Correctional Case Manager IV

State of Oklahoma; California (MO); On-site; USD 43,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

State of Oklahoma's 131 Department of Corrections seeks a Correctional Case Manager IV at Jess Dunn Correctional Center to oversee offender classification, program needs, and re-entry planning. This on-site role requires leadership within the classification unit and collaboration with partners to support inmates' transition to the community.

The position emphasizes interviewing, reports, and advising offenders on employment, education, and services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and four years of correctional records management or social casework experience involving classification and assignment, field supervision, or related administrative responsibilities.
• Substitution of a master’s degree for one year of required specialized experience; or equivalent combined education/experience substituting one year of inmate contact for every 30 semester hours of education.

Responsibilities

• Uses interview techniques and assessment instruments to determine offenders' security risks and programmatic needs; prepares case history reports and recommends program assignments.
• Reviews work and conduct records to determine progress or need to change assignments or security classifications; serves as a member of the classification unit for an assigned caseload.
• Advises offenders on personal problems, employment resources, vocational skills, educational and training needs, family issues and institutional adjustment.
• Delivers programs to offenders to assist in successful re-entry into the community after release from incarceration.
• Assists with or prepares reports such as parole summaries or court-ordered presentence investigations.
• Receives and handles incoming/outgoing mail for assigned offenders; develops and amends offender transition plans in line with re-entry programs.
• Establishes collaborative networks with partners to provide pre- and post-release services for offenders, involving family and community resources.

Job description

Job Posting Title

Correctional Case Manager IV

Agency

131 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Supervisory Organization

DOC JDCC

Job Posting End Date

Refer to the date listed at the top of this posting, if available. Continuous if date is blank.

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the posting end date above.

Full/Part-Time

Full time

Job Type

Regular

Compensation

$51,007.84- this salary is non-negotiable.

Location

Jess Dunn Correctional Cente

Basic Purpose

Positions within this job family are assigned responsibilities involving providing routine social casework in the classification and assignment of offenders committed to a correctional institution or advanced social casework pertaining to the re-entry of offenders into the community.

Typical Functions

• Uses interview techniques and assessment instruments to determine the offender’s security risks and programmatic needs; prepares case history reports and recommends program assignments.
• Reviews work and conduct records of all assigned offenders to determine progress or necessity of changing assignments or security classification; serves as a member of the classification unit for an assigned caseload.
• Advises offenders on personal problems, employment resources, vocational skills, educational and training needs, family problems and institutional adjustment.
• Delivers programs to offenders which are designed to assist in a successful re-entry into the community following release from incarceration.
• Assists with or prepares reports such as parole summaries or court ordered presentence investigations.
• Receives and takes necessary action on incoming and outgoing mail to or from assigned offenders.
• Develops, monitors, and amends offender transition plans in line with re-entry programs and services.
• Establishes collaborative network with relevant partners to provide support, pre and post release services for offenders which involve family members and community resources and social service agencies.

Level Descriptor

This is the leadership level where incumbents supervise other case managers and treatment providers as well as perform the more complex duties concerning the classification and programmatic needs of offenders.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities And Competencies

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities required at this level include knowledge of vocational guidance and social adjustment principles; of available institutional industrial positions and the future market for those skills; of interviewing and counseling techniques; of the social and psychological problems facing offenders; of the principles of personality development and adjustments; of the social structure of an offender population and individual assimilation into it; of related government laws and practices; of community resources; and of the principles and practices of effective supervision. Ability is required to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others; to communicate effectively; to determine which segment of the facility will be best suited to an offender’s social and correctional needs; to motivate offenders in a positive, constructive manner; and to supervise and direct the work of others.

Education and Experience

Education and Experience requirements at this level consist of a bachelor’s degree and four years of correctional records management or social casework which involved the classification and assignment, field supervision, apprehension or investigation of offenders, or as a chief of security in a community corrections center, or in a professional administrative position with responsibilities for maintaining inmate records, establishing procedures or serving as an assistant to a warden. Substitution of a master’s degree for one year only of the required specialized experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience substituting one year of the experience in a correctional facility in a position which requires direct contact with inmates for each thirty semester hours of the required education.

Note: No substitution will be allowed for the required period of qualifying specialized experience described in levels, II, III, and IV.

This is an on-site position and is not eligible for remote work.

Equal Opportunity Employment

The State of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of genetic information, race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability.

Current active State of Oklahoma employees must apply for open positions internally through the Workday Jobs Hub.