“You know what Pastor John told me once? He said, ‘You know why you go to prison all the time? Why you drink all the time? Because you want to.’ He was right. John Schmidt, who runs the Life Recovery Program at the Mission, had a major impact on Joseph’s life. You can’t hold on to your evil past-it will make you live back there. All that weight on my shoulders has been taken off. A loving relationship takes time to build. How did I turn into a Jesus-loving Christian? God loved me into obedience. “You can’t beat obedience into a human being. I was always getting into trouble in the house, but (they) didn’t give up on me. “I had that prison mentality that I couldn’t get rid of. “I had been in jail for so long,” he said. He had trouble adapting, and doesn’t sugarcoat the fact that he didn’t have the easiest time. Joseph entered the program more than a decade ago. When he was released, he came to the Mission. But after a major shooting incident, in which Joseph was in a home, shooting outside with the police surrounding the neighborhood, he ended up serving 10 years. Joseph had been in and out of jail mostly for stealing. It was really just a red flag of me needing help.” In my mind, that was me telling my dad I could hate myself more than he could. “I’d go to the park and pay two or three people to beat me bloody. In my 20s, like anyone, I went through up and downs, but those words would come into my head and it would be worse. He would say I was no good, a waste of time, not his child. “When he died, the physical part faded way, but the mental part-what he said while he was beating me-stuck. I was in and out of jail and then graduated to the prison system, on up to the psych ward at the state hospital.”ĭespite his father’s death, the abuse took a toll on Joseph’s mental health long after he was gone. I hated him so much, this evil, tortuous, violent man, that I kept him alive in my heart.
Joseph’s abuser, his own father, died when Joseph was 12. When I was crying and asking for help at that little age, they wouldn’t help me. “From kindergarten on up, I’d come in with black eyes, fat lips, bruises, and they turned their backs on me.
Neighbors, schools, principals, they didn’t care.
The Case Manager is to be an encourager, affirmer, and one who liberally gives praise to the Students for their phase work progress and maturing in the Lord.Joseph grew up in Victorville in a turbulent and violent household. The Case Manager will be responsible for assigning scheduling program duties as well as monitoring the completion. This position oversees progress and phase advancement for the client by assessing motivation, sincerity, and completion of program requirements.
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SOFT SKILLS: Are you the type of individual who’s motivated by helping others break free from the bondages of their past? Do you have both the heart for, and experience with, individuals coming out of homelessness and/or addiction who need a lot of help in embracing their God-given identity and turning their life around? Do you consider yourself an encourager and an affirmer who also possesses a high-level of patience and understanding towards those with emotional regulation and life-skills challenges? Do you feel comfortable overseeing a program consisting of men of all ages and backgrounds? Men who will be at different levels of motivation and maturity when it comes to doing the hard work of recovery? Do you possess a high level of discernment as to people’s motivations and sincerity of heart as well as experience with setting healthy boundaries? If so, then the men in the New Life Recovery program need what you have! SPECIFIC SKILLS: The Case Manager is responsible for the individual care and management of assigned caseload. Good News Rescue Mission - MEN'S NEW LIFE RECOVERY PROGRAM CASE MANAGER - HELP TRANSFORM LIVES! Description: The Men's NLRP Case Manager oversees and provides leadership to the men who are enrolled in the New Life Recovery Program.
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