Prison Counselor
for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. However we need to preserve substantive info. The posting includes: description about MDOC being veteran friendly, assisting warden, liaison, grievance coordinator, audit coordinator, liaison to Ombudsman, Attorney General, Central Office/GVP, law enforcement, community, legislative body, FOIA, PREA audits, records retention, ADA Coordinator. Conduct weekly rounds, ensure compliance, QA and process improvement, create/revise procedures, ensure due dates. Then education and experience requirements: bachelor's degree list, experience levels (Prison Counselor 9,10,P11) with specifics. Alternate education and experience. Additional requirements: felony screening, misdemeanor/felony ineligibility, ethical standards, conflict of interest reporting. Then application instructions (which we must remove). Also accommodations note (maybe keep? It's about accommodation for ADA coordinator; it's not boilerplate? Might be considered part of posting but could be considered application instruction? It's about accommodation request; maybe keep as part of "Additional Requirements"? But instructions say remove application instructions. Accommodations note is not exactly application instruction but could be considered part of process. Might keep as a short paragraph under Additional Requirements? However we must not invent sections. We have to decide which sections to include: About the role (maybe includes description of role). Responsibilities (list duties). Requirements (education and experience). Qualifications maybe similar to Requirements; but we should avoid duplication. Skills maybe not present. Benefits: posting mentions MDOC benefits and services for veterans, but not specific benefits like health, retirement. It says "The Department has many benefits and services available to support our military and veteran employees, spouses, and families." That's vague but still a statement about benefits. Could we include Benefits section with that statement? It's not specific like health insurance, but it's a statement. The rule: never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g., "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. The posting does state benefits exist, albeit vague. So we can include Benefits section with that statement. Pay: not stated. Schedule: not stated. So omit Pay and Schedule.
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for prose.
We must not repeat job title as heading. So no heading for "Prison Counselor". Use headings for sections we include.
We need to preserve all substantive information. Let's extract:
- Intro: Michigan Department of Corrections is proud to be a Michigan Veteran's Affairs Agency (MVAA) Gold Level Veteran Friendly Employer. MDOC employs nearly 1,500 veterans and actively serving military members across the department. The Department has many benefits and services available to support our military and veteran employees, spouses, and families. Learn more about what makes MDOC a Gold-Level Veteran Friendly Employer here. (We could keep that as About the role? Or maybe as a general intro. Could be part of About the role.)
- Role description: Assist the Warden in a broad range of administrative aspects of the facility. To serve as liaison and spokesperson for the Warden and facility. Serves as the Step II Grievance Coordinator, Audit Coordinator, liaison to the Ombudsman office, Attorney General office, Central Office/GVP, law enforcement agencies, members of the community and legislative body, FOIA, preparation for PREA audits, records retention and serves as the ADA Coordinator. Conduct weekly rounds in the secure perimeter of the facility, ensure all operations are in compliance with policy, procedure, post orders and all other applicable authorities. Quality assurance and process improvement coordinator for all deficiencies on audit, inspections, rounds, etc. Create or revise operating procedures, brochures, documents, spreadsheets, tracking mechanisms and other related documents. Ensure all due dates are met.
That's responsibilities.
- Education and Experience: Required Education And Experience: Education Possession of a bachelor's degree in criminal justice, correctional administration, criminology, psychology, social work, counseling and guidance, child development, sociology, school social work, social work administration, family relations, human services, or theology. Experience Prison Counselor 9 No specific type or amount is required. Prison Counselor 10 One year of professional experience providing prison counseling services equivalent to a Prison Counselor 9. Prison Counselor P11 Two years of professional experience providing prison counseling services equivalent to a Prison Counselor, including one year equivalent to a Prison Counselor 10. Alternate Education And Experience Prison Counselor 9 Possession of a bachelor's degree in any major and one year of Department of Corrections' experience. OR Education level typically acquired through the completion of high school and one year as an Assistant Resident Unit Supervisor 11 or Corrections Shift Supervisor 11; or, two years as a Corrections Field Services Assistant E10, Corrections Medical Unit Officer E10, Corrections Resident Representative E10, Corrections Security Representative E10, Corrections Transportation Officer E10, Resident Unit Officer E10, or Special Alternative Incarceration Officer E10; or, three years as a Corrections Medical Officer E9 or Corrections Officer E9.
- Additional Requirements And Information: The Department of Corrections may screen out job applicants who have been convicted of a felony in accordance with Public Act 191 of 2017 . Applicants who have been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony are ineligible for employment with the Department of Corrections until satisfactory completion of any sentence imposed, including parole or probation. REQUIRED INFORMATION: Employment in the state classified service demands a high degree of loyalty and imposes high ethical standards on employees to ensure the integrity of state government and maintain effective services. All employees must meet these ethical standards and all appointing authorities are obligated to enforce these ethical standards. As part of this effort all employees are required to report any possible conflict of interest, please review the information and be prepared to respond to questions related to the information in your application. Ethical Standards and Conduct (Note: you do not need to fill out the form)
- Accommodations: If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or selection processes, please contact the ADA coordinator for the agency that posted this position vacancy.
