Correctional Case Manager IV

State of Oklahoma•Taft, OK

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Correctional Case Manager IV performs advanced social casework related to the classification, assignment, and re-entry of offenders. This is a leadership-level position that supervises other case managers and treatment providers while handling complex offender classification and programmatic needs. The position is based at Jess Dunn Correctional Center and is on-site, with no remote-work eligibility.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
Four years of qualifying correctional records management or social casework experience involving offender classification and assignment, field supervision, apprehension, or investigation; alternatively, qualifying experience as a chief of security in a community corrections center or in a professional administrative position maintaining inmate records, establishing procedures, or assisting a warden.
Knowledge of vocational guidance and social adjustment principles; institutional industrial positions and future markets for those skills; interviewing and counseling techniques; social and psychological problems facing offenders; personality development and adjustment; offender population social structures and individual assimilation; related government laws and practices; community resources; and effective supervision.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships, communicate effectively, determine appropriate facility placement based on offenders’ social and correctional needs, motivate offenders constructively, and supervise and direct others.
No substitution is allowed for the required period of qualifying specialized experience described for levels II, III, and IV.

Responsibilities

Use interviews and assessment instruments to determine offenders’ security risks and programmatic needs; prepare case history reports and recommend program assignments.
Review assigned offenders’ work and conduct records to assess progress and determine whether assignments or security classifications should change; serve on the classification unit for an assigned caseload.
Advise offenders on personal problems, employment resources, vocational skills, educational and training needs, family problems, and institutional adjustment.
Deliver programs designed to support offenders’ successful re-entry into the community after release.
Assist with or prepare reports, including parole summaries and court-ordered presentence investigations.
Receive and take necessary action on incoming and outgoing mail for assigned offenders.
Develop, monitor, and amend offender transition plans in line with re-entry programs and services.
Build collaborative networks with relevant partners to provide pre- and post-release support and services involving family members, community resources, and social service agencies.
Supervise other case managers and treatment providers.
Perform complex duties concerning offender classification and programmatic needs.