CORRECTIONAL COUNSELOR 2* - 06302026-78757

Responsibilities

• Calculates sentencing information to determine accuracy of an offender's sentence computation.
• Verifies that offender sentencing complies with judgment order.
• Completes classification/reclassification and/or risk-needs assessments for offenders.
• Presents reports on offender history, progress, adjustment, rule violations, visitation, recommendations for special visits, and other related statistics.
• Evaluates all offender records, case notes, and information to ensure compliance with all applicable standards, laws, policies, rules, and regulations while under the guidance of a higher-ranking Correctional Counselor.
• Conducts and/or monitors Prison Rape Elimination Act screenings to determine potential victim or aggressor status.
• Maintains awareness of the environment to identify security related concerns in order to assure continued safety of the facility.
• Identifies appropriate intervention techniques to deal with offender behavioral issues.
• Aids offenders in addressing concerns regarding job pay, trust fund, sentence information, and educational needs and programs and with communicating with outside agencies to expedite release plans or respond to emergencies.
• Schedules outside services to assist with offender transition from prison to the community.
• Develops and collaborates reentry plans with re-entry Counselor for offenders within established time frames and in accordance with departmental procedures.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree and experience equivalent to one year of full-time professional social or psychological counseling work.
• One year of graduate coursework in a social or behavioral science may be substituted for the year of professional counseling experience.
• One year as a Correctional Counselor with the State of Tennessee Department of Correction can be substituted for the required education on a year for year basis for a maximum of two years; requiring two years of study at an accredited college or university.