Chemical Dependency Counselor

Well-known Seattle counselor jailed in attempted child-rape case

A well-known Seattle counselor and head of a downtown drug-treatment center is being held without bail at the King County Jail after he was arrested for investigation of attempted child rape.

David Scratchley, director of a Christian-based substance-abuse recovery center in Belltown, was booked into the jail early Friday.

He refused to attend his first court hearing on Saturday afternoon, where King County District Court Judge Arthur Chapman found probable cause to hold him on investigation of attempted rape of a child in the first degree and communicating with a minor for immoral purposes. Scratchley was ordered held without bail; he is scheduled to return to court Wednesday.

Dan Donohoe, spokesman for the King County Prosecutor's Office, said Sunday that a charging decision will be made by Wednesday.

A law-enforcement source close to the investigation said Scratchley had attempted suicide and was being held in the section of the jail for mentally ill inmates.

Scratchley, 52, is suspected of attempting to rape a 10-year-old boy, according to police.

Scratchley directs the Matt Talbot New Hope Recovery Center and used to be clinical director at Seattle Children's Home, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the mental-health needs of children and their families.

Police were called to Scratchley's home at 3:30 p.m. Thursday after a woman told officers he invited her over "so they could both sexually assault a child," Seattle police Sgt. Sean Whitcomb said. Officers immediately responded to Scratchley's Belltown apartment building and found the boy.

Whitcomb said he did not know if the boy was sexually assaulted. The boy was taken to Harborview Medical Center for evaluation, police said.

The boy told officers that his mother knew Scratchley through the recovery center, and that he had been allowed to spend time alone with him on several occasions.

The boy said in an affidavit of probable cause filed in the case that Scratchley had promised "they were going to do fun things," but that first they were going to wait for the woman to arrive at Scratchley's home. The boy said Scratchley asked questions about sex that day and also promised to take him to an athletic-clothing shop to get him a birthday gift, Detective Susana DiTusa wrote in the affidavit.

St Paul CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY COUNSELOR JOB - MN, 55101

Requisition Number: SJ-11512 Job Title: CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY COUNSELOR

Site Overview:
St Joseph's Hospital - St. Joseph’s Hospital, of downtown St. Paul, was also named a Solucient Top 100 hospital. Providing the latest technology and having outstanding recovery rates, the staff takes a team approach to providing quality and compassionate patient care. Specialties include services at the National Brain Aneurysm Center, Heart Care, and treating inoperable tumors with the revolutionary technology of the CyberKnife®. St.Joseph recently completed a $ 85 million expansion that features some of the most sophisticated technology available.

Department Overview:
IP CD 28 2N unit bed hospital providing innovative and cutting treatments for patients with chemical dependency.

Location:
St.Joseph Hospital Contract: Non-contract

Job Category:
Patient Care-Other areas of interest:

City:
St Paul

Shift:
All teams - Day / Eve / Night
Authorized hours - Minimum for two weeks: 0
Authorized hours - Maximum for two weeks:

Hours:
Hours / Schedule (For example: 7:00 pm-3 30 or a weekend)

Main function & main responsibilities is the primary case manager for a given number of patients. Performs a variety of therapeutic and service assignments concerned with the treatment of alcoholism and other drug dependency in the primary, family and aftercare phases of the program. Responsible for day-to-day provision of primary counseling services in accordance with program policies and procedures. Responsible for communication with all referents, external sources to facilitate patient care and progress in treatment. Meets with social workers, county, probation officers, employee assistance counselors or other concerned parties as needed, with appropriate consents.

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Basic chemical thermodynamics

Counselor supervision, principles, process, and practice

Chemical abstracts

Chemical process safety, learning from case histories