Now recruiting 2019 Ambassadors!
Crossposted from Employee Giving Program
Build your resume AND make a difference? Yes, you can have it all.
Ambassadors are the most important element of our Employee Giving Program team. You will be the key to making sure that every King County employee has a quality opportunity to support a cause they care about through the program. Register Here
You get to:
- Meet new people,
- Advocate for your favorite cause, and
- Build rock star skills.
Read more here and learn about being an Ambassador in the video below.
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Meet the apprentices of the Children and Family Justice Center Project
King County capital projects are helping fill the industry shortage for trades workers by partnering with pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs that provide apprentices with career opportunities and hands-on training with journeymen, all while earning family wages.
View the video below to hear what apprentices on the Children and Family Justice Center Project have to say about their experience.
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New features coming to PeopleSoft, system unavailable this weekend
The Business Resource Center (BRC) continues to deliver new features, improvements and maintenance to PeopleSoft!
With this latest PeopleSoft release, King County employees will now be able to update their benefits and dependent information in Employee Self Service when experiencing one of the following life events: Marriage, Divorce, Birth, or Adoption. Learn more in the PeopleSoft Knowledge Center (network login required).
Employees will still have the option to complete and submit paper forms directly to the Benefits office, but for those that would like to go paperless and submit faster online you may do so from your desktop computer, laptop, or mobile device starting Aug. 19. Click here to watch a brief introductory video.
To implement these cool new features and allow for system maintenance, the PeopleSoft system will not be available the weekend of Aug. 16 through Aug. 18. This work will begin on Friday, Aug. 16 at 3 p.m. and is scheduled to be completed by 6:30 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 19.
The system will not be available for access by any County staff during this outage window. There will be a communication sent out to all County staff when the system becomes available.
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Pet of the Week: Gray
Crossposted from Tails from RASKC
Bring some color into your life with Gray, our Pet of the Week!
This eight-year-old female shorthair came to us because her previous owners were moving. While her name is Gray, her personality color is “Bashful Blue,” meaning she is a gentle and loving cat who likes to take things slow. Gray likes to approach new friendships with caution, but once she warms up to you she is just a big, affectionate lovebug who loves to hang out with her favorite people.
Read more from Tails from RASKC
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Employee shares the powerful experience of working in Juvenile Court
Michelle Mihail, a Juvenile Probation Counselor in King County Superior Court’s Renton unit, was recently featured in My Northwest magazine, discussing how important it is to never give up on kids who have lost their way.
My Northwest highlights the different services and resources the program offers, following Michelle for the day to see the different ways she works with young people to ensure they develop the skills and behavior needed to succeed.
“The kids are why I show up. You know, they’re … generally very talented, smart young kids who just have kind of lost their way,” she explained.
Read the full article here, a second follow-up article here, and learn more about the program on the King County website.
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Summer learning: Enhancing programs through partnership
Crossposted from Best Starts for Kids Blog
Kids watched in wonder last week as King County Executive Dow Constantine sprayed water on a model town, simulating a rainstorm. “There it goes!” one child exclaimed as water gathered and flowed through storm drains and into the imaginary Puget Sound. “That affects salmon,” explained Larry Reymann, a Volunteer Educator with the Environmental Science Center, “And who eats salmon?” A chorus of voices chimed in, “Bears! Whales! Us!”
Read more from Best Starts for Kids Blog
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One day only: Rerouting southbound 1st Ave buses to 4th Ave
Crossposted from Metro Matters
As you may have read, on Thursday, August 15, southbound routes heading to West Seattle, Burien, and neighboring areas that normally go through Pioneer Square along First Avenue are being rerouted for one day only. This reroute is to evaluate alternate routing designed to save time for those routes, while still providing a bus stop in the Pioneer Square area. The data we collect will be compared against current routing and last week’s temporary reroute and used to determine options to improve pathways during the “Seattle Squeeze.”
Read more from Metro Matters
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No traffic and the best commute around: New and improved Water Taxi terminal debuts as regional passenger ferry network grows
The King County Water Taxi began operating out of the new passenger ferry terminal at Pier 50 on Monday, Aug. 12, featuring a new covered facility, ADA improvements, and expanded space. Commuters, travelers, and tourists pass through the terminal on their way between downtown Seattle and West Seattle, Vashon, Bremerton, Kingston, and coming next year, Southworth.
“The King County Water Taxi represents the best of our region: an innovative mobility solution that gets people out of traffic and where they need to be, rain or shine, with an on-time record that is second to none,” said Executive Dow Constantine. “Our investments in the Pier 50 terminal make it possible to increase regional service even further, giving people new ways to get downtown without a car, on the most enviable commute in the nation.”
Read more in the official press release.
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Training Spotlight: Mindful Eating
Mindful Eating, September 10: In this four-hour workshop, held over the lunch hour, we’ll explore mindfulness and how it’s application to eating helps us become wiser and more joyful in our approach to eating. Mindfuless is the capacity to bring full attention and awareness to one’s experience, in the moment, without judgment. Mindful Eating brings mindfulness to food choice and the experience of eating. Mindful eating helps us become aware of our thoughts, feelings, and physical sensations related to eating, reconnecting us with our innate inner wisdom about hunger and satiety. This course is sponsored by Balanced You. Register and learn more.
View more training and development opportunities at www.kingcounty.gov/learning.
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Balanced You Worksite Fund update
Thank you for you patience as Balanced You finalizes the 2019 Balanced You Worksite Fund review process. This announcement helps to share the updated timeline with applicants.
This year, the Worksite Fund received an overwhelming response, with 159 applications. That is a 59% increase from last year! The Balanced You team worked with leadership to adjust the timeline to extend the review period due to the increased number of applications. This also allows more time to work with departments to identify alternate funding streams for some of the projects.
Balanced You now plans to announce winners in late-August. It has adjusted the implementation timeline accordingly, so winners still have four months to complete their projects.
Please reach out to Balanced You at balancedyou@kingcounty.gov or 206-263-9626 with questions or concerns.
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