Correctional Case Manager IV

State of Oklahoma•Taft, OK

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Positions within this job family are assigned responsibilities 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. This is the leadership level where incumbents supervise other case managers and treatment providers as well as perform the more complex duties concerning the classification and programmatic needs of offenders.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and four 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.
Knowledge of vocational guidance and social adjustment principles.
Knowledge of available institutional industrial positions and the future market for those skills.
Knowledge of interviewing and counseling techniques.
Knowledge of the social and psychological problems facing offenders.
Knowledge of the principles of personality development and adjustments.
Knowledge of the social structure of an offender population and individual assimilation into it.
Knowledge of related government laws and practices.
Knowledge of community resources.
Knowledge of the principles and practices of effective supervision.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
Ability to communicate effectively.
Ability to determine which segment of the facility will be best suited to an offender’s social and correctional needs.
Ability to motivate offenders in a positive, constructive manner.
Ability to supervise and direct the work of others.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree (can substitute for one year of required experience).

Responsibilities

Uses interview techniques and assessment instruments to determine the offender’s security risks and programmatic needs; prepares case history reports and recommends program assignments.
Reviews work and conduct records of all assigned offenders to determine progress or necessity of changing assignments or security classification; serves as a member of the classification unit for an assigned caseload.
Advises offenders on personal problems, employment resources, vocational skills, educational and training needs, family problems and institutional adjustment.
Delivers programs to offenders which are designed to assist in a successful re-entry into the community following release from incarceration.
Assists with or prepares reports such as parole summaries or court ordered presentence investigations.
Receives and takes necessary action on incoming and outgoing mail to or from assigned offenders.
Develops, monitors, and amends offender transition plans in line with re-entry programs and services.
Establishes collaborative network with relevant partners to provide support, pre and post release services for offenders which involve family members and community resources and social service agencies.
Supervise other case managers and treatment providers.
Perform complex duties concerning the classification and programmatic needs of offenders.