Intern - Unit Management (Fall/Spring)

South Dakota AG; Sioux Falls (SD); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

South Dakota AG seeks an Intern - Unit Management for the Summer term at the Sioux Falls, SD location. The intern will interact daily with offenders, help coordinate housing unit activities, and support program/directive transitions under supervision.

Applicants must be current students (minimum 6 credit hours) in an upcoming or immediate prior semester; a background check and drug screening are required. This internship offers exposure to corrections operations and offender rehabilitation

Qualifications

• Must be a current part-time or full-time student.
• Minimum of 6 credit hours in upcoming or immediately preceding semester.
• Background check required; arrest/conviction records do not automatically bar employment.
• Drug screening required; offers conditional upon results.

Responsibilities

• Maintain daily contact with offenders and assist with day-to-day living and activities.
• Organize schedules and manage events for a unit to ensure smooth housing operations.
• Assist with individual/ family problem directives, scheduling, parole plans, and institutional adjustment.
• Coordinate offender programs and assign work tasks, including monthly payroll.
• Investigate grievances and conduct inmate interviews for housing decisions.
• Serve as staff representative for hearings to ensure unit safety and rehabilitation.

Skills

Student status

Organization

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Enrolled student (min 6 credits)

Job description

Session: Fall (September - December), Spring (January - May)

Position Title: Intern - Unit Management - Summer

Hiring Manager: Travis Uecker

Agency: Department of Corrections

Location: Sioux Falls, SD SDSP/Jameson Prison Annex

Minimum Salary: $18.83 per hour

• APPLICANT MUST BE A CURRENT PART-TIME OR FULL-TIME STUDENT (MINIMUM OF 6 CREDIT HOURS) IN UPCOMING SEMESTER OR IN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING SEMESTER.

Position Description

Maintains daily contact with convicted felons to assist them with their day-to-day living in a prison or a trusty unit and to organize their activities while providing motivation and guidance; facilitates work and program options so that they may receive opportunities to learn how to change their criminal behavior.

Job Functions

• Organizes the schedules, coordinates the activities, and manages events for a caseload of offenders to ensure the smooth operation of a housing unit.


• Assists offenders with individual and family problems, Individual Program Directives, scheduling, transition plans, parole plans, and institutional adjustment to help them to understand and change their behavior.


• Coordinates and manages unit offender programs to ensure compliance with department policies and institutional operations memoranda.


• Assign offenders to work assignments, and conduct monthly payroll.


• Investigate and process offender grievances.


• Conducts unit orientation and inmate interviews and completes documentation used to determine cell/room assignment, classification, program eligibility, and the priority for scheduling follow-on meetings with inmates.


• Serves as the staff representative for restrictive housing hearings, and for inmates charged with major rule infractions at disciplinary hearings to provide for the security of the unit, the safety of the staff and inmates, and the rehabilitation of the offenders.


• Performs general security functions as needed by the facility, including but not limited to cell/area searches, emergency response, and rounds.


• Performs the delegated Unit Case Manager and Housing Captain duties in their absence.


• Performs other work as assigned.

Qualifications

Applicant must be enrolled as a part-time/full-time student at a college, university, or technical institute at the time they apply. By the start of the internship, the student should have completed one year (nine months) of their chosen program.

All students are encouraged to apply, but preference may be given to applicants with a standing of junior/senior, South Dakota residents, and students of South Dakota institutions.

Successful applicant(s) will be required to undergo a background investigation. An arrest/conviction record will not necessarily bar employment. Offers of employment are conditional upon successful completion of a drug screening.

"An Equal Opportunity Employer"