Correctional Case Manager

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Agency

Supervisory Organization

Job Posting End Date

Refer to the date listed at the top of this posting, if available. Continuous if date is blank.

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the posting end date above.

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Full/Part-Time

Job Type

Compensation

Job Description

Location:

Great Plains Correctional Center

Basic Purpose 

Positions within this job family are assigned responsibilities involving providing routine social casework inthe classification and assignment of offenders committed to a correctional institution or advanced socialcaseworkpertaining to the re-entry of offenders into the community. 

Typical Functions 

• Uses interview techniques and assessment instruments todetermine the offender’s security risksand programmatic needs; prepares case history reports and recommends program assignments. 

• Reviews work and conduct records of all assigned offenders todetermine progress or necessityof changing assignments or security classification; serves as a member of the classification unitfor an assigned caseload. 

• Advises offenders on personal problems, employment resources, vocational skills, educationaland training needs, familyproblems and institutional adjustment. 

• Delivers programs to offenders which are designed toassist in a successful re-entry into thecommunity following release from incarceration. 

• Assistswith, or prepares reports such as parole summaries or court ordered presentenceinvestigations. 

• Receives and takes necessary action on incoming and outgoing mail to or from assignedoffenders. 

• Develops, monitors, and amends offender transition plans in line with re-entry programs andservices. 

• Establishes collaborative network with relevant partners to provide support, pre and post releaseservices for offenders which involve family members and community resources and social serviceagencies. 

Level Descriptors 

Level I: 

This is the basic level where incumbents perform entry-level routine case management work, under closesupervision, involving classification and assignment of offenders committed to a correctional institution.  

Level II: 

This is the career level where incumbents perform a full range of case management tasks involving the classification and assignment of offenders committed to a correctional institution. Incumbents at this levelare responsible for overseeingdifficult advanced classification and counseling cases. 

Level III: 

This is the specialist level where incumbents are responsible for providing programs such as substanceabuse treatment, cognitive behavior and sex offender treatment; and offender re-entry case managementfunctions to include; coordination of strategic social casework; classification; development oftransitional/intervention plans; conducting and analyzing offender assessments; developing family andcommunity collaborative supportteams, and providing service referrals and follow-up.  

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Competencies 

Level I: 

Knowledge,Skills and Abilitiesrequired at this level include knowledge of vocational guidance and socialadjustment principles; of available institutional industrial positions and the future market for those skills; ofinterviewing and counseling techniques; and of the social and psychological problems facing offenders. 

Ability isrequired toestablish and maintain effective working relationships with others; to communicateeffectively; and todetermine which segment of the facility will be best suited to an offender’s social andcorrectional needs. 

Level II: 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities required at this level include knowledge of vocational guidance and socialadjustment principles; of available institutional industrial positions and the future market for those skills; ofinterviewing and counseling techniques; of the social and psychological problems facing offenders; of theprinciples of personality development and adjustments; and of the social structure of an offenderpopulation and individual assimilation into it. 

Ability isrequired toestablish and maintain effective working relationships with others; to communicateeffectively; and todetermine which segment of the facility will be best suited to an offender’s social andcorrectional needs. 

Level III: 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities required at this level include knowledge of vocational guidance and socialadjustment principles; of available institutional industrial positions and the future market for those skills; ofinterviewing and counseling techniques; of the social and psychological problems facing offenders; of theprinciples of personality development and adjustments; of the social structure of an offender populationand individual assimilation into it; of related government laws and practices; and of community resources. 

Ability isrequired toestablish and maintain effective working relationships with others; to communicateeffectively; todetermine which segment of the facility will be best suited to an offender’s social andcorrectional needs; and to motivate offenders in a positive, constructive manner. 

Education and Experience 

Level I: 

Education and Experience requirements at this level consist of a bachelor's degree from an accreditedcollege or university; or an equivalent combination of education and experience, substituting one year ofexperience in a correctional facility in a position which requires direct contact with inmates for each thirtysemester hours of the required education. 

Level II:  

Education and Experience requirements at this level consist of a bachelor’s degree and two years ofcorrectional 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 communitycorrections center, or in a professional administrative position with responsibilities for maintaining inmaterecords, establishing procedures or serving as an assistant to a warden. Substitution of a master’sdegree for one year only of the required specialized experience; or an equivalent combination of 

education and experience substituting one year of the experience in acorrectional facility in a positionwhich requires direct contact with inmates for each thirty hours of the required education. 

Level III: 

Education and Experience requirements at this level consist of a bachelor’s degree and three years ofcorrectional 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 communitycorrections center, or in a professional administrative position with responsibilities for maintaining inmaterecords, establishing procedures or serving as an assistant to a warden. Substitution of a master’s forone year only of the required specialized experience; or an equivalent combination of education andexperience substituting one year of the experience in a correctional facility in a position which requiresdirect 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 inlevels, II, III, and IV. 

Preference will be given to applicants with college degrees. 

This is an on-site position and is not eligible for remote work.

Equal Opportunity Employment

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