Correctional Case Manager

State of Oklahoma • McLoud, KS

2d • $38,328 - $46,665 • 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. The role involves assessing offender needs, recommending program assignments, and assisting with re-entry into the community. There are three levels described: Level I (entry-level, under close supervision), Level II (career level, full range of case management tasks), and Level III (specialist level, providing programs like substance abuse treatment and cognitive behavior therapy, and offender re-entry case management functions).

Requirements

• Level I: A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university; or an equivalent combination of education and experience, substituting one year of experience in a correctional facility in a position which requires direct contact with inmates for each thirty semester hours of the required education.
• Level II: A bachelor’s degree and two 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. Substitution of a master’s degree for one year only of the required specialized experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience substituting one year of the experience in a correctional facility in a position which requires direct contact with inmates for each thirty hours of the required education.
• Level III: A bachelor’s degree and three 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. Substitution of a master’s for one year only of the required specialized experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience substituting one year of the experience in a correctional facility in a position which requires direct contact with inmates for each thirty semester hours of the required education.
• 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.
• 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.
• Level III also requires knowledge of related government laws and practices; and of community resources.
• Level III also requires the ability to motivate offenders in a positive, constructive manner.

Nice To Haves

• Preference will be given to applicants with college degrees.

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.
• Provides programs such as substance abuse treatment, cognitive behavior and sex offender treatment; and offender re-entry case management functions to include; coordination of strategic social casework; classification; development of transitional/intervention plans; conducting and analyzing offender assessments; developing family and community collaborative support teams, and providing service referrals and follow-up.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level