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OREGON CITY, Or. — The Clackamas County District Attorney's Office has been awarded a Top Workplaces 2024 honor by Oregon Top Workplaces, which partnered with The Oregonian to give the awards.
Winners were selected based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by employee engagement technology partner Energage LLC. The confidential survey uniquely measures the employee experience and its component themes, including employees feeling respected, supported, enabled to grow and empowered to execute.
The Clackamas County District Attorney’s Office was one of 65 small businesses with 99 or fewer employees to receive the honor. In fact, the office was just one of three government agencies in its category to earn the award, along with the Albany Police Department and the Portland branch of the United States Housing and Urban Development.
“This is an amazing award for our office, and I couldn’t be prouder that our public agency in Clackamas County received this award,” said Clackamas County District Attorney John Wentworth, who has been with the office since 1999 and is now serving his second four-year term as the county’s top prosecutor. “We’ve worked really hard to listen to our employees, make adjustments and provide guidance to all of our staff members because each plays an integral role in providing justice for crime victims in Clackamas County.”
The Clackamas County District Attorney's Office serves more than 400,000 people in the third most populous county in Oregon. Its mission is to provide leadership, accountability, and high-quality service in a fair and just manner so that those who live, work, and play in Clackamas County can enjoy a safe and livable community. The office has 35 deputy district attorneys, four investigators, seven child support agents, 10 victim advocates and more than 30 people on its administrative team who serve the community in a variety of ways. The office also has eight teams and specialty programs it operates, which include: Person crimes team; Property team; Drug, Guns and Cars team; Domestic Violence team; Misdemeanor team; Juvenile team; Family Support team; Investigators; Victim Advocates; and specialty courts.
While counties across Oregon have created similar deflection programs, when a person with drugs is identified by police, the officer now has the ability to refer the person to deflection program, which will be discussed before or when they appear for community court. Those receiving the referral from law enforcement will not be charged with a crime if they are eligible and willing to participate in the deflection program. The Clackamas County District Attorney’s Office then determines whether or not that person is eligible for the deflection program after reviewing the police report, the person's prior criminal history, and their current involvement with relevant county and non-profit partners.
In the survey, Clackamas County District Attorney’s Office employees cited meaningful work, the organization’s values, the management and other areas as strengths.
Anonymous comments in the survey from employees included:
- “My point of view is valued, I am treated with respect, and the work we do has a positive impact on my community.”
- “The people at CCDA truly care for their work here. You can see through the quality of work we do that people here have a passion for helping the community and making sure victims get their justice in the legal system. Seeing how much everyone cares makes me feel proud to work with the people in this office.”
- “(Managers) invest their time and energy, both during work and after hours, in their employees. Supervisors are aware of the lives of their employees and what is going on (from what the employees freely tell them) and monitor their workloads to ensure they know the pressures each person is under.”
- “The office takes the time to recognize employees. They put together little get togethers to celebrate achievements. They care about employees and what may be impacting their life as a whole.”