Criminal Justice Technician 1

Health; Anchorage (AK); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

The Alaska Department of Health is seeking qualified individuals for a Criminal Justice Technician 1 role located in Anchorage. The position supports therapeutic court operations and public safety efforts, reporting to Probation Officers and the Courts.

An Alaska residency check and APSIN background clearance are required; weekend/holiday work may be needed. The role emphasizes adherence to program guidelines and professional conduct.

Qualifications

• Minimum requirements and competencies will be assessed as described in the competency descriptions.
• APSIN check and background clearance are required.

Responsibilities

• Provide public safety interventions within the Therapeutic Court to reduce offenses by participants with substance use and mental health issues.
• Assist Probation Officers with case management, treatment, and community supervision.
• Conduct routine and random drug screenings and report participant compliance to the Courts.

Job description

Job Description

Welcome to the Department of Health.

We’d be delighted to have you join our team.

This

Position Is Open To Alaskan Residents Only.

Please check out the

residency definition

to determine if you qualify.

This position is located in our Anchorage Therapeutic Courts office in the Boney Courthouse.

This Criminal Justice Technician 1 position is authorized and has a bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ).

ONLY MALE

applicants will be considered.

What You Will Be Doing:

In your role, within the Therapeutic Court, you provide important public safety interventions in protecting the public by helping to reduce criminal offenses committed by drug- and alcohol addicted people and offenders with mental health problems.

You will assist the Probation Officers in providing case management, intensive treatment, community supervision, and frequent, random testing for substance use, while constantly monitoring and reporting all participants’ compliance to the Courts. In this role, you must conduct routine and random drug screenings by various methods, including urine and saliva, using proper handling and chain of custody for participants involved in the Therapeutic Court Programs.

Mission and Values/Culture:

The mission of the Division of Behavioral Health is to manage an integrated and comprehensive behavioral health system based on sound policy, effective practices, and partnerships.

Our Values: Honesty, Dignity, Innovation, Diversity, Collaboration

Benefits of Joining Our Team:

We offer challenging and exciting work that has a positive impact on Alaskans' lives. The Division is guided by our belief that every employee is a change agent and ideas, values, and beliefs are respected and enrich our overall team environment.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

The position is located at 303 K Street, Anchorage, Alaska 99501.

Conveniently located in the Boney Courthouse in Downtown Anchorage and within walking distance to Simon & Seaforts, Snow City Café, and Coastal Trail.

Who We Are Looking For:

The ideal candidate will possess some or all of the following position-specific competencies in addition to the minimum qualifications listed below:

Technical Competence:

Use knowledge that is acquired through formal training or on-the-job experience to perform one's job. Work with, understand, and evaluate technical information related to the job. Advise others on technical issues. Know and understand the laws, regulations, policies, and procedures that govern the work and be able to interpret and apply them in a consistent manner in order to ensure adherence to the program guidelines.

Professionalism:

Demonstrate a positive attitude, demonstrate courtesy, tact, and empathy, even when handling stressful or confrontational situations. Able to manage workloads, meet deadlines, and effectively identify and coordinate priorities.

Office Technology:

Skill in using office technology such as computers, computer applications, and other office equipment to develop and communicate information in the appropriate format.

Special Notice

:

A valid and current Alaskan Driver's License is required at the time of appointment.

Requires use of the Alaska Public Safety Information Network (APSIN), which includes passing a background investigation, including fingerprinting.

May be required to work some weekends and holidays as needed.

To view the general description and example of duties for this job class, please go to the following link and search for

Criminal Justice Technician 1

:

https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/Alaska/classspecs

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Minimum Qualifications

Competency-Based Minimum Qualifications Instructions

This job class uses competency-based minimum qualifications.

Please ensure your application

(through work history, volunteer experience (duties summary), training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.)

Competency Description

The competency description(s) listed below have been designed to promote a common understanding of the essential elements of the job class. They highlight the more general and customary knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), tasks, and behaviors used to describe the competency. They typically list expectations instead of specific tasks and are to be used only as parameters and guidelines. A competency’s description is not intended to exclusively define every KSA, task, and behavior needed to meet the competency successfully but rather to provide the manager/agency with a broad reference of options as to how an applicant can meet the job expectation.

Please ensure your application (through work history, training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports/demonstrates you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:

Accountability:

Accepts responsibility for own actions and decisions and demonstrates commitment to accomplish work in an ethical, efficient, and cost-effective manner.

Computer Skills:

Uses computers, software applications, databases, and automated systems to accomplish work.

Interpersonal Skills:

Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are possibly difficult, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences.

Oral and Written Communication:

Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to non­-

Problem Solving:

Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.

Equivalent to those typically gained by:

Any combination of education and/or work, internship, and/or volunteer experience or service from any combination of fields that sufficiently builds the above and any job-specific competencies.

Additional Required Information

At the time of the interview, please provide the following:

Three (3) professional references whom we may contact by phone, one (1) of whom must be your current or most recent supervisor, if not already provided in the application.

Current performance evaluation, if available.

A copy of academic transcripts (unofficial is okay; please ensure that the institution name/URL is listed on the transcripts) is used to support that you meet the minimum qualification competencies, if not already provided in the application.

Please read the information below carefully. This applies to your application submission.

APSIN CHECK

This position requires the use of the Alaska Public Safety Information Network (APSIN). A security clearance issued by the Department of Public Safety (DPS) is necessary to use APSIN. DPS will deny security clearance for any applicant who has been

convicted of a felony or misdemeanor

in this state or another jurisdiction or who may be a fugitive from justice. Additionally, security clearance will be withdrawn if DPS discovers that material information was falsified or omitted at the time of the initial application for security clearance.

EDUCATION

To verify education is being used to meet and/or support the required minimum qualifications/competencies, you must fill in the Education section of the application If you ha