Sentence Calculation Specialist

Manatee County Sheriff's Office • Fl 34221, FL

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for administrative functions of the Sentence Management process. This includes the auditing of offender sentences, eligibility and discharge dates, ensuring the lawful release of offenders and ensuring that all offender records are accurately and completely maintained.

Requirements

• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Ability to work with and meet required deadlines utilizing time management.
• Ability to show good judgment, intelligence and common sense when challenged with a problem.
• Ability to read and understand legal documents used in the calculation of sentences and compute appropriate sentences and SMM.
• Ability to work effectively with others.
• Ability to prioritize work.
• Ability to perform other clerical duties such as filing, answering the phone and/or compiling correspondence.
• Some knowledge of the principles and practices of sentence calculations; state, local and agency laws, ordinances and policies.
• Skill in the use of office equipment including computers, scanners, and various software applications.
• Required to speak and hear clearly.
• Often required to sit and use hands and fingers to handle or feel.
• Occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb stairs or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• Requires close vision.
• Successfully completes all assignments to as directed specifications, within specified timeframe and budget as directed and in accordance with agency policies and regulations.
• Arrives on time for work, limits breaks and lunches to allotted time, and leaves on time.
• Uses leave in accordance with General Orders; communicates and cooperates with management in providing proper notice of leave; patterns and amounts of leave usage (not including legitimate, properly scheduled and approved leave and protected leave).
• Volume of work accomplished is consistent with position requirements and produced within quality tolerance standards.
• Works with other team members to achieve group goals by contributing ideas in group settings, accepting ideas contributed by others, operating within team rules, participating in team meetings, working with team members to improve job knowledge and skills, putting team goals over personal goals, and supporting team leaders once decisions are made.
• Follows standard office procedures, safety policies and procedures and agency General Orders.
• Maintains good interpersonal relations (the manner in which the employee responds emotionally and verbally) with the public, other employees, and supervisors.
• High school diploma or equivalent (GED) required.
• Valid Florida driver license required.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of the principles and practices of sentence calculations; state, local and agency laws, ordinances and policies.

Responsibilities

• Audits sentence calculations for offenders, including offenders auditing discharge dates by reviewing warrants, capias and court orders for correct information.
• Prepares documents, including release instructions, for the discharge of offenders.
• Initiates the lawful release of offenders, including checking of any outstanding matters affecting release.
• Ensures accuracy and completeness of offender details in the local Jail Management System (JMS), coordinates and monitors sentence management, retrieves and/or enters dates for discharge, and monitors accuracy and completeness of warrants entries.
• Prepares, maintains, and updates offender management files.
• Audits documentation and correspondence in respect to offender movement within the corrections facility.
• Liaises with other staff and management and provides advice on general administration aspects of the sentence management operations.
• Provides support to other staff on administrative issues and assists with the preparation of memorandums, reports, and correspondence.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED