Correctional Case Manager

Correctional Case Manager

Agency: 131 Department of Corrections
Supervisory Organization: DOC JDCC

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

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: The 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 classification and assignment of offenders committed to a correctional institution. Incumbents at this level are responsible for overseeing difficult advanced classification and counseling cases.

Level III: Specialist level where incumbents are responsible for providing programs such as substance abuse treatment, cognitive behavior and sex offender treatment; and offender re‑entry case management functions to include coordination of strategic social casework; classification; development of transitional/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 an equivalent combination of education and experience, substituting one year of experience in a correctional facility in a position which requires direct contact with inmates for each thirty semester hours of the required education.

Level II: Bachelor’s degree and two years of correctional records management or social casework involving classification and assignment, field supervision, apprehension or investigation of offenders, or as a chief of security in a community corrections center, or in a professional administrative position with responsibilities for maintaining inmate records, establishing procedures or serving as an assistant to a warden. Substitution of a master’s degree for one year only of the required specialized experience;

or an equivalent combination of education and experience substituting one year of the experience in a correctional facility for each thirty hours of the required education.

Level III: Bachelor’s degree and three years of correctional records management or social casework involving classification and assignment, field supervision, apprehension or investigation of offenders, or as a chief of security in a community corrections center, or in a professional administrative position with responsibilities for maintaining inmate records, establishing procedures or serving as an assistant to a warden. Substitution of a master’s…