CDOC Corrections Case Manager ; Canon

Department Information

This position is only open to Colorado state residents. This posting may be used to fill future vacancies at this location.

Position provides daily case management functions of the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC). Utilizing an advocacy-based team approach to case management, this position will focus on successful offender re-entry into society.

• Meet with individual offenders to effectively guide them in accordance with CDOC needs and regulations, federal laws, state statutes and other case management goals and objectives ensuring continuity of care from intake to release;
• Deliver case management services utilizing motivational interviewing and cognitive based interventions in alignment with Colorado Transitional Accountability Plan (CTAP);
• Identify and collect meaningful information in relation to criminogenic needs;
• Determine an individual case plan, proper programmatic needs, and goals in collaboration with the offender;
• Coordinate offender access to work, education, treatment and recreational programs, determine earned time grants, develop initial parole board risk assessments and actions, and design parole plans;
• Monitor, evaluate, and record progress;
• Complete assessments and updates at regular intervals in accordance with CDOC policy and case management procedures;
• Maintain regular interaction with offenders coordinating medical and mental health and/or substance treatment, education, program referrals, work assignments and periodic CTAP re‑assessment, as needed;
• Research case files and prepare plans for presentation to the community and parole boards;
• Assist offenders in preparing for transition;
• Maintain a multidisciplinary network of effective communication, providing opportunities for offenders to receive feedback, crisis intervention, and grievance resolution;
• Stresses results oriented direction in guiding offender behavior to conform to socially acceptable standards through role modeling pro‑social behavior while monitoring physical, mental and emotional well‑being of assigned offenders;
• Teach pro‑social classes to offenders;
• Other duties as assigned.

• Three (3) years of experience working directly with a hard‑to‑serve, high‑needs client population in a correctional or human services environment providing case management work to include case planning, assessment of risks and needs, coordination of community services and/or identifying needs and referring to appropriate resources, and monitoring compliance and overall case supervision.
• Hard‑to‑serve needs clients include individuals with multiple barriers to employment, lack of educational or occupational skills attainment, low‑income workers earning wages below self‑sufficiency, low levels of literacy or English proficiency, disability status, basic skills deficient, homelessness, ex‑offenders and justice‑involved, and public assistance dependency.
• OR — Three (3) years of corrections experience, which must include one (1) year experience with a hard‑to‑serve needs client population providing components of offender management exhibited by involvement in internal classification committees, classification hearings, job placement and supervision, individualized program instruction/tutoring, multi‑disciplinary staffing, responding to offender grievances, resolving offender issues, offender housing placement and movement, intelligence gathering and processing, and role modeling pro‑social behaviors while maintaining positive professional communications.
• OR — A combination of education (Criminal Justice, Social Work, Sociology, Psychology or similarly related field) and experience as defined above equal to three (3) years.
• Experience must be clearly described in applicants’ own words within the work experience section of your application.
• Only applicants who meet the minimum and special qualifications will be included in the comparative analysis process.

• Ability to read and comprehend the English language;
• Ability to effectively communicate fluently in English both verbally and in writing;
• Ability to create accessible documents and technical…