Community Corrections Supervisor Ames - 50010 - Story County

Iowa National Guard; Ames (IA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The State of Iowa Department of Corrections in Ames seeks a District Supervisor for the Sex Offender Treatment Program (SOTP) Unit. You will supervise staff, assign duties, monitor work and ensure timely, compliant reporting.

Responsibilities include personnel actions, training, performance evaluations, and audits, plus participating in leadership activities. Regular hours are Monday–Friday, with on-call rotations and some after-hours duties as required.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a degree in any field, and four years of full-time work in human services, criminal justice, or corrections.
• Alternatively, eight years of education and/or full-time experience, where thirty semester hours of accredited college or university coursework in any field equals one year of full-time experience.
• Current, continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes six months of full-time work as a Probation/Parole Officer 3.

Responsibilities

• Supervises and assigns duties to staff within the SOTP Unit and monitors work completion.
• Reviews reports (presentence investigations, violations) and ensures risk needs responsivity principles are applied.
• Performs personnel tasks including hiring, training, evaluations, and investigations.
• Manages administrative duties and ensures delivery of SOTP services.

Education

Bachelor's degree (any field)

Job description

This position is for permanent State of Iowa Department of Corrections employees in the Ames Administration unit - Second District employees. Those in any other status are not eligible to apply.

Hours worked are generally Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

This is a variable, flexible schedule including night, evening and weekend hours to accommodate position requirements including: being assigned weeks on the supervisor on-call rotation, treatment and supervision services for clients, availability outside of normal business hours to assist staff and community partners, routine travel and training.

Duties

Supervises and assigns duties to staff members within the District Wide Sex Offender Treatment Program (SOTP) Unit. Assigns and monitors work to assure that work is being completed on time. Evaluates work of unit employees by reviewing Workload Level Reports, Caseload Assistant Reports, Case Activity Reports, and staff observation. Discussing casework problem/staffing cases to ensure incentive matrix and sanction matrix are used as well as risk needs responsivity interventions are utilized. Provides assistance and directions to unit employees.

Reviews, edits and approves reports in a timely manner: Presentence investigations – enduring adherence to the risk needs responsivity principles as well as progressive discipline model if appropriate and prison recommendation only made as last option. Violation reports – enduring incentive matrix and sanction matrix have been utilized as well as risk needs responsivity interventions properly utilized prior to a recommendation of prison, reports to the Court, travel permits and other narrative written reports.

Completes personnel items for unit: Hires personnel for unit participating in interviews and the selection process. Trains personnel for unit by ensuring they are certified in assessments used, complete eLearning modules, attend in-house training by supervisors &/or executive office/CQI. Conducts performance evaluations, Investigates and monitors personnel disciplinary items by conducting investigatory interviews with employee and other witnesses, requesting subpoenas or submitting requests for telephone records, video footage, camera still shots, etc., maintaining chronological records of employee discussions and action related to violations of policy. Informs staff of currently policy and procedures to ensure delivery of the Sex Offender Treatment Program (SOTP) services. Monitors delivery of SOTP - ensuring SOTP Officers progress toward completion of required certifications to include group observations, service hours, and fulfillment of classroom work as well pay the required fee to the department.

Performs administrative duties: Checks and respond to emails/phone calls promptly, complete eLearning courses, attends weekly supervisor/managers meetings, schedules and conducts staff meetings, participates in and/or develops committees as needed, proposes agenda items, arranges for recording of minutes of meetings, collects and reviews timesheets, expense claims and other reports from unit employees.

Conducts random audits to ensure staff fully utilize the ICON system.

Provides direct casework services to clients in the absence of unit employee.

This person will serve as a member of the district's Leadership Team.

Preferred characteristics and abilities

• Self-driven
• Flexible and open to change
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Attention to detail
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to collaborate
• Positive attitude

E-Verify and Right to Work

The State of Iowa participates in E-Verify, a federal program that helps employers confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. Within the required timeframe, new hires will be verified through the E-Verify system to ensure authorization to work in the United States. The State of Iowa also complies with the federal Right to Work laws, which protect employees’ rights to work without being required to join a labor organization. For more information, please visit www.e-verify.gov.

Applicants must meet at least one of the following minimum requirements to qualify for positions in this job classification:

1. Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a degree in any field, and experience equal to four years of full-time work in human services, criminal justice, or corrections.
2. A total of eight years of education and/or full-time experience (as described in number one), where thirty semester hours of accredited college or university coursework in any field equals one year of full-time experience.
3. Current, continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes six months of full-time work as a Probation/Parole Officer 3.