Inmate Program Specialist

Inmate Program Specialist

We are looking for an Inmate Program Specialist to provide assessment, case management, counseling, education, and re-entry services to individuals housed at the Northwest Regional Adult Detention Center (NRADC). This position supports inmates in addressing their individual needs, participating in appropriate programs and services, and preparing for successful re-entry into the community.

As an Inmate Program Specialist, you will:

• Provide inmate services in the Community Corrections environment.
• Interpret assessment tools.
• Conduct group and individual counseling and training to include substance abuse intervention, anger management, education, and other life skills and re-entry training.
• Identify inmates with employment, life skills, and/or substance abuse deficits and determine client education, training, and/or counseling needs.
• Assist the Medicaid Coordinator with preparing and submitting Medicaid pre-screening applications.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with community and social services agencies to assist inmates with re-entry.
• Maintains adequate record-keeping in compliance with quality standards of NRADC.

• Any combination of education and work experience. A bachelor's degree in behavioral sciences or criminal justice is preferred.
• Must possess a valid driver's license.
• Two (2) years of substance abuse or rehabilitation/re-entry counseling is preferred.
• Certified Substance Abuse Counselor (CSAC) is preferred.

NRADC Automatic Disqualifiers:

Criminal History:

1. Any conviction or plea of guilty or no contest to a felony or any offense that would be a felony if committed in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

2. Any conviction of plea of guilty or no contest to any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude including but not limited to petit larceny under Section 18.2-96 of the Code of Virginia or any offense involving moral turpitude that would be a misdemeanor if committed in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Crimes of moral turpitude include but limited to: fraud, all theft offenses and perjury.

3. Any conviction or plea of guilty or no contest to any misdemeanor sex offense in the Commonwealth of Virginia, another state, or the United States, including but not limited to sexual battery under Section 18.2-67.4 of the Code Of Virginia or consensual sexual intercourse with a minor 15 or older under clause (ii) of Section 18.2-371 of the Code of Virginia, or domestic assault under Section 18.2-57.2 of the Code of Virginia or any offense that would be domestic assault under the laws of another state or the United States.

4. Any conviction that requires the registration in the Virginia Sex Offender Registry.

5. Undetected commission of any of the above crimes, as an adult.

Traffic Violations:

1. Has not held a valid driver's license for a minimum of two (2) years.

2. Driver's license suspended or revoked within three years of application.

3. Convicted within the past five years of any of the following:

• Operating under the influence of drugs or alcohol
• Fleeing or eluding a police officer
• Failure to stop after an accident (hit and run)
• Operating a vehicle with a suspended license
• Participating in a speed contest or drag race
• Reckless driving or driving to endanger
• Violation of state regulations on implied consent

4. Convicted within the past ten years of any of the following:

• Homicide or manslaughter with a motor vehicle
• Theft or use of a motor vehicle in the commission of felony
• Assault with a motor vehicle
• More than two convictions for motor vehicle moving violations (other than those listed in b above) during the past three years
• Involvement in two or more avoidable (at fault) accidents during the previous three years

Drugs:

1. The illegal sale or distribution of any illegal drugs in the past 7 years.

2. Any use of a controlled substance listed in Schedule I of Title 54.1 of the Code of Virginia in the past five years from the date of application submission is an automatic disqualifier unless you have successfully completed a drug rehabilitation program. This does not include marijuana.

3. Any illegal use of a controlled substance listed in Schedule II of…