JET Program Coordinator
Boulder County Sheriff's Office
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Jail Education and Experience (JET) Program Coordinator at Boulder County Community Services administers in-jail education and support, conducting screenings and activity planning to guide individualized services. The role collaborates with jail staff and community providers to ensure safety and coordinated care.
The position is full-time, Monday–Friday, 8:00am–4:30pm, with potential 4-10s schedule, located at Boulder County Jail. English and Spanish bilinguals are preferred and encouraged.
Qualifications
- 6 years of combined education and experience in peer internships, and/or in a direct service capacity (e.g., counseling, or human services) or a related field.
- Bilingual in Spanish and English is required.
- Experience with assessments and case planning.
- Experience facilitating groups therapy sessions.
- Experience working with clients in the criminal justice system.
Responsibilities
- Provide in jail support, education, and connection to resources during incarceration.
- Conduct client screenings, intakes, and assessments to guide individualized service planning.
- Facilitate evidence based therapeutic and psychoeducational groups (e.g., CBT, DBT, life skills).
- Offer one on one support such as case management, coaching, and brief crisis intervention.
- Collaborate with Jail Operations staff, behavioral health teams, and community providers to ensure safety and coordinated care.
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Job description
Boulder County Community Services Department is seeking to hire a
Salary: $67,068.00 - $96,600.00 Annually
Location: Boulder County, CO
Job Type: Full-time
Job Number: 6903(CC2-C)
Department: Community Services
Division: CSD Comm Justice Services
Opening Date: 10/30/2026
Closing Date: 11/12/2026 11:59 PM Mountain
FLSA: Exempt
Jail Education and Experience (JET) Program Coordinator. Community Justice Services is a progressive, solution focused group dedicated to providing quality services to people in the criminal justice system. Evidence-based practices are matched with a warm and empathic delivery to effectively help people make changes. If you believe that people can make changes in their life when given support, structure, and resources, then you should consider joining the team. The JET Coordinator provides direct in jail support through screenings, assessments, case management, coaching, crisis intervention, and facilitation of evidence based groups. The role collaborates closely with jail staff, behavioral health teams, and community partners; maintains accurate documentation and timely data entry; assists with program scheduling and operations; and supports racial equity and culturally responsive, trauma informed practices across all client interactions.
This is a full-time, benefited position that will work, Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm, with the ability to work 4 10's schedule and some flexibility in daily start/end times. This position will work out of the Boulder County Jail 3200 Airport Rd. Boulder, Colorado. Under Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) guidelines, this position is exempt.
Boulder County requires its employees to reside in the state of Colorado as of the first day of work.
Hiring Salary Range: $67,068.00 - $81,834.00 Annually
- Phone Screening: Week of November 16th
- First Round Interviews: Week of November 16th
- Language Proficiency Test: Week of November 16th
- Reference Check: Week of November 16th
New employees receive an 80-hour bank (Download PDF reader) of vacation at the time of hire, in addition to 8 hours of both vacation and medical leave accruals each month (Must not have been employed at Boulder County during the 12 months prior to re-hire date to qualify). Boulder County offers bountiful benefits, including pension contributions.
Boulder County employees may qualify for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF). Visit studentaid.gov for more information.
- Direct Service to Clients
- Provide in jail support, education, and connection to resources during incarceration
- Conduct client screenings, intakes, and assessments to guide individualized service planning
- Facilitate evidence based therapeutic and psychoeducational groups (e.g., CBT, DBT, life skills) aligned with client needs
- Offer one on one support such as case management, coaching, and brief crisis intervention
- Collaboration and Interdisciplinary Teamwork
- Participate in staffing teams to support client progress and coordinate interventions related to criminogenic, behavioral health, and substance use needs
- Collaborate closely with Jail Operations staff, behavioral health teams, and community providers to ensure safety and coordinated care
- Consult regularly with the Jail Programs Supervisor for staffing and supervision
- Documentation and Administrative Responsibilities
- Maintain accurate, up to date client documentation in accordance with professional and organizational standards
- Complete timely data entry, progress notes, and reports to track outcomes and service delivery
- Collect and maintain program data to support evaluation and quality improvement
- Participate in team meetings, trainings, and administrative processes as required
- Program Support and Operations
- Assist with scheduling groups and classes for clients
- Provide support to JET volunteers and program guests accessing the jail
- Help maintain program materials, supplies, and classroom readiness
- Support general program operations as directed by the supervisor
- Provide limited guidance or supervision to interns or volunteers
- Commitment to Racial Equity and Inclusive Practice
- Promote and uphold Boulder County’s commitment to racial equity, inclusion, and culturally responsive care
- Engage in ongoing learning and reflection to support equitable and trauma informed service delivery
- Contribute to a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment for clients and colleagues
- Performs related work, as required
- May be reassigned during emergency situations
PLEASE NOTE: When completing your application describe all relevant education and experience, as applications are assessed based on the required qualifications listed. Resumes and other attachments are not accepted in lieu of completed applications and will not be reviewed in the initial screening process. Any personally identifiable information (PII) such as name and address will be redacted from applications that meet the minimum screening requirements and are forwarded to the hiring manager. If the hiring manager selects you to advance in the hiring process, your attachments will then be shared with the hiring team.
