Jessie Fairbanks

Jessie Fairbanks has served Palm Beach County over the past 20 years, as an experienced Peer Specialist and Case Manager. She studied human services at FAU after completing Certified Addiction courses at Palm Beach State. For the past ten years, Fairbanks has served as an advocate for formerly incarcerated individuals experiencing chronic homelessness by providing permanent supportive housing case management services, shelter services pre-release and post-release case management. She works hard to initiate change in direct services by building a unique and individual rapport with participants to provide a trauma informed, solution-based case management approach, by utilizing Motivational interviewing techniques and asking the right questions to identifying individualized motivation and values when creating service plans and selecting resources.

Fairbanks goal is to be a catalyst for change in the method of providing quality and empathic services with positive outcomes of reduced recidivism rates. Fairbanks continues to provide support to returning citizens through the Lord’s Place to decrease barriers and increase family/community integration. Fairbanks work has a focus on linkage to the correct fit of community resources, motivational interviewing, and faith-based services to reduce harm and recidivism by implementing positive achievement, assets and building on client centered strengths.