Corrections Program Coordinator-E College Facility Coordinator at STF​/DRF

Job Description

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The Offender Success Administration’s Education Section implements practices and educational opportunities in prison that promote successful outcomes such as degrees and certifications to prepare offenders to transition from prison to their community. This position will work with college partners in the community and facility staff for offender participation in college services and post‑secondary educational programming during their incarceration at the facility;

complete enrollment and referrals within departmental data systems; document programming and classes; schedule and facilitate meetings involving departmental staff and college providers in the community. This position will collect, analyze, and maintain program data necessary to meet Pell grant program reporting and evaluation requirements.

This is a position in which the incumbent has regular unsupervised access to and direct contact with prisoners and is a DART (Drug/Alcohol Test Designated) position in accordance with Civil Service Rules.

This position is located at Central Michigan Correctional Facility (STF) and also covering Carson City Correctional Facility (DRF).

Education

Possession of a bachelor's degree in criminal justice, correctional administration, criminology, psychology, social work, counseling and guidance, child development, physical education or recreation, sociology, school social work, social work administration, educational psychology, family relations, human services, or theology.

Experience

• Corrections Program Coordinator 9 – No specific type or amount is required.
• Corrections Program Coordinator 10 – One year of professional experience providing services to inmates, parolees, or probationers in a correctional setting equivalent to a Corrections Program Coordinator 9, Prison Counselor 9, or Parole/Probation Officer 9.
• Corrections Program Coordinator P11 – Two years of professional experience providing services to inmates, parolees, or probationers in a correctional setting, including one year equivalent to a Corrections Program Coordinator 10, Prison Counselor 10, or Parole/Probation Officer 10.
• Corrections Program Coordinator 12 – Three years of professional experience providing services to inmates, parolees, or probationers in a correctional setting, including one year equivalent to a Corrections Program Coordinator P11, Prison Counselor P11, or Parole/Probation Officer P11.

• Possession of a bachelor's degree in any major and one year of Department of Corrections' experience.
• OR
• Education level typically acquired through the completion of high school and one year as an Assistant Resident Unit Supervisor 11 or Corrections Shift Supervisor 11; or, two years as a Corrections Field Services Assistant E10, Corrections Medical Unit Officer E10, Corrections Resident Representative E10, Corrections Security Representative E10, Corrections Transportation Officer E10, Resident Unit Officer E10, or Special Alternative Incarceration Officer E10;
  
  or, three years as a Corrections Medical Officer E9 or Corrections Officer E9.

Positions in this class are test‑designated and subject to pre‑appointment and random‑selection drug and alcohol testing.

• Knowledge of the techniques and problems involved in organizing group activities.
• Knowledge of security procedures.
• Ability to organize and coordinate activities in a prison setting.
• Ability to interpret and apply laws, rules, and regulations relative to the work.
• Ability to communicate effectively with others.
• Ability to establish and adapt rules to prevent prisoner disorder.
• Ability to provide guidance and direction in…