Correctional Case Manager

State of Oklahoma • Union City, CA

9d • $38,328 - $46,665 • Onsite

About The Position

The Correctional Case Manager provides routine social casework in offender classification and assignment, or advanced social casework supporting offenders’ re-entry into the community. The position is located at Union City Correctional Center and is on-site; remote work is not available. The job has three levels: Level I performs routine entry-level case management under close supervision; Level II handles the full range of case management work, including difficult advanced classification and counseling cases; and Level III specializes in treatment programs and offender re-entry case management, including coordinated social casework, assessment, transition planning, and community support.

Requirements

• 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 requiring direct inmate contact 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; qualifying experience may also include service as a community corrections center chief of security or in a professional administrative role maintaining inmate records, establishing procedures, or assisting a warden. A master’s degree may substitute for one year of specialized experience. Equivalent education and experience substitutions are also described in the posting.
• 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 may also include service as a community corrections center chief of security or in a professional administrative role maintaining inmate records, establishing procedures, or assisting a warden. A master’s degree may substitute for one year of specialized experience. Equivalent education and experience substitutions are also described in the posting.
• 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.
• At Level II and above, knowledge of personality development and adjustment principles and the social structure of offender populations and individual assimilation into them.
• 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 positively and constructively.

Responsibilities

• Interview offenders and use assessment instruments to determine security risks and program 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, employment, vocational, educational, training, family, and institutional-adjustment matters.
• Deliver programs intended to support successful community re-entry after release.
• Assist with or prepare parole summaries, court-ordered presentence investigations, and other reports.
• Receive and take necessary action on mail to and from assigned offenders.
• Develop, monitor, and amend offender transition plans aligned with re-entry programs and services.
• Build collaborative networks with partners, family members, community resources, and social service agencies to support offenders before and after release.
• At Level III, provide programs such as substance abuse, cognitive behavior, and sex offender treatment; coordinate social casework, classification, assessments, transition and intervention plans, family and community support teams, service referrals, and follow-up.

What This Job Offers

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