Case Records Technician

CA Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

The California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation seeks a Case Records Technician in Sacramento. This role involves processing inmate records, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements, and engaging in critical communication regarding case records. Candidates should possess strong language and reasoning skills, alongside the ability to manage sensitive information within a correctional environment.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and comprehend instructions and memoranda.
• Ability to spell correctly and use proper English.
• Ability to evaluate situations and take effective action.

Responsibilities

• Processing, maintaining, and controlling inmate records.
• Interaction on Case Records related issues.
• Key role in intake, transfer, parole, and discharge processes.

Skills

Language skills

Mathematical skills

Reasoning ability

Job description

Job Description And Duties
Under the direct supervision of the Supervising Case Records Technician, Case Records Technician performs basic to complex duties related to, processing, maintaining and controlling inmate records and carrying out Correctional Case Records functions. As a departmental liaison on Case Records related issues, the Case Records Technician position is involved in detailed, sensitive, and extensive interaction. The Case Records Technician plays a key role in intake, transfer, parole, and discharge processes and meeting statutory requirements.

Individuals who are eligible for a Training and Development assignment may also be considered for this position(s).

You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement .

Minimum Requirements You will find the Minimum Requirements in the Class Specification.

• CASE RECORDS TECHNICIAN
  
  

Additional Documents

• Job Application Package Checklist
• Duty Statement
  
  

Position Details
Job Code #:
JC-481430

Position #(s):
284-223-1155-XXX

Working Title:
Case Records Technician
Classification:
CASE RECORDS TECHNICIAN

$3,312.00 - $4,801.00

New to State candidates will be hired into the minimum salary of the classification or minimum of alternate range when applicable.

# of Positions:
1

Work Location:
Sacramento County

Telework:
In Office

Job Type:
Permanent, Full Time

Department Information
Founded in 1885, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) serves as one of the nation's largest, and most diverse correctional departments. We are dedicated to enhancing public safety through the safe and secure incarceration of offenders, by providing effective parole supervision, and rehabilitative strategies to successfully reintegrate offenders into our communities.

Vision

We enhance public safety and promote successful community reintegration through education, treatment and active participation in rehabilitative and restorative justice programs.

Mission

To facilitate the successful reintegration of the individuals in our care back to their communities equipped with the tools to be drug-free, healthy, and employable members of society by providing education, treatment, rehabilitative, and restorative justice programs, all in a safe and humane environment.

California State Prison-Sacramento is a high security male institution located in Folsom, CA. Employees may regularly be required to be in close vicinity of inmates and may visit various areas within the secured housing units.

Department Website: http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Facilities_Locator/SAC.html

Special Requirements
Do NOT include ANY confidential information on any documents you submit for a job vacancy, such as your State application, resume, or educational transcripts.

Confidential information that should be excluded or removed from these documents includes, but is not limited to, your Social Security Number (SSN), birthdate, student identification number, driver’s license number (unless required), basis of eligibility, examination results, LEAP status, marital status, and age.

Confidential information on the first page of applications submitted electronically online, such as Easy ID number, SSN, examination related information, and driver’s license number will automatically be redacted upon submission.

Possession of Minimum Qualifications will be verified prior to interview and/or appointment. If you are meeting Minimum Qualifications with education, you must include your unofficial transcripts/diploma for verification. Official transcripts may be required upon appointment. If it is determined an applicant does not meet the Minimum Qualifications, the candidate will be withheld from the eligibility list, rendering them inactive and ineligible to be hired for the position. Candidates who have been withheld may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board.

Candidates new to CDCR or the Division of Juvenile Justice are required to submit to a background investigation process utilizing Live Scan Fingerprinting, and Tuberculosis testing prior to appointment followed by department annual Tuberculosis testing/evaluation thereafter.

Desirable Qualifications
In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate:

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read and comprehend instructions and memoranda; spell correctly; use proper English; follow oral and written instructions; read and write English at a level required for successful job performance.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to add and subtract using whole numbers and common fractions.

REASONING ABILITY: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in oral or written form; to evaluate situations and take effective action; to evaluate incoming paperwork according to an objective standard and ask questions as necessary to carry out work.

• Important Application (STD Form 678) Information* Applications received without the following information will be considered incomplete and may not be considered for an interview: civil service and private sector job titles; "to" and "from" dates (month/day/year), hours worked per week, work location name and address, supervisor name and phone number and duties performed. Applications that are blank or with "see resume" in place of the information listed above and duties performed will not be accepted.
  
  

Please make sure a current phone number and email are listed on your application.

Equal Opportunity Employer
The State of California is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.

It is an objective of the State of California to achieve a drug-free work place. Any applicant for state employment will be expected to behave in accordance with this objective because the use of illegal drugs is inconsistent with the law of the State, the rules governing Civil Service, and the special trust placed in public servants.