Corrections Counselor - SCI Greene

Posting number: CS-

Department: Department of Corrections

Division: CR GRN Trmt Svcs

Job classification: Corrections Counselor 1

Posting type: SCSC E&T Vacancy

Categories: Corrections, Social Services, Rehabilitation Services

Are you ready to make a positive difference in the lives of others? The Corrections Counselor 1 position with the State Correctional Institution (SCI) at Greene offers a chance to support inmates as they work toward positive change. This role allows you to guide others through challenges while helping them build skills for life beyond the facility. You will make a meaningful impact by encouraging growth, stability, and responsibility.

Apply today to begin a career that helps people move forward!

This position provides counseling and casework support to inmates as they adjust to the correctional environment and prepare for community re-entry. As a Corrections Counselor 1, you will perform the following duties:

• Inmate Counseling: Interview inmates, offer guidance on adjustment, support conflict resolution, and provide referrals for social, educational, and vocational development
• Caseload Records: Develop, update, and present reports while coordinating communication with families, agencies, and institutional staff
• Assessment Review: Analyze tests, compile histories, and maintain documentation to determine programming needs and risk levels
• Treatment Coordination: Work with multidisciplinary staff to support programming, counseling, activities, and expectations that encourage behavioral improvement
• Parole Assistance: Participate in re-entry planning, secure identification documents, and prepare reports and recommendations for parole consideration

• Full-time employment, 40 hours per week
• Work hours are 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
• Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position.
• Salary: Selected candidates who are new to employment with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will begin employment at the starting annual salary of $56,541.00 (before taxes).
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• Three years and six months as a corrections officer, and 18 college credits in any combination of sociology, counseling, psychology, social work, corrections, criminal justice, or a related field;
  or
• A bachelor’s degree including 18 college credits in any combination of sociology, counseling, psychology, social work, corrections, criminal justice, or a related field;
  or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes 18 college credits in any combination of sociology, counseling, psychology, social work, corrections, criminal justice, or a related field.
• Applicants will be considered to have met the educational requirements once they are within 3 months of graduating with a qualifying degree/credits.

• You must obtain Commonwealth Law Enforcement Assistance Network (CLEAN) and Pennsylvania Justice Network (JNET) certification within two months of employment and maintain certification for the duration of employment in this job.

• 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.

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

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
• If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you…