Correctional Case Manager

State of Oklahoma•McLoud, OK

11d•$46,665•Onsite

About The Position

The Correctional Case Manager provides routine social casework for offender classification and assignment at Mabel Bassett Correctional Center, or advanced social casework supporting offender re-entry into the community. The role conducts assessments and interviews, develops and monitors offender plans, counsels offenders, and coordinates institutional and community resources. The posting describes three levels, from entry-level routine case management under close supervision to specialist-level treatment programming and re-entry case management.

Requirements

Level I requires a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. For Level I, one year of experience in a correctional facility in a position requiring direct contact with inmates may substitute for each 30 semester hours of required education.
Level II requires a 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 serving as an assistant to a warden.
Level III requires a 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 serving as an assistant to a warden.
At Levels II and III, a master's degree may substitute for one year only of the required specialized experience, subject to the stated provisions.
At Levels II and III, an equivalent combination of education and experience may substitute correctional-facility experience requiring direct contact with inmates for education at the stated rate; the posting notes that no substitution is allowed for the required period of qualifying specialized experience.
Level I requires knowledge of vocational guidance and social adjustment principles, institutional industrial positions and future markets for those skills, interviewing and counseling techniques, and social and psychological problems facing offenders.
Level II additionally requires knowledge of personality development and adjustments, and the social structure of an offender population and individual assimilation into it.
Level III additionally requires knowledge of related government laws and practices and community resources.
All levels require the ability to establish effective working relationships, communicate effectively, and determine which facility segment best suits an offender’s social and correctional needs; Level III also requires the ability to motivate offenders positively and constructively.

Responsibilities

Interview offenders and use assessment instruments to determine security risks and programmatic needs; prepare case history reports and recommend program assignments.
Review assigned offenders’ work and conduct records to evaluate progress and determine whether assignments or security classifications should change; serve on the classification unit for an assigned caseload.
Advise offenders about personal problems, employment resources, vocational skills, educational and training needs, family problems, and institutional adjustment.
Deliver programs intended to support successful offender re-entry following release.
Assist with or prepare reports, including 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.
Build collaborative networks with relevant partners to provide pre- and post-release support involving families, 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.