Corrections Recreation Leader

Commonwealth of Kentucky; Valley (KY); On-site; USD 38,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The Kentucky Department of Corrections seeks a Corrections Recreation Leader to plan, direct, and supervise recreational activities for inmates across a large facility. The role emphasizes communication, organization, and proactive program development.

Ideal candidates will have a bachelor’s degree and strong observation and multitasking abilities, with willingness to coordinate leagues, events, and daily recreation while maintaining safety and records.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree required.
• Experience, training, or skills: NONE
• Substitute EDUCATION for EXPERIENCE: NONE
• Substitute EXPERIENCE for EDUCATION: Experience in planned recreation, physical education, or related activities may substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis. Military experience substitutes for college on a year-for-year basis.

Responsibilities

• Plan, direct and coordinate recreational activities to meet the needs of correctional clients in a large facility.
• Consult with institutional staff in planning programs for residents.
• Gather information on offender skills, abilities, and interests to plan and implement activities.
• Supervise gymnasium sanitation, maintenance of recreation equipment, and inventory of supplies.
• Attend institution meetings.
• Prepare various reports and maintain records on recreational equipment.
• Direct leagues, tournaments, and holiday events for all inmate populations.

Skills

Observation skills

Communication skills

Multi-tasking

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Corrections Recreation Leader

Pay Grade

12

Salary

$38,854.56 Annually

Employment Type

EXECUTIVE BRANCH | FULL TIME | ELIGIBLE FOR OVERTIME PAY | 18A | 40.0 HR/WK

Hiring Agency

Justice & Public Safety Cabinet | Department of Corrections

Location

3000 Ash Ave
PEE WEE VALLEY, KY 40056 USA

Description

The Kentucky Department of Corrections (DOC), Division of Adult Institutions operates 13 correctionalfacilities that house Kentucky's adult inmate population. The mission of DOC is to protect the citizens of theCommonwealth and to provide a safe, secure and humane environment for staff and offenders in carrying out themandates of the legislative and judicial processes; and, to provide opportunities for offenders to acquireskills, which facilitate non-criminal behavior.

The Corrections Recreation Leader at Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women is responsible for planning,organizing, and supervising recreational activities to meet specific needs, interests, and abilities ofinmates within the facility. This position will need to accommodate a varied population of offenders with avariety of innovative planned activities and daily recreational opportunities.

• Plan, direct and coordinate recreational activities to meet needs of correctional clients in a largecorrectional institution.
• Consult with various institutional staff in planning programs for residents.
• Gather information on offender skills, abilities, and interests in an effort to recommend, plan andimplement recreational activities.
• Supervise institution gymnasium sanitation, general maintenance of recreation equipment, and inventoryof supplies.
• Attend institution meetings.
• Prepare various reports.
• Maintain records on recreational equipment.
• Direct leagues, tournaments, and holiday events for all inmate populations.
• Maintain records and inventories of recreational equipment.

The ideal candidate for this position will have strong observation skills, strong communication skills, beself-motivated, be well organized.

Responsibilities and personal characteristics for success include, but are not limited to, the following;

• Demonstrate capacity to multi-task and effectively communicate and command large numbers of inmates.Forexample, you will at times be a referee, umpire, official, and supervisor, which requires good judgement,consistency, fairness, cooperation, integrity, and professionalism.
• Organizational skills- must have willingness and capacity to propose large-scale events and oversee theconclusion of these events. This involves planning, scheduling, report writing, and creative thinking.
• Maintain all security, caustic, and tool logs to ensure all IPP’s and CPP’s are followed.
• Assist in training and supervision of inmate Recreation workers.
• Required to possess unusually high levels of initiative by making good decisions and carrying out specific jobtasks and assignments with little supervision.
• The Recreation Department is open 365 days per year.
• Required to showinitiative to confront inmates to ensure the rules of the Recreation Department and Institution are followed.
• Ensure resolve on such matters for the safety and security of the Institution.
• Submit weekly and monthly reports to Recreation Supervisor as requested.
• General knowledge of various card and table games, events, tournaments, single, partner and team sportingevents and matches.
• Ability to work with complex electronic and exercise equipment and provide general maintenance thereto.
• Be able to recognize stress on equipment and when repairs are required.

Minimum Requirements

EDUCATION: Graduate of a college or university with a bachelor's degree.

EXPERIENCE, TRAINING, OR SKILLS: NONE

Substitute EDUCATION for EXPERIENCE: NONE

Substitute EXPERIENCE for EDUCATION: Experience in planned recreation, physical education, or related activities will substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis. Current or prior military experience will substitute for the required college on a year-for-year basis.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS (AGE, LICENSURE, REGULATION, ETC.): NONE

Working Conditions

Work is generally performed within a correctional institution. Work environment is hazardous due to working in a state correctional facility with inmates.

Probationary Period

This job has an initial and promotional probationary period of 6 months, except as provided in KRS 18A.111.

Contact

If you have questions about this advertisement, please contact Becky Poe at [e-mail]

An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D