Corrections Ardc Specialist

About This Role

Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections – Corrections Services.
LA CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN
. St. Gabriel, LA. The LCIW is seeking a dedicated and detail‑oriented ARDC Specialist to support our mission of maintaining safety, accountability, and accurate offender records. The role plays a vital part in ensuring the integrity of admissions, releases, and daily correctional documentation while contributing to the smooth operation of the facility.

• Address inmate concerns with professionalism and accuracy – receive, review, and respond to inmate inquiries related to classification, housing, work assignments, and record status.
• Conduct comprehensive inmate classification assessments – evaluate each inmate’s criminal history, institutional behavior, biographical information, and risk factors to determine appropriate custody levels.
• Ensure proper housing placement and work assignment allocation – assign inmates to housing units and job roles that match their classification level, skills, behavioral history, and facility needs.

• Communicating Effectively – ability to convey information, ideas, and emotions using structured communication methods that promote understanding and engagement.
• Focusing on Customers – ability to understand and meet the needs, preferences, and experiences of internal and external customers.
• Following Policies and Procedures – ability to follow, reinforce, adapt, or develop policies and procedures to maintain compliance with federal and state legal requirements, state civil service rules, and organizational policies.

• Three years of experience in offender records analysis, offender classification, offender pre‑classification, security, social services, or as a probation or parole officer; OR
• Six years of full‑time work experience in any field; OR
• A bachelor’s degree.

Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full‑time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field.

Appointment Type: Probation, or promotion of a permanent, classified Louisiana State employee.

• Current permanent status classified LA State employees may be required to accept a probational appointment if accepted.
• An employee selected for a promotion may be required to serve a trial detail prior to being permanently promoted.
• This posting may also be used to fill a vacancy as a temporary job appointment. If filled as a temporary job appointment, should a permanent position become available, the employee may be converted to a probational appointment.

Career Progression Group: CORRECTIONS ARDC SPECIALIST 1, 2, OR 3.

Filled at the highest level of experience of the selected applicant. Salary depends on level of experience.

The Louisiana Department of Corrections offers a generous benefits package, including a defined benefit pension plan, health insurance available post‑retirement, at least ten paid holidays, sick and annual leave that rolls over, paid or time off accrued for hours worked over 40 per week, a deferred compensation plan, a flexible benefits plan, and alternative work schedules.

All state employees are eligible for retirement through the Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and other retirement systems. The department also offers parental leave up to six weeks paid.

The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections – Corrections Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate based on any non‑merit factor, including disability.