We must remove application instructions (the long block about applying online, NEOGOV, resume, transcripts, references, etc.) Also remove "View the entire job specification at:" link and "View the entire job position description here". Also remove "Learn more about what makes MDOC a Gold-Level Veteran Friendly Employer here." maybe keep as part of About the role? It's a link; but we can keep the sentence but maybe drop the link? The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. The link is not substantive? It's a reference; maybe we can keep the sentence but drop the URL? It's ambiguous. Safer to keep the sentence without the URL? But that would be altering. Better to keep the sentence as is, but it's not boilerplate; it's a pointer to more info. Might be okay.
We need to output only HTML fragment. Use headings where we have content.
Potential sections:
- About the role: includes veteran friendly statement and maybe role overview? Could combine intro and role description? But we have separate Responsibilities section. About the role could contain the veteran friendly statement and maybe a brief summary of role (Assist the Warden...). However we already have Responsibilities for detailed duties. To avoid duplication, we could put the veteran friendly statement in About the role, and the role overview (Assist the Warden...) in Responsibilities. But the Assist the Warden... is also part of role description; could be considered responsibilities. We'll put that in Responsibilities.
Thus:
About the role
The Michigan Department of Corrections is proud to be a Michigan Veteran's Affairs Agency (MVAA) Gold Level Veteran Friendly Employer. MDOC employs nearly 1,500 veterans and actively serving military members across the department. The Department has many benefits and services available to support our military and veteran employees, spouses, and families. Learn more about what makes MDOC a Gold-Level Veteran Friendly Employer here.
Responsibilities
- Assist the Warden in a broad range of administrative aspects of the facility.
- Serve as liaison and spokesperson for the Warden and facility.
- Serve as the Step II Grievance Coordinator.
- Serve as the Audit Coordinator.
- Act as liaison to the Ombudsman office, Attorney General office, Central Office/GVP, law enforcement agencies, members of the community and legislative body, FOIA.
- Prepare for PREA audits.
- Manage records retention.
- Serve as the ADA Coordinator.
- Conduct weekly rounds in the secure perimeter of the facility to ensure all operations are in compliance with policy, procedure, post orders and all other applicable authorities.
- Act as quality assurance and process improvement coordinator for all deficiencies on audit, inspections, rounds, etc.
- Create or revise operating procedures, brochures, documents, spreadsheets, tracking mechanisms and other related documents.
- Ensure all due dates are met.
Requirements
Education: Possession of a bachelor's degree in criminal justice, correctional administration, criminology, psychology, social work, counseling and guidance, child development, sociology, school social work, social work administration, family relations, human services, or theology.
Experience:
- Prison Counselor 9: No specific type or amount of experience required.
- Prison Counselor 10: One year of professional experience providing prison counseling services equivalent to a Prison Counselor 9.
- Prison Counselor P11: Two years of professional experience providing prison counseling services equivalent to a Prison Counselor, including one year equivalent to a Prison Counselor 10.
Alternate Education and Experience for Prison Counselor 9:
- Possession of a bachelor's degree in any major and one year of Department of Corrections' experience.
- OR Education level typically acquired through completion of high school and one year as an Assistant Resident Unit Supervisor 11 or Corrections Shift Supervisor 11; or two years as a Corrections Field Services Assistant E10, Corrections Medical Unit Officer E10, Corrections Resident Representative E10, Corrections Security Representative E10, Corrections Transportation Officer E10, Resident Unit Officer E10, or Special Alternative Incarceration Officer E10; or three years as a Corrections Medical Officer E9 or Corrections Officer E9.
Additional Requirements
- The Department of Corrections may screen out job applicants who have been convicted of a felony in accordance with Public Act 191 of 2017.
- Applicants who have been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony are ineligible for employment with the Department of Corrections until satisfactory completion of any sentence imposed, including parole or probation.
