Social Worker 2 - SCI Camp Hill

Social Worker 2 Position

Are you ready to support positive change and strengthen lives within the correctional system? As a Social Worker 2 for the State Correctional Institution (SCI) at Camp Hill, you help inmates address challenges and build stronger paths forward. This role offers the chance to provide guidance, encouragement, and practical support. You make a positive impact by promoting stability, growth, and community reintegration.

Bring your compassionate expertise to a dedicated team making a real difference every day!

This position provides social work and case management services that support inmate well-being and reentry preparation at SCI Camp Hill. As a Social Worker 2, you will perform the following duties:

• Program Coordination: Coordinate social service programs and provide counseling, crisis support, and guidance to inmates and families
• Caseload Management: Maintain records, prepare reports, and communicate with staff and agencies to support case management
• Reentry Planning: Assist with parole preparation, facilitate reentry groups, and coordinate community transition plans
• Continuity Of Care: Provide follow-up services for inmates placed in the community to support ongoing success
• Policy Application: Apply federal, state, and departmental policies and procedures to daily social work activities
• Complaint Review: Investigate concerns or allegations and verify related information with appropriate resources

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• Two years of experience as a Social Worker 1 or Forensic Social Worker 1 (commonwealth titles) (must have been employed in a commonwealth social worker job title on September 8, 2008, with continuous commonwealth employment); or
• Two years of experience as a Social Worker 1 or a Forensic Social Worker 1 (Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration) and a bachelor's degree in social work or social welfare; or
• Two years of professional experience providing direct public or private social work services, and a bachelor's degree in social work or social welfare; or
• A master's degree in social work or social welfare.
• Applicants will be considered to have met the educational requirements once they are within 3 months of graduating with a qualifying degree.

Special Requirement:

• You must obtain Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) certification within two months of hire and maintain it for the duration of employment in the job.

Other Requirements:

• Successful completion of basic training in Elizabethtown, PA is required.
• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency Guidelines.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

Legal Requirement:

• You must pass a background investigation and meet Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) compliance requirements.

Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position. No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam). Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions. Your score is valid for this specific posting only. You must provide complete and accurate information or: your score may be lower than deserved.

You may only apply/test once for this posting. Your results will be provided via email.