Correctional Case Manager

Job Posting Title

Correctional Case Manager

131 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

DOC JDCC

Regular

• Level I - $38,328.16
• Level II - $42,445.52
• Level III - $46,664.80

Preference will be given to applicants with college degrees.

Positions within this job family are assigned responsibilities involving providing routine social casework in the classification and assignment of offenders committed to a correctional institution or advanced social casework pertaining to the re-entry of offenders into the community.

• Uses interview techniques and assessment instruments to determine the offender’s security risks and programmatic needs; prepares case history reports and recommends program assignments.
• Reviews work and conduct records of all assigned offenders to determine progress or necessity of changing assignments or security classification; serves as a member of the classification unit for an assigned caseload.
• Advises offenders on personal problems, employment resources, vocational skills, educational and training needs, family problems and institutional adjustment.
• Delivers programs to offenders which are designed to assist in a successful re-entry into the community following release from incarceration.
• Assists with, or prepares reports such as parole summaries or court ordered presentence investigations.
• Receives and takes necessary action on incoming and outgoing mail to or from assigned offenders.
• Develops, monitors, and amends offender transition plans in line with re-entry programs and services.
• Establishes collaborative network with relevant partners to provide support, pre and post release services for offenders which involve family members and community resources and social service agencies.

• Level I: Basic level where incumbents perform entry-level routine case management work, under close supervision, involving classification and assignment of offenders committed to a correctional institution.
• Level II: Career level where incumbents perform a full range of case management tasks involving the classification and assignment of offenders committed to a correctional institution; responsible for overseeing difficult advanced classification and counseling cases.
• Level III: Specialist level where incumbents provide programs such as substance abuse treatment, cognitive behavior and sex offender treatment; and offender re-entry case management functions including coordination of strategic social casework, classification, development of transition/intervention plans, conducting and analyzing offender assessments, developing family and community collaborative support teams, and providing service referrals and follow-up.

• Level I: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university or equivalent combination; one year of experience in a correctional facility for each thirty semester hours of required education.
• Level II: Bachelor’s degree and two years of correctional records management or social casework involving classification, assignment, field supervision, etc.; or master’s degree substituting one year of required experience; no substitution allowed for Level II specialized experience.
• Level III: Bachelor’s degree and three years of correctional records management or social casework with similar requirements; master’s substituting one year of required experience; no substitution allowed for Level III specialized experience.

• Knowledge of vocational guidance and social adjustment principles; available institutional industrial positions; social and psychological problems facing offenders; principles of personality development and adjustments; social structure of offender population; related government laws and practices; community resources.
• Skills to establish effective relationships, communicate effectively, determine appropriate facility segments, and motivate offenders positively.

Jess Dunn Correctional Center; not a remote position.

The State of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of genetic information, race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability.

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