Corrections Case Manager - WRDCC (hourly)

State of Missouri; Saint Joseph (MO); On-site; USD 26,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Missouri Department of Corrections is hiring for a role on the classification team in Missouri. The position involves evaluating offender adjustment, release plans, and program eligibility, while handling grievances and disciplinary hearings.

You will work on data collection, file maintenance, and coordination with public/private agencies, ensuring compliance with rules and regulations. This role supports offender reintegration and community safety.

Qualifications

• Four or more years of experience in probation, parole, or related fields within the Missouri Department of Corrections.

Responsibilities

• Serves on a classification team; evaluates offender’s institutional adjustment and release plans; makes recommendations related to ORAS, RCA, ICA.
• Secures and verifies information from incarcerated offenders regarding home life, work history, and other factors; maintains classification files.
• Assesses classification status and prepares analysis for program eligibility determinations using AICS, RCA, ICA instruments.
• Acts as grievance officer; processes IRRs; conducts disciplinary hearings; participates in treatment team meetings.
• Processes offenders: initial file review, protective custody, enemy waivers, enemy lists updates.
• Handles offender needs: laundry, property, finances, mail, notices; notifies of critical illness/death of family.

Job description

Hourly Pay: $22.74 A position in the Missouri Department of Corrections is more than a job. It's a calling. Corrections employees transform lives, equipping Missourians in the criminal justice system with the skills they need to contribute to their communities, inside and outside our walls. More than 95 percent of people who enter the prison system ultimately are released. We want to make sure they’re good neighbors. The Missouri Department of Corrections is an equal opportunity employer and a drug-free workplace.

• Serves on a classification team; evaluates the offender’s institutional adjustment attitude toward society and release plans, prepares ; makes recommendations relative to ORAS & Case planning assignments/facility transfers/disciplinary actions
• Secures and verifies information from incarcerated adult offenders concerning their home life/family relationships/work history/other pertinent personal and social factors; develops/maintains/reviews classification files
• Assesses classification status/prepares analysis for program eligibility determinations using Adult Internal Classification System (AICS), Reclassification Analysis (RCA), and Initial Classification Analysis (ICA) instruments
• Acts as grievance officer; processes and responds to Informal Resolution Requests (IRRs); holds disciplinary hearings on conduct violations; participates in treatment team meetings
• Processes offenders: completing initial file review/protective custody assessment/enters enemy waivers/updates enemy lists
• Maintains open-door office policy; handles offender’s laundry/property/financial concerns/mail and censorship notices/notifies offenders of critical illness/death of immediate family members
• Participates/assists in assigned offender’s vocational, educational, and social adjustment planning; facilitates offender programs; evaluates civilian visiting applications and determines whether to approve or deny the individual’s request to visit with offender; provides pre-release counseling; researches and identifies community resources/services prior to processing offenders for release
• Cooperates with public/private agencies/law enforcement agencies in matters relating to assigned offenders, arranges/facilitates calls to attorneys, public agencies, and law enforcement agencies
• Performs work in accordance with established rules and regulations; receives close administrative direction and performs other related work duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

Four or more years of experience as a Probation & Parole Assistant, Correctional Officer, or Office Support Assistant or above within the Missouri Department of Corrections. OR Four or more years of vocational or paraprofessional experience in social services, probation and parole, corrections casework/custody, law enforcement, guidance/counseling, mental health, health, substance use, public/business administration, or experience closely related to the listed responsibilities (Earned credit hours from an accredited college or university may substitute on a year-for-year basis for the required experience at a rate of 30 earned credit hours for one year). All requested documents MUST be received by the closing date listed. The Missouri Department of Corrections is proud to have a tradition of promotion from within for employees looking for and seeking distinctive career paths. As you work for the department, we invite you to consider your goals and make choices to actively head toward them. We seek to recognize employees who serve with distinction.

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