Correctional Program Specialist

Franklin County Sheriff's Office; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Notary certification

Job summary

The Franklin County Sheriff's Office Correction Division is seeking a qualified professional to apply Strategic Inmate Management (SIM) and Inmate Behavior Management to support rehabilitation and successful reintegration of incarcerated individuals. You will assess needs, plan services, and coordinate with partners to ensure effective delivery.

Responsibilities include counseling on adjustment and employment issues, preparing social histories, and facilitating social programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Social work, sociology, criminology, or psychology or related field preferred.
• Must have or be able to obtain notary certification.

Responsibilities

• Conduct initial assessments to determine eligibility for services and devise treatment plans.
• Facilitate social and rehabilitative programs for incarcerated individuals.
• Prepare social histories and all paperwork required relative to services provided.
• Counsel incarcerated individuals concerning adjustment, character, and employment problems.
• Maintain contact with community and governmental agencies to coordinate services and reintegration.
• Attend trainings to remain current on evidence-based practices in reentry and rehabilitation.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Active Listening

Emotional Intelligence

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Social work, Sociology, Criminology, Psychology preferred

Job description

The Correction Division’s operating philosophy is Strategic Inmate Management (SIM). Civilian employees assigned to Corrections fulfill their role, complete their duties, and perform assigned tasks according to the elements, principles, and behavioral requirements of Inmate Behavior Management and Direct Supervision by collaborating with Corrections custody staff to manage incarcerated individual’s behavior and basic needs.

Conduct initial assessments with incarcerated individuals to determine eligibility for services and/or devise treatment plans. Facilitate social and or rehabilitative programs for incarcerated individuals. Periodically re-determines eligibility or appraises treatment plan to meet needs or justify continuation of services. Prepare social histories and all paperwork required relative to services provided.

Counsel incarcerated individuals concerning adjustment, character and employment problems and advises them of available services.

Maintains contact with numerous community and other governmental agencies to coordinate services, conduct follow-up on referrals and obtain information for incarcerated individual’s reintegration into society. Attends training, seminars and or conferences to remain current on evidence-based practices and the best practices in the field of reentry and rehabilitation.

Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Social work, Sociology, Criminology, Psychology or related field preferred
• Knowledge of community resources desirable.
• Must have or be able to obtain notary certification.

Knowledge of interviewing, psychology, general sociology, social work, counseling, public relations, available services, and governing regulations, safety practices and procedures; ability to develop format for counseling sessions, apply principles to solve problems and deal with variety of variables in somewhat unfamiliar context, define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions, complete routine eligibility forms, interview incarcerated individuals; handle sensitive telephone and face-to-face inquiries and contacts; coordinate services with community and governmental agency representatives.

Unusual Working Conditions

Stand, or sit for extended or intermittent periods of time, remain alert and watchful during assigned duty hours.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Developed after employment: Knowledge of supervision of incarcerated individuals in controlled environment & related safety practices, Sheriff’s Office rules and regulations. Ability to apply Sheriff’s Office core competencies to solve practical everyday problems, develop good rapport with incarcerated individuals.

Sheriff’s Office Core Competencies:

1. Commitment to Organizational Culture: Works with intention to support and promote organizational culture, transforms operational philosophy into action. Emphasizes service, collaboration, and integrity.
2. Emotional Intelligence: Self-awareness, expressiveness, empathy, authenticity, sympathy, emotional connection with others to create trust.
3. Integrity and Credibility: Walks the talk, knows what's right and does it. Effectively applies values and principles in specific situations. Encourages others to behave with integrity.
4. Teamwork and Cooperation: Crossing boundaries, coordinating groups, makes effective use of all available talent, focused on serving the public together.

Corrections Specific Core Competencies:

1. Analytic Thinking / Problem Solving: Problem solving, on-the-spot decision making, investigations, evaluating reports and statistics, assessing threats, crime pattern analysis, information seeking, and assessing people’s abilities.
2. Attention to Quality & Order: Maintains or increases order in the environment, values accuracy, and quality, and seek clarity in roles and functions.
3. Conflict Management: Respectful, facilitates rather than driving or manipulating, focuses on solutions, focuses on people, and seeks long lasting outcomes.
4. Impact and Influence: Communication that gains others’ support, constant interpretation to others, educating others, persuading others who have fixed ways.
5. Initiative and Time Management: Self-directed, perseverance, persistence, and sets own goals. Sees the job through.
6. Interpersonal Skills / Active Listening: Communicates effectively with others, crosses boundaries, initiates relationships, is focused on serving the public together.

Position Specific Core Competencies:

1. Mental Toughness (Grit)/Self Control: Has confidence in own judgement and abilities; gives direction and takes responsibility; stands by the organization’s decisions; admits mistakes, corrects them, learns from them, and moves on. Stress conflict, or extraneous issues does not control actions. Emotional expressiveness with others is well managed and appropriate.
2. Service Orientation: Motivated to help others, follows up, and demonstrates commitment to the community and its citizens. Also carried out the service priority of the organization.