Correctional Case Manager - Wake Correctional Center

nc; North Carolina; On-site; USD 37,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance options

Retirement Plans

NCFlex Supplemental Benefits

Paid Vacation, Sick, and Community...

Paid Parental Leave

Job summary

Wake Correctional Center within the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction seeks a Correctional Case Manager to manage offender caseloads in a minimum custody facility. The role emphasizes supportive counseling, assessments, and developing individual case plans under supervision.

Responsibilities include crisis interventions, program coordination for rehabilitation, and preparing reports reflecting reviews and observations to support classifications decisions.

Qualifications

• Documented knowledge of case management practices, or supportive counseling techniques and/or interviewing techniques for intake assessments.
• Candidates meeting the minimum education and experience listed on the vacancy announcement are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Providing supportive counseling, conducting assessments, developing case plans, and communicating with staff and offenders.
• Responding to offenders’ questions and concerns and making recommendations to the classifications committee.
• Performing crisis interventions including suicide prevention and coordinating programs for rehabilitation.
• Assisting in dynamic programs, offender work assignments, education or recreation, and transition planning.
• Preparing written reports reflecting data reviewed from interviews, documentation, and observations.

Job description

Agency Adult Correction

Division COO - OPS - Institutions Operations

Job Classification Title Correctional Case Manager (S)

Position Number 60071263

Grade NC07

The NC Department of Adult Correction is one of the largest state agencies with more than 14,000 employees. It is responsible for safeguarding and preserving lives and property through prevention, protection, and preparation as well as the care, custody, and supervision of all adults sentenced for violating North Carolina laws. This department includes state prisons with custody, healthcare, and facility operations staff as well as probation/parole officers who supervised sentenced people in the community. Other divisions include Administration, Health Services, Rehabilitation & Reentry, Special Operations and the Post-Release Supervision & Parole Commission. We have a mission that matters!

Reporting to a Correctional Programs Supervisor at a minimum custody male correctional facility, this position works in the Programs Department carrying a caseload of offenders. Other duties of this position include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Providing supportive counseling, conducting assessments, developing case plans, answering and following-up on offenders’ questions and concerns as well as making recommendations to the classifications committee.
2. Communicating effectively with other staff, offenders and the general public and working under stressful conditions caused by direct contact with incarcerated offenders, who can become physically violent and verbally abusive.
3. Performing crisis interventions to include suicide prevention.
4. Assisting in major dynamic programs or coordinate major or specialized programs for the rehabilitation of offenders, such as offender work assignments, work release, education or recreation, as well as transition planning and coordinating.
5. Preparing written reports with accurately reflect date reviewed by various sources, reviewing, analyzing and evaluating various documents and behavior data gathered form interviews, written documentation and personal observation.

Candidates now meet the minimum qualifications of a position if they meet the Minimum Education and Experience listed on the vacancy announcement. The Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)/Management Preferences are not required but applicants who possess the following skills are preferred:

• Documented knowledge of case management practices, or supportive counseling techniques and/or interviewing techniques for intake assessments.

Compensation and Benefits

The State of North Carolina offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Health Insurance options
• Retirement Plans
• NCFlex Supplemental Benefits
• Paid Vacation, Sick, and Community Service Leave
• Paid Parental Leave

Visit the State Benefits website for additional information.

Salary Range: $37,377 - $65,408

This posting will close at 11:59 p.m. the night BEFORE the end date listed above

This is a REPOST. Previous applicants are still under consideration and do not need to reapply

This is a full-time position (40 hours per week) with established working hours of Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm and may require working beyond normal work schedule to meet business needs.

About Wake Correctional Center

Wake Correctional Center in Raleigh is a minimum-security prison for adult males. It is primarily a “work” unit in that 80 percent of the offenders leave the facility each day for incentive wage work assignments in various state agencies in the Wake County area. Offenders also work at other area adult correctional-facilities and Correction Enterprises operations. There are also offenders nearing their release date that participate on the work release program, leaving the facility to work for businesses in the community. Incentive wage work assignments are also available at the prison in the food service, clothes house, janitorial, landscaping, maintenance, canteen, and recreation areas.

Wake Technical Community College works with the prison to provide full-time vocational classes in Certified Communications, Heating/Air Conditioning and Electrical Wiring. Part-time classes in Blueprint Reading and Horticulture are also available. Educational classes in GED preparation, college-level courses and college correspondence classes are available.

EEO Statement

The State of North Carolina is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and dedicated to providing employees with a work environment free from all forms of unlawful employment discrimination, harassment, or retaliation. The state provides reasonable accommodation to employees and applicants with disabilities; known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; and for religious beliefs, observances, and practices.