Criminal Justice Planner (Substance Use Disorder, PCN 20-2057)

State of Alaska • Anchorage, AK

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Corrections, Division of Health and Rehabilitative Services is recruiting for a Criminal Justice Planner position located in Anchorage, Alaska. This role involves initiating, developing, monitoring, and supervising substance use disorder treatment programs statewide within the Alaska Department of Corrections. Responsibilities include supervising staff and contractors, monitoring clinical and program performance, managing fiscal responsibilities, and assisting in the development of short- and long-range plans for statewide substance use disorder treatment programs. The position also requires identifying and analyzing program issues, developing strategies to address them, and providing ongoing training on department standards, evidence-based interventions, and behavioral health topics specific to substance use disorder and criminal justice populations. Additionally, the role involves gathering, analyzing, and reporting on program statistical data in oral and written form.

Requirements

• Knowledge of the concepts, principles, and theories of human behavior and performance in various contexts, mental processes, or the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
• Ability to integrate best research practices with clinical and/or subject matter expertise and patient values for optimum care and participate in learning and research activities to the extent feasible.
• Knowledge of the principles and methods for evaluating program or organizational performance using financial and nonfinancial measures, including identification of evaluation factors (for example, workload, personnel requirements), metrics, and outcomes.
• Interpersonal Skills: Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences.
• Legal, Government, and Jurisprudence: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, legal practices and documents, Government regulations, Executive orders, agency rules, Government organization and functions, and the democratic political process.
• Oral and Written Communication: Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
• Planning and Evaluating: Organizes work, sets priorities, and determines resource requirements; determines short- or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them; coordinates with other organizations or parts of the organization to accomplish goals; monitors progress and evaluates outcomes.
• Reasoning: Identifies rules, principles, or relationships that explain facts, data, or other information; analyzes information and makes correct inferences or draws accurate conclusions.
• Any combination of preparatory post-secondary education and/or progressively responsible experience in social work, criminal justice, law, sociology, psychology, political science, planning, business, public administration, or a closely related field performing law enforcement or adjudication, corrections, adult or juvenile justice, or crime prevention.
• Applicants must possess a valid driver's license.

Responsibilities

• Initiate, develop, monitor, and supervise substance use disorder treatment programs statewide within the Alaska Department of Corrections.
• Supervise staff and contractors.
• Monitor clinical and program performance practices.
• Manage fiscal responsibilities.
• Assist in the development of short- and long-range plans for statewide substance use disorder treatment programs.
• Identify and analyze problems within substance use disorder treatment programs.
• Develop strategies to address any program issues.
• Provide ongoing training on department standards, evidence-based interventions, and behavioral health related topics specific to substance use disorder and the criminal justice related populations.
• Gather, analyze, and report on program statistical data in oral and written form.

Benefits

• Support for rehabilitation and contributing to public safety.
• Promoting mental wellness and reducing recidivism.
• Professional growth.
• Shared knowledge and diverse perspectives within a collaborative multidisciplinary team.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree