Corrections Specialist - Disciplinary Hearings Officer

Permanent / Full Time

Location:
Airway Heights Corrections Center (AHCC)

Salary Range: $6,945 - $9,106

This position is represented by the Teamsters 117 bargaining unit.

The Department of Corrections (DOC) is seeking a highly motivated and qualified individual for the position of Corrections Specialist 3 - Disciplinary Hearings Officer (CS3) at Airway Heights Corrections Center. AHCC is a 2000 + bed male facility located approximately 10 miles west of Spokane. The prison consists of a facility that houses medium and minimum incarcerated individuals (I/I).

Whether the work is inside a prison, in community corrections, or in an administrative office, the Washington State Department of Corrections professional staff experience a high degree of personal satisfaction knowing they are creating environments in which all offenders can learn to make choices that contribute to a safer society.

• Responsible for the overall administration of the incarcerated individual's disciplinary hearings at AHCC.
• Conducts administrative segregation and disciplinary hearings in compliance with WAC Chapter 137-28 in a timely frame.
• Makes independent decisions on facts presented in Hearings; determines guilt and sanctions, including the loss of liberty interests, such as good conduct or earned time in restitution amounts for losses suffered by the State.
• Prepare Hearing, Findings, and Dispositions, clearly articulating the basis and supportive rationale for fact findings, decisions and the use of sanctions to support Public Safety and Restorative Justice Concepts. Reviews DOC hearing policies monthly and keeps familiar with all changes.
• Apply thorough knowledge of WACs, DOC Policies, and local operational memorandums to administer hearings and determine the appropriate sanctions.
• Interprets RCW’s, WAC’s, Federal Regulation and/or Case Law.
• Provide first-line supervision to one (1) Corrections Specialist Assistant (CSA) and (1) Correctional Officer 2 (C/O
  2).
• Conduct timely performance evaluations as required and provide ongoing direction, coaching and guidance to staff.
• Review drafts and updates of policies and procedures for the incarcerated individual hearing process.
• Other duties as assigned.

• High school diploma or Equivalent;
• Four (4) years of professional experience in adult or juvenile corrections, social services or closely related field.

• Bachelor's degree;
• One (1) year of administrative experience in a hearings unit to include processing incarcerated individuals for hearings, scheduling hearings, and disposition of documents post hearings.
• Four (4) years of professional experience in adult or juvenile corrections, social services, or closely related field.

NOTE:

Additional qualifying experience will substitute, year for year, for up to two (2) years of the desired education. A master's degree will substitute for one (1) year of experience.

Working together for safer communities.

Improving public safety by positively changing lives.

Our Commitment:
To operate a safe and humane corrections system and partner with others to transform lives for a better Washington.

DOC is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, honorably discharged veteran, veteran status, genetic information, or the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability or the use of a trained guide dog or service animal by a person with a disability.

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