Correctional Unit Supervisor

State of Washington•Mason County – Shelton, WA

16h•Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Corrections is seeking a highly motivated and qualified individual for a Correctional Unit Supervisor (CUS) at Washington Corrections Center (WCC) in Shelton, Washington. Washington Corrections Center is located 35 miles northwest of Olympia, the state capital. WCC is predominantly a Reception and Diagnostic Center, a close, medium- and long-term minimum custody facility. The facility has a primary responsibility to process, test, and classify all adult male incarcerated individuals sentenced to prison in Washington State. The facility has seven living units, compromised of 5 close custody reception units, and 3 medium and long-term minimum units. WCC houses approximately 1,800 incarcerated individuals. There are approximately 500 incarcerated individuals screened and processed each month. WCC also serves as a major transportation hub responsible for the transfer of incarcerated individuals to and from facilities throughout the state. The Department of Corrections (DOC), Prisons Division, in collaboration with its criminal justice partners, contributes to staff and community safety and holds incarcerated individuals accountable in administering criminal sanctions and effective reentry programs. The Correctional Unit Supervisor works collaboratively with the Correctional Program Manager (CPM) to develop an effective custody and classification program that is cost effective, productive, and safe. The classification system is designed to promote incarcerated individuals' participation in work, education, treatment, incarcerated change, and vocational programming in a manner that results in graduated release through a systematic decrease in supervision and corresponding increase in incarcerated individuals' responsibility and reentry into the community. This position is critical in maintaining core correctional operations by ensuring living units operates safely and in ensuring classification staff prepare incarcerated individuals for reentry into the community through classification, assessment, program referral and release planning. This position works in collaboration with community corrections, courts, and local law enforcement agencies to ensure that incarcerated individuals under DOC supervision adhere to appropriate evidence-based programming through incarcerated individuals' accountability, so that reentry back into the community is productive and safe.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent AND Seven years of juvenile or adult corrections experience in treatment, custody or community corrections or professional counseling or casework experience.
OR Satisfactory completion of two years of college (60 semester or 90 quarter credits) AND Five years’ juvenile or adult corrections experience in treatment, custody or community corrections or professional counseling or casework experience
OR Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university whose accreditation is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) AND Three years of juvenile or adult corrections experience in treatment, custody or community corrections or professional counseling or casework experience AND At least two years' experience as a supervisor. (This experience may be gained concurrently with the required experience above)
Demonstrated ability to provide positive leadership in times of stress, conflict, and unforeseen events.
Remain calm and rational while handling difficult situation to include, but not limited to, volatile, threatening, or other crisis/emergency situations.
Expertly intervene in response to threats.
Ability to write clearly, factually, and concisely.
Analyze and interpret data, weigh the risks, and make decisions or recommendations to address staff and offender needs.
Identify and address offender behavior/needs.
Organize and prioritize work.
Apply conflict resolution skills.
Observation - Observes and strategizes personal action based on environmental conditions and human behavior.
Technology - Learns and utilizes computer-based applications in the performance of job duties.
Stress Tolerance - Remains calm and rational while handling difficult situations to include, but not limited to, volatile, threatening or other crisis/emergency situations. Expertly intervenes in response to threats.
Professional Standards - Knows and applies relevant law, policy, procedure, and practice. Adheres to established productivity standards and timelines. Identifies own training needs and proactively seeks training opportunities.
Adaptability - Incorporates new information into an existing framework of understanding. Accepts change and supports the Agency through changes in law, policy and procedure.

Nice To Haves

Working knowledge of DOC Policies, RCWs, WACs, and Operational Memoranda.
Working knowledge of incarcerated individual management and supervision, including behavior management, classification process, sanitation, security, and safety.
Understanding of incarcerated individual programs including preparation of incarcerated individuals for transition back into society.

Responsibilities

Supervising incarcerated individuals, staff, and daily operations of an all-male incarcerated individual living unit.
Supervising all elements of custody and security that relate to the management of a living unit to include, but not limited to all security devices, security practices, emergency response procedures and preparedness, equipment, and training in the unit.
Supervising all elements related to the classification and programming of incarcerated individuals to include but not limited to recommending risk management levels, incarcerated individuals' accountability, custody assignment, approving regular reviews, targeting promotions and intakes, requesting classification overrides, ensuring counselor recommendations are consistent with current policy requirements, auditing caseloads to ensure time frames are being met, chairing Multi-Disciplinary Teams, ensuring staff training, and ensuring that Court/Department imposed sanctions are imposed and enforced if approved.
Ensuring that the living unit sanitation level is consistent with expectations that are mandated by local, State, County, and Federal guideline, and local facility standards.
Ensuring that all safety issues associated with the effective operation of the living unit are requested and completed in a timely manner that minimizes the impact of staff work areas and incarcerated living conditions.
Ensuring that all elements mandated by Department policy directives, RCWs, WACs, and OMs are implemented and enforced.
Ensuring that proper documentation is completed in the areas of classification actions, incident reports, infraction reports, Performance and Development Plans, monthly performance reports, grievance investigations. Tort claim investigations, administrative segregation investigations, confidential information reports, equipment requests, leave requests and others.
Overseeing infraction hearings and conducting classification reviews ensuring that all incarcerated individuals due process rights are acknowledged and enforced in an objective and impartial manner.
Conducting investigations, as directed, to address security, safety, and staff or incarcerated individuals’ behavior issues.
Conducting investigations as assigned by the Superintendent or PREA unit.
Planning, directing and monitoring unit programs.
Recognizing good performance and appropriate documents in the employee records.
Assessing staff individually for career development and providing training and/or rotational experiences.
Providing coaching and mentoring to staff and leading by example.
Monitoring work performance; investigating and taking appropriate corrective or recommending disciplinary action.