Correctional Housing Unit Manager ll - Granville Correctional

State of North Carolina•1001 Veazey Road Granville, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Work in this class involves managing an institutional housing unit within a medium-custody or close-custody institution. At both custody levels, employees work closely with programs and custody staff in the coordination of services. Employees are responsible for the programmatic/operational orientation of inmates which includes education, mental health, administrative and disciplinary restrictive housing and work assignments. At a medium-custody facility, positions function as the Correctional Housing Unit Manager. Employees exercise more overall accountability and responsibility for the housing unit and have final approving authority on unit classification and disciplinary committees. Employees supervise Correctional Housing Unit Manager I’s and report to a Correctional Assistant Superintendent. At a close-custody institution, positions function as the Assistant Correctional Housing Unit Manager. Employees typically supervise Sergeants and report to a Correctional Associate Warden. Reporting to the Correctional Associate Warden, this position manages the total operation of a close custody institutional housing unit within a minimum/medium/close custody prison facility. Job responsibilities include, but are not limited, to the following: Supervising staff, determining and evaluating program design necessary to meet the needs of the offender population, and coordinating programs and services with program and custody staff. Performing orientation with offenders which includes administration, disciplinary segregation, education, mental health, operations, programs, and work assignments. Final approval of authority on unit classification and disciplinary committees. Working in accordance with departmental regulations and established procedures. Granville Correctional Institution houses close custody offenders in both single cells and dormitories. The facility houses offenders assigned to various restrictive housing and control statuses and some pre-trial safekeepers. The prison's high-security unit houses the state's most violent and assaultive offenders. The prison offers a wide variety of educational and vocational programs and is home to one of the prison system's four schools for young offenders.

Requirements

High School or General Educational Development (GED) diploma and five years of correctional experience, two of which must have been at the supervisory level; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Must be eligible for certification by the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education & Training Standards Commission.

Nice To Haves

Documented Knowledge using supervisory skills in a prison facility.
Documented Knowledge of facility operations and/or Prisons’ policy and procedures.
Documented Knowledge of report writing skills.
Documented Knowledge of supportive counseling skills.

Responsibilities

Managing an institutional housing unit within a medium-custody or close-custody institution.
Coordinating services with programs and custody staff.
Responsible for the programmatic/operational orientation of inmates, including education, mental health, administrative and disciplinary restrictive housing, and work assignments.
Exercising overall accountability and responsibility for the housing unit.
Having final approving authority on unit classification and disciplinary committees.
Supervising Correctional Housing Unit Manager I’s (at medium-custody facilities) or Sergeants (at close-custody facilities).
Determining and evaluating program design necessary to meet the needs of the offender population.
Performing orientation with offenders which includes administration, disciplinary segregation, education, mental health, operations, programs, and work assignments.
Working in accordance with departmental regulations and established procedures.