Correctional Case Manager

State of Oklahoma•Vinita, OK

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Positions in this job family provide routine social casework for classifying and assigning offenders committed to a correctional institution, or advanced social casework supporting offenders’ re-entry into the community. This position is located at the Northeast Oklahoma Community Corrections Center. The role assesses offenders’ security risks and programmatic needs, supports classification and case planning, counsels offenders on personal and adjustment issues, and delivers or coordinates programs and services intended to support successful community re-entry. The position may be filled at Level I, II, or III, with duties and responsibility increasing by level. Level I performs routine work under close supervision; Level II handles the full range of case management tasks, including difficult advanced classification and counseling cases; Level III provides specialist treatment and re-entry case management services. The stated annual compensation is non-negotiable: Level I, $38,328.16; Level II, $42,445.52; Level III, $46,664.80.

Requirements

Level I: Knowledge of vocational guidance and social adjustment principles; institutional industrial positions and the future market for those skills; interviewing and counseling techniques; and social and psychological problems facing offenders.
Level I: Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships, communicate effectively, and determine which facility segment best suits an offender’s social and correctional needs.
Level I: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. One year of experience in a correctional facility involving direct contact with inmates may substitute 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; experience as a chief of security in a community corrections center; or a professional administrative position maintaining inmate records, establishing procedures, or assisting a warden.
Level II: A master’s degree may substitute for one year only of the required specialized experience. An equivalent education and experience combination may substitute one year of direct-contact correctional-facility experience for each 30 hours of required education.
Level II: Knowledge of vocational guidance and social adjustment principles; institutional industrial positions and the future market for those skills; interviewing and counseling techniques; social and psychological problems facing offenders; personality development and adjustment; and offender population social structure and individual assimilation.
Level II: Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships, communicate effectively, and determine which facility segment best suits an offender’s social and correctional needs.
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; experience as a chief of security in a community corrections center; or a professional administrative position maintaining inmate records, establishing procedures, or assisting a warden.
Level III: A master’s degree may substitute for one year only of the required specialized experience. An equivalent education and experience combination may substitute one year of direct-contact correctional-facility experience for each 30 semester hours of required education.
Level III: Knowledge of vocational guidance and social adjustment principles; institutional industrial positions and the future market for those skills; interviewing and counseling techniques; social and psychological problems facing offenders; personality development and adjustment; offender population social structure and individual assimilation; related government laws and practices; and community resources.
Level III: Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships, communicate effectively, determine which facility segment best suits an offender’s social and correctional needs, and motivate offenders positively and constructively.
The posting states that no substitution is allowed for the qualifying specialized experience period described for Levels II, III, and IV.

Responsibilities

Use interview techniques and assessment instruments to evaluate 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 as a member of the classification unit for an assigned caseload.
Advise offenders on personal problems, employment resources, vocational skills, education and training needs, family problems, and institutional adjustment.
Deliver programs designed to support offenders’ successful re-entry into the community following release.
Assist with or prepare reports, including parole summaries and court-ordered presentence investigations.
Receive and take necessary action on incoming and outgoing mail to or from assigned offenders.
Develop, monitor, and amend offender transition plans in coordination with re-entry programs and services.
Build collaborative networks with relevant partners to provide pre- and post-release support 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 planning, offender assessments, family and community support teams, service referrals, and follow-up.