Boulder County is looking for well qualified candidates to fill our positions. Any combination of relevant education and experience is encouraged. In this position, we are looking for a minimum of
- 6 years of combined education and experience in peer internships, and/or in a direct service capacity (e.g., counseling, or human services) or a related field.
- Applicants must have a valid driver's license and a clean driving record
- For more information regarding a clean driving record, please click here.
- A job offer is contingent on passing a background investigation with fingerprinting
- Applicants must demonstrate English and Spanish fluency at the time of the pre-employment screening process. Spanish language proficiency will be determined through standardized verbal and written demonstration. (tier 3 written and verbal)
- Additional compensation will be provided based on the use of bilingual skills.
- Bachelor's degree in the field of human services
- Lived experience
- Experience with assessments and case planning.
- Experience facilitating groups therapy sessions.
- Experience working with clients struggling with co-occurring issues or who are treatment resistant.
- Experience working in the criminal justice system.
- Understanding of behavioral health issues and the impact it has on a person’s life
- Familiarity and open to harm reduction model
- Open to both giving and receiving feedback
- An attitude of engaging in solutions rather than focusing on problems
- Strong organizational skills
- Ability to work collaboratively with diverse work groups
- Excellent verbal and written skills
- Understanding of security issues surrounding clients in a detention setting
- Ability to think and act independently
- Ability to work with individuals that present as resistant
- Competent computer and data entry skills
- Frequently walks, bends, crouches and sits or stands for extended periods of time; by position, operates large vehicles daily and/or conducts home visits, occasionally required to physically pursue, restrain and control minors housed in the Juvenile Center; pushing/pulling meal cart, occasional lifting and carrying; frequent hand/eye coordination to operate computer keyboard and office equipment; vision for reading, recording and interpreting information; speech communication and hearing to maintain communication with employees and members of the public.
Boulder County is a workplace dedicated to supporting individuals and families of all types and to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and respectful environment for all employees. We prohibit unlawful discrimination against applicants and employees on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, socio-economic status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
- Outstanding options of comprehensive health plans that include vision and dental coverage. Information can be found HERE.
- Additional Benefits include (Download PDF reader)
- Family-forming benefits- infertility treatment, adoption and surrogacy reimbursements
- 12 weeks Paid Caregiver leave
- Breast feeding friendly-work environment
- Infants-at-work policy
- Access to LifeMart and Benefits Hub discount hub, including discounts on childcare centers, event tickets, travel and more!
- Access to a nationally-recognized wellness program
- Employee Assistance Program
- PERA 401k
- Social Security retirement plans
- Additional Life and Disability Insurance
- Critical Illness and Accidental Insurance
- County-paid tuition assistance
- Eligible for PSLF- Public Service Loan Forgiveness
- Free EcoPass
- Hospital Indemnity
- ID Theft Protection
- Pet Insurance
- 8 Hours of Paid Public Service Leave
- Generous paid time off
- Holidays
- New Year's Day
- Martin Luther King'S Birthday January
- Presidents' Day
- Memorial Day
- Juneteenth
- Independence Day
- Labor Day
- Indigenous People's Day
- General Election Day November (first Tuesday after the first Monday, even years)
- Veterans' Day
- Thanksgiving Day November
- Friday after Thanksgiving*
- Christmas Eve- 1/2 day (full day off depends on day of the week)
- Christmas Day
- New Year's Eve- 1/2 day (full day off depends on day of the week)
- Holidays
- Vacation**
- 80-hour bank of vacation at the time of hire
- Eight hours of vacation per month for the first year of continuous service, then accrue twelve hours of vacation per month after the first year of continuous service.
- Medical**
- Eight hours of medical leave for each month employed.
- PERA- The County and all employees pay into both Social Security and PERA
- Employer contribution to Social Security: 7.65% of salary
- Employer contribution to PERA (Local Government Division- most county employees: 15.80%
- The District Attorney’s Office observe Francis Xavier Cabrini Day on the first Monday in October and omit the Friday after Thanksgiving
- Vacation and Medical leave are based off of full time FTE accruals. Part-time FTE/term employees accrue leave based on the percentage of time they work.
- Please describe how you meet the required minimum qualifications of 6 years of combined education and experience in peer internships, and/or in a direct service capacity (e.g., counseling, or human services) or a related field.
- What therapeutic modalities are you trained or have experience in?
- Are you bilingual in Spanish and English? (Required)
- Yes
- No
- Why should Community Services consider racial equity and social justice in its day-to-day operations? What are some strategies that Community Services could implement to help to reduce racial and other disparities seen in our community?
- Briefly describe your experience working with justice-involved individuals diagnosed with co-occurring disorders.
- Do you have a valid driver's license and clean driving record? (Required)
- Yes
- No
- Our community is becoming more racially and ethnically diverse, which magnifies the importance of serving communities of color and other historically disenfranchised groups effectively. Provide an example of a successful project you led or contributed to in working with multicultural and diverse communities. Describe the challenges and opportunities that you worked through while working on this team.
- How have your cultural experiences, lived experiences, or connection to the Spanish-speaking community shaped your approach to working with individuals experiencing behavioral health challenges?
Employer Boulder County
Address 2025 14th Street
Boulder, Colorado, 80302
Phone 303-441-3525
Website http://www.bouldercounty.org
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