.
- I facilitated treatment groups, updated treatment plans, and updated annual assessments.
- I was a member of the Union County Treatment Court team, and also on the steering committee. As a team member, I attended the weekly staffing meeting with the team and judge, and also provided treatment updates on the participants who were engaged in treatment at my agency. I provided positive and constructive feedback to the participants during the court hearing, as requested by the judge.
- Part of the job-duties included reporting to referring agencies, such as the courts, ADSS, DHS Child Welfare, and parole and probation.
- I was working under a tri-county grant for most of the duration of this position, so I was also required to travel to Baker and Wallowa Counties for regular meetings with the other counselors working under the grant.
- I was responsible for helping develop a data-tracking and reporting website along with the research firm working under the grant.
- Once the data-tracking tool was complete, I was required to track the data needed for the grant, in addition to the state-required client documentation.
A&D Tracker
Center For Human Development Inc.
08.2006 - 02.2008
- As an A&D Tracker, I was responsible for providing case management services to women in the Treatment Court Program who had a history of methamphetamine use.
- I was a member of the Union County Treatment Court Team, and attended weekly staffings.
- This was a grant-funded position, and a new position for the agency, which I was responsible for developing.
- I provided transportation to the women to and from treatment groups, for job-search purposes, and also to meet basic needs such as going grocery shopping, or to food pantries.
- I did curfew checks at the women’s homes, and made referrals for additional services based on observations during home visits.
Social Services Director
Evergreen Vista
11.2004 - 08.2006
- As the Social Services Director, I was a member of the management team at an Alzheimer’s and Dementia-specific skilled nursing home.
- I was responsible for holding care plan meetings with the families of the residents. I was the point of contact for any resident concern, and was responsible for contacting family members for any new developments in a resident's health or well-being. I monitored and charted every medication change, behavioral change, new injuries and illnesses, and kept a catalog of resident belongings, and items that were needed.
- As part of the management team, I was involved in decision-making within the facility, along with employee disciplinary action-planning.
- I was involved with making plans along with the management team to address everything from dress code violations up to decisions regarding employment termination.
- I was responsible for daily behavioral health monitoring and charting for all residents, which included an enhanced-care services wing.
- This was a locked facility with nursing staff, and a behavioral health team who monitored psychotropic and physical health medications and recommended behavioral interventions for the residents.
- The management team was responsible for ensuring adequate staffing, monitoring nurse and CNA charting, and maintaining resident health and well-being.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Psychology -
Eastern Oregon University
La Grande, OR06.2004
Skills
- Current certification for CADC II
- Trained facilitator in MRT, Motivational interviewing, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies, and have been trained to facilitate the Moving On group through DPSST
- Effective communicator at multiple levels – to clients, community partners, and senators in Washington DC in order to advocate for Treatment Court funding
- Extensive training and experience in trauma-informed treatment, specializing in justice involved women
- 17 years' experience in group facilitation, and community awareness presentations
- Experience with implementation of new programs
- Trained facilitator for Sequential Intercept Model Mapping
- Self-directed employee
- Able to prioritize time
- I have excellent judgement and discretion with sensitive information and situations
- Collaborative person by nature
- Excellent long-term relationships with collaborative partners in the community, and statewide
Accomplishments
- Certified Addiction Counselor - CADC II
- Adult Learning Core/Coaching and Feedback Training through DPSST
- How Being Trauma-Informed Improves Judicial Decision-Making
- Tactical Verbal De-escalation of People Experiencing a Mental Health Crisis
- Various Ethics trainings, including: Racism as an Ethical Issue, and Ethical Decision-Making in Social Work
- LS/CMI and WRNA
- ASAM
Timeline
Behavioral Health and Justice Specialist
Greater Oregon Behavioral Health
06.2022 - Current
Probation Services Counselor
Union County Community Corrections
11.2015 - 06.2022
A&D Case Manager
Center For Human Development Inc.
02.2008 - 11.2015
A&D Tracker
Center For Human Development Inc.
08.2006 - 02.2008
Social Services Director
Evergreen Vista
11.2004 - 08.2006
Bachelor of Science in Psychology -
Eastern Oregon University
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