Correctional Case Manager

State of Oklahoma•Hinton, OK

1d•$38,328 - $46,665•Onsite

About The Position

The Correctional Case Manager provides routine social casework in the classification and assignment of offenders committed to a correctional institution, or advanced social casework supporting offenders’ re-entry into the community. The position is located at Great Plains Correctional Center and is onsite; remote work is not available. The posting describes three levels of work, from entry-level routine case management under close supervision to specialist-level treatment programming and re-entry case management.

Requirements

Level I: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Experience in a correctional facility involving direct contact with inmates may substitute at one year for each 30 semester hours of required education.
Level II: Bachelor’s degree and two years of qualifying correctional records management or social casework experience involving offender classification and assignment, field supervision, apprehension, or investigation; qualifying experience also includes work 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. A master’s degree may substitute for one year of specialized experience, subject to the posting’s conditions.
Level III: Bachelor’s degree and three years of qualifying correctional records management or social casework experience involving offender classification and assignment, field supervision, apprehension, or investigation; qualifying experience also includes work 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. A master’s degree may substitute for one year of specialized experience, subject to the posting’s conditions.
Knowledge of vocational guidance and social adjustment principles, institutional industrial positions and the future market for related skills, interviewing and counseling techniques, and social and psychological problems facing offenders.
At Levels II and III, knowledge of personality development and adjustment and the social structure of an offender population and individual assimilation into it.
At Level III, knowledge of related government laws and practices and community resources.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships, communicate effectively, and determine which facility segment best suits an offender’s social and correctional needs.
At Level III, ability to motivate offenders in a positive, constructive manner.

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 assist offenders with successful re-entry into the community following release.
Assist with or prepare reports such as parole summaries and court-ordered presentence investigations.
Receive incoming and outgoing mail for assigned offenders and take necessary action.
Develop, monitor, and amend offender transition plans in line with re-entry programs and services.
Establish collaborative networks with relevant partners to provide pre- and post-release support and services involving family members, community resources, and social service agencies.
At Level III, provide programs such as substance abuse treatment, cognitive behavior treatment, and sex offender treatment.
At Level III, coordinate strategic social casework, classification, transitional and intervention plans, offender assessments, family and community support teams, service referrals, and follow-up.