Kim Miller
La Grande,OR
Summary
Dynamic professional with 17 years of experience in behavioral health and justice systems, including impactful roles at the Oregon Judicial Department. Skilled in trauma-informed treatment and collaborative problem-solving, I excel in facilitating community partnerships and advocating for treatment court funding, ensuring effective outcomes for justice-involved individuals.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Release Assistance Officer
Oregon Judicial Department
La Grande, Oregon
03.2024 - Current
- As a Release Assistance Officer (RAO), I am tasked with interviewing adults in custody (AIC) at the county jail in order to gather information pertinent to their potential release.
- After interviewing AIC's, I run a criminal history check through the Law Enforcement Database System (LEDS) of the AIC, make phone calls to community partners for referrals and to collect collateral information, and formulate a recommendation that will be delivered orally on the court record during the afternoon arraignment hearing.
- RAOs are responsible for data entry and tracking and ensuring individuals on pretrial release are compliant with their release agreements.
- Release violation affidavits are submitted to the District Attorney's Office in the interest of public and victim safety.
Behavioral Health and Justice Specialist
Greater Oregon Behavioral Health
06.2022 - 03.2024
- As a specialist with the Center, I served as the point person and lead facilitator 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 and utilize the resources within 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. The SIM process is a multi-agency and often statewide collaborative event which gathers a diverse group of individuals with differing perspectives. Facilitation of these events required walking that group through a collaborative process in order to reach a problem-solving perspective for shared goals.
- During my time as the lead SIM facilitator, I worked with my team of specialists to restructure the SIM questions to be more inclusive to people with neurocognitive conditions, including autism, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and dementia. These populations have different experiences within the systems of care, and I felt it was important to highlight service gaps for those individuals.
- After the workshop, it was my job to collate the information and write the report. The reports were 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 multiple systems, 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 was also the co-facilitator of a nationwide SIM coordinator call that was hosted by Policy Research associates (PRA).
- Each of those quarterly calls served to provide networking and guidance to SIM facilitators nationwide.
- As the structure of SIM workshops can vary widely from state to state, my co-facilitator and I served as subject matter experts to research and disseminate information to the people who posed questions to the group.
- My proposal was approved by PRA to incorporate a facilitator portal on their website for SIM facilitators to ask questions to the nationwide group in real time, so as not to force a delay in their answers until the next call.
Probation Services Counselor
Union County Community Corrections
, OR
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 was also on the steering committee for that program.
- As a steering committee member, I was involved with policy changes to program operations. Adjustments to the specialty court programs were enacted whenever the team recognized that participants were being held to unreasonable standards.
- I was involved in presenting information to the community, along with other Treatment Court Team members, regarding 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.
- That job demanded a high level of collaboration with many community and statewide partners.
A&D Case Manager
Center For Human Development Inc.
La Grande, OR
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.
La Grande, OR
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
La Grande, OR
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 helped to develop a local support group for caregivers and families of people who are living with dementia.
- I was the lead organizer for the Alzheimer Foundation's local Memory Walk for two years.
- 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.
- Part of my managerial duties was to ensure the facility was ready for the state surveyors to come and ensure that the state standards for care were being upheld.
- 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
- Certified Release Assistance Officer
- LEDS Certification
- Certified Sequential Intercept Model Mapping facilitator for the State of Oregon
- 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
- DEI Cultural Competency & Ethics for Health Professionals trained
- 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
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
Timeline
Release Assistance Officer
Oregon Judicial Department
03.2024 - Current
Behavioral Health and Justice Specialist
Greater Oregon Behavioral Health
06.2022 - 03.2024
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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