Correctional Programs Supervisor – Wake Correctional Center Job Winston-Salem area,North Carolina USA,Management

Agency Adult Correction Division Operations Job Classification Title Correctional Programs Supervisor (S)
Position Number Grade NC08

About Us

The NC Department of Adult Correction is one of the largest state agencies with more than 14,000 employees. It is responsible for safeguarding and preserving lives and property through prevention, protection, and preparation as well as the care, custody, and supervision of all adults sentenced for violating North Carolina laws. This department includes state prisons with custody, healthcare, and facility operations staff as well as probation/parole officers who supervised sentenced people in the community.

Other divisions include Administration, Health Services, Rehabilitation & Reentry, Special Operations and the Post-Release Supervision & Parole Commission. We have a mission that matters!

Description of Work

This position reports to the Correctional Programs Director and functions in the Programs section at a minimum custody male correctional facility. This position provides transitional and re-entry programs and oversees rehabilitation programming for offenders. This position’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

Reviewing, analyzing and evaluating various documents and behavioral data gathered from interviews, written documentation and personal observation.

Training, observing, evaluating and supervising Correctional Case Managers in their duties and responsibilities to ensure that the Programs section meet the necessary goals.

Working with community agencies to enrich programs and establish new program activities and coordinating program activities with custody staff.

Operating as a certified employee, this position may be subject to assist in any certified capacity as needed which includes custody department and Administrative Services.

Performing crisis intervention and routine counseling to include suicide prevention.

Being accountable for the development, implementation and maintenance of one or more major and broad programs for offenders. The primary programs areas are offender classification, correctional programs (incentive wage, adult basic education, volunteer programs, religion and recreation), and supportive counseling.

Coordinating of Programs activities with custody staff to develop, implement, coordinate and supervise programs associated with offenders’ treatment, re-entry, and or behavior.

Working under stressful conditions caused by direct contact with incarcerated offenders who can become physically violent and verbally abusive.

(Salary Range: $37,782 – $66,120)

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities/Management Preferences

Effective July 1, 2025, candidates now must meet the minimum qualifications of a position if they have the “Minimum Education and Experience” listed from the OSHR class specification as seen in the next section below. The Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs) listed here in this section are now to be used as “Management Preferences” and to be used to screen for the MOST QUALIFIED pool of applicants.

Documented knowledge of supportive counseling techniques and/or interviewing techniques for intake assessment
Documented knowledge of services available to individuals from the community and other public and private programs.
Documented 12 months (1 year) of correctional program experience.

Please review your application carefully before submitting it and be sure to enter a detailed description in the EDUCATION & WORK EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATES/LICENSES sections of your application. Remember to SAVE each job entry and be thorough. Resumes are not accepted in lieu of an application.

This is a full-time position (40 hours per week) with established working hours of Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm and may require working beyond normal work schedule to meet business need.

Note to Current State Employees:
The salary grade for this position is NC08. State employees are encouraged to apply for positions of interest even if the salary grade is the same as, or lower than, their current position. If selected for this position, a new salary will be recalculated taking into consideration the quantity of relevant education and…


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