Correctional Case Manager

Correctional Case Manager

Bill Johnson Correctional Center – This is not a remote position.

• 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.
• LevelII:
  Career level where incumbents perform a full range of case management tasks involving the classification and assignment of offenders committed to a correctional institution and oversee difficult advanced classification and counseling cases.
• LevelIII:
  Specialist level where incumbents provide programs such as substance abuse treatment, cognitive behavior and sex offender treatment; and offender re‑entry case management functions including 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.

• LevelI:
  Knowledge of vocational guidance, social adjustment principles, available institutional industrial positions, social and psychological problems facing offenders; skills in interviewing and counseling techniques; ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships, communicate effectively and determine appropriate facility segment.
• LevelII:
  Includes principles of personality development and adjustments, social structure of offender population and individual assimilation, and requires same abilities as Level
  
  I.
• LevelIII:
  Adds knowledge of related government laws and practices, community resources; requires ability to motivate offenders positively and constructively, in addition to LevelII abilities.

• LevelI:
  Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, or equivalent combination of education and experience (one year of correctional facility experience in a position with direct inmate contact for each thirty semester hours of required education).
• LevelII:
  Bachelor’s degree plus two years of correctional records management or social casework involving classification, assignment, field supervision, apprehension or investigation of offenders; or equivalent combination (one year of experience per thirty semester hours). Master’s degree may substitute for one year of required experience.
• LevelIII:
  Bachelor’s degree plus three years of correctional records management or social casework involving classification, assignment, field supervision, apprehension or investigation of offenders, or equivalent combination. One year of experience may be substituted with a master’s degree.

The State of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of genetic information, race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability.