Positions within this job family are assigned responsib ilities involving providing routine social casework in the classification and assignment of offenders committed to a correctional institution or advanced social casework pertaining to the re-entry of offenders into the community.
Advises offenders on personal problems, employment resources, vocational skills, educational and training needs, family pr oblems an d institutional adjustment.
This is the basic level where incumbents perform entry-level routine case management work, under close supervision, involving classification and assignment of offenders committed to a correctional institution.
This is the career leve l wher e incumbents perform a full range of case management tasks involving the classification and assignment of offenders committed to a c orrectional institution. Incumbents at this level are responsible for overseeing difficult advanced classification and counseling cases.
This is the specialist level where incumbents are respons ible for providing programs such as substance abuse treatment, cognitive behavior and sex offender treatment; and offender re-entry case managemen t functions to include; coordination of strategic social casework; classification; development of transitional/intervention plans; conducting and analyzing offender assessments; developing family and community collaborative support teams, and providing service referrals and follow-up.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Competencie s
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities required at this level include knowledge of vocational guidance and social adjustme nt princ iples; of available institutional industrial positions and the fu ture market for those skills; of interviewing and counseling techniques; and of the social and psychological problems facing offenders.
Ability is required to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others; to communicate effectively; and to determine which segment of the facility will be best suited to an offender’s social and correctional needs.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities required at this level include knowledge of vocational guidance and social adjustment principles; of available institutional industrial positions and the future market for those skills; of interviewing and counseling techniques; of the social and psychological problems facing offenders; of the principles of personality development and adjustments; and of the social structure of an offender population and individual assimilation into it.
Ability is required to establish and maintain effective working re lationsh ips with others; to communicate effectively; and to determine which segment of the facil it y will be b est suited to an offender’s social and correctional needs.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities required at this level include knowledge of vocational guidance and social adjustment principles; of available institutional industrial positions and the future market for those skills; of interviewing and counseling techniques; of the social and psychological problems facing offenders; of the principles of personality development and adjustments; of the social structure of an offender population and individual assimilation into it; of related government laws and practices; and of community resources.
Ability is requi red to es tablish and maintain effective working relationships with others; to commun icate effec tively; to determine which segment of the facility will be best suited to an offender’s social and correctional needs; an d to motivate offender s in a positive, constructive manner.
Education and Experience requirements at this level consist of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university; or an equivalent combination of education and experience, substituting one year of experience in a correctional facility in a position which requires direct contact with inmates for each thirty semester hours of the required education.
Education and Experience requirements at this level consist of a bachelor’s degree and two years of correctional records management or social casework which involved the classification and assignment, field supervision, apprehension or investigation of offenders, or as a chief of security in a community corrections center, or in a professional administrative position with responsibilities for maintaining inmate records, establishing procedures or serving as an assistant to a warden. Substitution of a master’s degree for one year only of the required specialized experience; or an equivalent combination of
educati on and experience substituting one year of the experience in a correctional facility in a position which requires direct contact with inmates for each thirty hours of the required education.
Education and Experience requirements at this level consist of a bachelor’s degree and thr ee years of correctional records management or social casework which involved the classification and assignment, field supervision, apprehension or investigation of offenders, or as a chief of security in a community corrections center, or in a professional administrative position with responsibilities for maintaining inmate records, establishing procedures or serving as an assistant to a warden. Substitution of a master’s for one year only of the required specialized experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience substituting one year of the experience in a correctional facility in a position which requires direct contact with inmates for each thirty semester hours of the required education.
Note: No substitution will be allowed for the required period of qualifying specialized experience described in levels, II, III, and IV.
Preference will be given to applicants with college degrees.
