Intern - Unit Management (Fall/Spring)

the South Dakota State Government•Sioux Falls, SD

4d•Onsite

About The Position

This internship involves maintaining daily contact with convicted felons to assist them with their day-to-day living in a prison or a trusty unit and to organize their activities while providing motivation and guidance. The intern will facilitate work and program options to help offenders learn how to change their criminal behavior.

Requirements

Applicant must be enrolled as a part-time/full-time student at a college, university, or technical institute at the time they apply.
By the start of the internship, the student should have completed one year (nine months) of their chosen program.
Successful applicant(s) will be required to undergo a background investigation.
Offers of employment are conditional upon successful completion of a drug screening.

Nice To Haves

Preference may be given to applicants with a standing of junior/senior.
Preference may be given to South Dakota residents.
Preference may be given to students of South Dakota institutions.

Responsibilities

Organizes the schedules, coordinates the activities, and manages events for a caseload of offenders to ensure the smooth operation of a housing unit.
Assists offenders with individual and family problems, Individual Program Directives, scheduling, transition plans, parole plans, and institutional adjustment to help them to understand and change their behavior.
Coordinates and manages unit offender programs to ensure compliance with department policies and institutional operations memoranda.
Assign offenders to work assignments, and conduct monthly payroll.
Investigate and process offender grievances.
Conducts unit orientation and inmate interviews and completes documentation used to determine cell/room assignment, classification, program eligibility, and the priority for scheduling follow-on meetings with inmates.
Serves as the staff representative for restrictive housing hearings, and for inmates charged with major rule infractions at disciplinary hearings to provide for the security of the unit, the safety of the staff and inmates, and the rehabilitation of the offenders.
Performs general security functions as needed by the facility, including but not limited to cell/area searches, emergency response, and rounds.
Performs the delegated Unit Case Manager and Housing Captain duties in their absence.
Performs other work as assigned.