Help inmates learn to recognize the impact of their behavior on others

Boulder County, Colo. - The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office is currently recruiting volunteer Victim Impact Facilitators who want to make a difference and believe people can change. Work with the jail’s victim impact classes to help inmates learn to recognize the impact of their behavior on others. Be part of a program that makes a difference.

We are accepting volunteer applications until April 10, 2020. Victim Impact Facilitator training will be held in May/June. New facilitators will be paired with an experienced facilitator until fully trained.

Victim Impact classes run for eight weeks, meeting once per week for two hours. Additionally, two hours of preparation time, which includes reviewing inmate homework is required. All volunteers are asked to commit to joining the team for at least one year, attend monthly meetings to debrief, review new policies and participate in in-service training.

Facilitators should be able to manage discussion and present opposing viewpoints. Facilitators must be open and inviting, yet able to establish firm boundaries and respectfully confront denials, minimizations, justification and able to read class dynamics.

For more information about the volunteer position, please visit: bouldercounty.gov/safety/victim/restorative-justice/victim-impact-facilitator/ or contact Devi Suess at: 303-441-1752 or dsuess@bouldercounty.org.

If you are interested in volunteering for the above position, please fill out the volunteer application, located on the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office website at www.bouldersheriff.org. Please submit completed and notarized applications to: Devi Suess at the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office, 5600 Flatiron Parkway, Boulder, 80301 or email dsuess@bouldercounty.org.