Correctional Case Manager

Title: Correctional Case Manager

Agency: Oklahoma Indigent Defense System

Location: Dick Conner Correctional Center (not remote)

Employment Type: Full time, Regular (continuous if no end date)

Compensation: 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: 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 the classification and assignment of offenders committed to a correctional institution; 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 requiring 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 a professional administrative position with responsibilities for maintaining inmate records; a master’s degree may substitute one year of the required specialized experience.
• 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 a professional administrative position with responsibilities for maintaining inmate records; a master’s degree may substitute one year of the required specialized experience.

• Level I: Knowledge of vocational guidance and social adjustment principles; available institutional industrial positions and the future market for those skills; interviewing and counseling techniques; social and psychological problems facing offenders; ability to establish and…