Correctional Counselor

Overview

This position will have hours varied day and evening hours based on institutional needs.

• Maintain offender records as outlined in ICIW/DOC policy, including documenting offenders’ progress, strengths, and collateral contacts.
• Complete custody classification, assessments/updated assessments, sexual violence propensity assessments, and conduct/maintain reentry case plans.
• Obtain court reports, complete the release process, and enter and retrieve computerized data (ICON and I-SMART).
• Attend all classification meetings and prepare offenders for eventual release.
• Meet with offender families, work with volunteers, track discharge dates, annuals, and process releases with a multidisciplinary team.
• All Counselors are required to receive reentry Case Management and Gender Responsive training.
• Counselors shall perform all case management duties and offender interactions in a gender-responsive manner.

E-Verify and Right to Work
The State of Iowa participates in E-Verify, a federal program that helps employers confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. Within the required timeframe, new hires will be verified through the E-Verify system to ensure authorization to work in the United States. The State of Iowa also complies with the federal Right to Work laws, which protect employees’ rights to work without being required to join a labor organization.

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• Four years of full-time work experience in providing individual and group guidance and related counseling services in the areas of social, behavioral, educational, vocational and related program planning; or performing correctional, law enforcement, or jail administration duties involving community reentry preparation, pro-social behavior modeling, or supervision of individuals in work assignments.
• A total of four years of education and/or full-time experience (as described above), where thirty semester hours of accredited college or university coursework in any field equals one year of full-time experience.

Within a period of time after hire, as determined by the appointing authority, employees in this class may be required to obtain a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) and endorsements.