Classification Counselor 2 - Teamsters
Location: Littlerock, Washington
Description: State of Washington is hiring Classification Counselor 2 - Teamsters right now, this job will be depute in Washington. More details about this job opportunity please read the description below. Classification Counselor 2 Cedar Creek Corrections Center (CCCC) The Department of Corrections is recruiting to fill 3 permanent, full-time Classification Counselor 2 positions at Cedar Creek Corrections Center in Littlerock, Washington.
Cedar Creek Corrections Center (CCCC) is a 480 bed male facility. The facility is located in the Capital forest 20 miles south of Tumwater. CCCC is co-located with the Department of Natural Resources and is a minimum security facility. This facility houses minimum security offenders and offers Treatment, Work and Vocational Programs to help ready offenders to transition back into the community. CCCC is a sustainability prison; some of the many programs include: raising endangered frogs (Oregon Spotted Tree frog), raising Talapia, bees, worms, crickets and composting. The site includes two living units, a health clinic, education buildings, a gymnasium and support facilities. All offenders work at this facility either on an off-site work crew or within the facility grounds.
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.
Duties:
Key duties of the Classification Counselor 2 include: Investigating all information available for each offender arriving to determine his/her documentation and programming needs. Administering Risk Assessment Tools. Participating in Risk Management teams. Completing Offender Release Plans, verifying transition plans and approving low risk release plans. Counseling and informing offenders regarding community resources and problems they might encounter in their transition to work release, parole, or release. Working with unit staff as well as with other sections of the facility to resolve offender problems. Enforcing court ordered conditions and imposing DOC conditions. Collecting information to complete facility plans, criminal history and risk management tools to determine needs. Maintaining communication with offenders to assist with attorney calls, child custody/support hearings with DSHS and courts, and family contact through crisis/emergency situations. Completing paperwork for special visits, death bed visits, funeral outings, job referrals, End of Sentence Review packets, EFV’s, marriages, psych evaluation requests, offender to offender correspondence, and out of state and international transfers. Evaluating offenders for early release. Testifying before courts, boards and/or classification or disciplinary hearings. Regularly reviewing and updating offender plans and programming needs. Working with internal and external entities to facilitate offender re-entry into the community. Preparing Mutual Agreement Plans and coordinating with other facilities for acceptance.
Qualifications:
A Bachelor's degree, from an accredited college or university whose accreditation is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), involving major study in one of the social sciences or closely related field, and one year of social service or corrections experience. OR Satisfactory completion of two years of college in one of the social sciences or in a closely related field and three (3) years of experience in adult corrections, juvenile corrections, rehabilitation or social casework. Graduate training in one of the social sciences or in a closely related field will substitute for one year of the experience stated above. OR One year as a Classification Counselor 1 in Washington State service to include, at a minumum, satisfactory completion of two years of college in one of the social sciences or in a closely related field. Note : Corrections experience means that the focus of the work is dealing directly with inmates a majority of the time.
Supplemental Information:
'The mission of DOC is to improve public safety.' For additional information about the Department of Corrections, please visit www.doc.wa.gov . IMPORTANT NOTES: From July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2013 a 3% temporary salary reduction is in effect for most state positions. The salary range noted in this recruitment announcement reflects this temporary reduction. For specific information see: Temporary Salary Reduction Info . · Please include a minimum of three professional references with your application . The Department of Corrections defines a professional reference as an individual who has been paid to supervise your work and can attest to your work performance, technical skills, and job competencies. If you do not have any or sufficient professional references, please include non-related professionals, such as educators or other professional associates. · All Department of Corrections employees are fingerprinted for a criminal history background check. · Employees work with offenders in a potentially hazardous setting. Please consider this when deciding whether to apply. · Tuberculosis is a priority health issue for Department of Corrections' employees. The successful candidate may be required to provide valid proof of a baseline TB skin test within 60 days from the date of hire. When positive tests result, further information, testing and treatment may also be required. Employment is not contingent upon test results. · If this position is included in a Union Shop, employees will be required to become members within thirty (30) days of employment. The Department of Corrections is committed to hiring individuals who possess core diversity competencies: · Foster a positive attitude and openness toward the ever changing social and cultural makeup of the workplace. · Work effectively with men and women of different perspectives, abilities, disabilities, races, religions, ages, lifestyle preferences and social, ethnic and cultural backgrounds. · Respectfully acknowledge people’s differences and recognize these differences as important and valuable. · Promote inclusiveness. · Be culturally sensitive and appropriate. · Respect and value diverse backgrounds and traditions. 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 diversity, 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. For questions about this recruitment, or to request reasonable accommodation in the application process, please email eric.sund@doc.wa.gov or call us at (360)359-4062. For TTY service, please call the Washington Relay Service at 7-1-1 or 1-800-833-6388.
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