Domestic Violence Correctional Case Manager (Richmond CI)

State of North Carolina•Richmond, NC

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The NC Department of Adult Correction is seeking a Domestic Violence Correctional Case Manager to facilitate a four-week curriculum for the Domestic Violence Program at Richmond CI. This program is designed to help male offenders identify factors leading to abusive/aggressive behavior and equip them with skills to break the cycle. The role involves screening offenders, maintaining participant lists, managing a caseload, answering offender questions, providing supportive counseling, conducting assessments and developing case plans, assessing offender behavior, organizing rehabilitation programs, conducting work release and home leave investigations, coordinating community resources, planning for re-entry, making recommendations to classification committees, and working with offenders of varying needs and comprehension levels within a medium/minimum custody facility.

Requirements

Associate’s degree in Criminal Justice, Human Services, Recreation or a related field from an appropriately accredited institution OR High school or General Educational Development (GED) diploma and two years of custody experience within the North Carolina Department of Public Safety OR An equivalent combination of training and experience.
MUST be eligible for certification by the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education & Training Standards Commission.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of supportive counseling techniques.

Responsibilities

Facilitating a four (4) week curriculum for the Domestic Violence Program to offenders selected to participate in the program.
Screening for eligible offenders, both court mandated and referral.
Providing the Family Services Administrator and the Population Management staff with a continuous list of participants and a beginning and completion date for the classes.
Maintaining a caseload of up to 45 offenders.
Answering offender questions, giving information about classification and sentencing status, corresponding with offender families, and providing supportive counseling.
Conducting initial assessments of offender’s needs and develop a case plan, monitor for compliance and results and revise as appropriate to meet offender needs and achieve system objectives.
Assessing offender behavior and developing counseling strategies to achieve desired offender progress.
Organizing and directing the activities of various rehabilitation programs for offenders.
Conducting work release and home leave investigations, coordinating community resources, planning and coordinating transition (re-entry) prior to parole or release into the community.
Making recommendations to the offender classification committees on an offender’s program involvement or custody level change.
Working with offenders whose problem, needs, and comprehension levels vary greatly.
Working in all sections of a Medium/Minimum Custody prison facility, which places them in constant contact with offenders.