Corrections Activities Specialist - SCI Somerset
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About The Position
The State Correctional Institution (SCI) at Somerset is seeking an ambitious and dedicated Corrections Activities Specialist to coordinate leisure time and recreational programming for those who are incarcerated at this facility. As a Corrections Activities Specialist for the Department of Corrections, you will be responsible for organizing, instructing, and supervising inmate programs, structured leisure time, and recreational activities within SCI Somerset. You will develop, schedule, coordinate, and conduct activities involving inmates at all levels of interest and ability in the areas of sports, physical fitness, games, creative and performing arts, and social recreation. Work may involve providing training and information to inmates on the rules of sports, games, and other topics; developing and presenting information on wellness, life skills, decision planning, organization, and assessment; providing guidance to inmate organizations, such as J.C.'s, Lifers, and others; and in the development of volunteerism. Programs are designed to motivate and provide opportunities for expression of inmate talents through individual and group participation, which may be of entertaining or therapeutic value, or for avocational development. Supervision is exercised over inmate workers and activity participants and volunteer workers. Work may be performed in the afternoon, evening, and on weekends, under the general direction of a professional or administrative superior and is evaluated through conferences, reports, program effectiveness, and for compliance with security regulations.
