Correctional Counselor 1

State-of-West-Virgini; West Virginia; On-site; USD 33,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

The State-of-West-Virgini is seeking a Correctional Counselor 1 to join a unit in a juvenile correctional or detention center. Under general supervision, you will manage a caseload of juvenile residents and assist with security, programming, recreation, and crisis intervention.

Duties include guidance, risk assessment support, classification, and diagnostic evaluations, and serving as a positive role model.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in criminal justice, corrections, psychology, sociology, counseling, or closely related field.
• Experience in corrections or related fields may substitute for the required training on a year-for-year basis.

Responsibilities

• Assist the unit Correctional Officer with security duties and supervision of juvenile residents.
• Provide programming, recreational services, vocational education, and substance abuse education.
• Deliver crisis intervention on the unit and guide juvenile residents.
• Assist with need and/or risk assessments, classification, and diagnostic evaluations.
• Serve as a positive role model for juvenile residents.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Juvenile counseling

Crisis intervention

Security duties

Program delivery

Risk assessment

Classification

Diagnostic evaluations

Role modeling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in criminal justice or related field

Job description

Under general supervision, the Correctional Counselor 1 will function as a member of a team providing services to an assigned caseload of juvenile residents living in a unit in a West Virginia Juvenile Correctional or Detention Center. The work of the Correctional Counselor 1 will consist of providing a variety of services to the juvenile residents of the center. Duties may vary as to job function or area of specialization based on the needs of the unit or center. Areas of responsibilities include assisting the unit Correctional Officer with security duties, providing programming, assisting with recreational services, providing vocational education, substance abuse education, providing crisis intervention on the unit, guidance of juvenile residents, assistance with need and/or risk assessments, classification, and diagnostic evaluations, and acting as a role model for the juvenile residents. Will perform other duties as assigned.

County: Boone, Kanawha, Putnam

Posting #: JSTM270008

Vacancies: 1

Position #: 0608PJ0540

Alternate to posting JSTM27009 for Correctional Counselor 2. One vacancy will be filled with one of these two titles.

• In accordance with SPB 3088 effective 10/7/23, $5000 will be added to the minimum starting rate of pay for all classifications within a Critical Vacancy Pay Supplemental Facility. Critical Vacancy Pay Facilities: Huttonsville Correctional Center and Jail, Mount Olive Correctional Complex and Jail, Western Regional Jail and Corrections Facility, Northern Correctional Facility (including Ohio County Correctional Center), Northern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility, Chick Buckbee Juvenile Center, Vicki Douglas Juvenile Center, Potomac Highlands Regional Jail and Correctional Facility, and Eastern Regional Jail and Corrections Facility (including Martinsburg Correctional Center) (SPB 3088)
• Employees in this classification shall receive an annual base building pay differential each fiscal year of $250 after completing one year of service.
• If an employee is hired into a Critical Vacancy Pay Facility (CVPF) and leaves the facility, the additional pay differential of $5,000 shall be removed from their salary, unless transferring to another CVPF.

Training:

A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a major in criminal justice, corrections, psychology, sociology, counseling, counseling and guidance, criminology, social work, education, therapeutic recreation or closely related field.

Substitution:

Experience in the area of corrections or related fields may be substituted for the required training on a year-for-year basis.

PG: 10 $32,862 - $56,373

Market Rate: $50,288