- Employment in the state classified service demands a high degree of loyalty and imposes high ethical standards on employees to ensure the integrity of state government and maintain effective services. All employees must meet these ethical standards and all appointing authorities
for prose. We must not repeat job title as heading. So no heading for "Prison Counselor". Use headings for sections we include. We need to preserve all substantive information. Let's extract: - Intro: Michigan Department of Corrections is proud to be a Michigan Veteran's Affairs Agency (MVAA) Gold Level Veteran Friendly Employer. MDOC employs nearly 1,500 veterans and actively serving military members across the department. The Department has many benefits and services available to support our military and veteran employees, spouses, and families. Learn more about what makes MDOC a Gold-Level Veteran Friendly Employer here. (We could keep that as About the role? Or maybe as a general intro. Could be part of About the role.) - Role description: Assist the Warden in a broad range of administrative aspects of the facility. To serve as liaison and spokesperson for the Warden and facility. Serves as the Step II Grievance Coordinator, Audit Coordinator, liaison to the Ombudsman office, Attorney General office, Central Office/GVP, law enforcement agencies, members of the community and legislative body, FOIA, preparation for PREA audits, records retention and serves as the ADA Coordinator. Conduct weekly rounds in the secure perimeter of the facility, ensure all operations are in compliance with policy, procedure, post orders and all other applicable authorities. Quality assurance and process improvement coordinator for all deficiencies on audit, inspections, rounds, etc. Create or revise operating procedures, brochures, documents, spreadsheets, tracking mechanisms and other related documents. Ensure all due dates are met. That's responsibilities. - Education and Experience: Required Education And Experience: Education Possession of a bachelor's degree in criminal justice, correctional administration, criminology, psychology, social work, counseling and guidance, child development, sociology, school social work, social work administration, family relations, human services, or theology. Experience Prison Counselor 9 No specific type or amount is required. Prison Counselor 10 One year of professional experience providing prison counseling services equivalent to a Prison Counselor 9. Prison Counselor P11 Two years of professional experience providing prison counseling services equivalent to a Prison Counselor, including one year equivalent to a Prison Counselor 10. Alternate Education And Experience Prison Counselor 9 Possession of a bachelor's degree in any major and one year of Department of Corrections' experience. OR Education level typically acquired through the completion of high school and one year as an Assistant Resident Unit Supervisor 11 or Corrections Shift Supervisor 11; or, two years as a Corrections Field Services Assistant E10, Corrections Medical Unit Officer E10, Corrections Resident Representative E10, Corrections Security Representative E10, Corrections Transportation Officer E10, Resident Unit Officer E10, or Special Alternative Incarceration Officer E10; or, three years as a Corrections Medical Officer E9 or Corrections Officer E9. - Additional Requirements And Information: The Department of Corrections may screen out job applicants who have been convicted of a felony in accordance with Public Act 191 of 2017 . Applicants who have been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony are ineligible for employment with the Department of Corrections until satisfactory completion of any sentence imposed, including parole or probation. REQUIRED INFORMATION: Employment in the state classified service demands a high degree of loyalty and imposes high ethical standards on employees to ensure the integrity of state government and maintain effective services. All employees must meet these ethical standards and all appointing authorities are obligated to enforce these ethical standards. As part of this effort all employees are required to report any possible conflict of interest, please review the information and be prepared to respond to questions related to the information in your application. Ethical Standards and Conduct (Note: you do not need to fill out the form) - Accommodations: If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or selection processes, please contact the ADA coordinator for the agency that posted this position vacancy. We must remove application instructions (the long block about applying online, NEOGOV, resume, transcripts, references, etc.) Also remove "View the entire job specification at:" link and "View the entire job position description here". Also remove "Learn more about what makes MDOC a Gold-Level Veteran Friendly Employer here." maybe keep as part of About the role? It's a link; but we can keep the sentence but maybe drop the link? The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. The link is not substantive? It's a reference; maybe we can keep the sentence but drop the URL? It's ambiguous. Safer to keep the sentence without the URL? But that would be altering. Better to keep the sentence as is, but it's not boilerplate; it's a pointer to more info. Might be okay. We need to output only HTML fragment. Use headings where we have content. Potential sections: - About the role: includes veteran friendly statement and maybe role overview? Could combine intro and role description? But we have separate Responsibilities section. About the role could contain the veteran friendly statement and maybe a brief summary of role (Assist the Warden...). However we already have Responsibilities for detailed duties. To avoid duplication, we could put the veteran friendly statement in About the role, and the role overview (Assist the Warden...) in Responsibilities. But the Assist the Warden... is also part of role description; could be considered responsibilities. We'll put that in Responsibilities. Thus:
About the role
The Michigan Department of Corrections is proud to be a Michigan Veteran's Affairs Agency (MVAA) Gold Level Veteran Friendly Employer. MDOC employs nearly 1,500 veterans and actively serving military members across the department. The Department has many benefits and services available to support our military and veteran employees, spouses, and families. Learn more about what makes MDOC a Gold-Level Veteran Friendly Employer here.
Responsibilities
- Assist the Warden in a broad range of administrative aspects of the facility.
- Serve as liaison and spokesperson for the Warden and facility.
- Serve as the Step II Grievance Coordinator.
- Serve as the Audit Coordinator.
- Act as liaison to the Ombudsman office, Attorney General office, Central Office/GVP, law enforcement agencies, members of the community and legislative body, FOIA.
- Prepare for PREA audits.
- Manage records retention.
- Serve as the ADA Coordinator.
- Conduct weekly rounds in the secure perimeter of the facility to ensure all operations are in compliance with policy, procedure, post orders and all other applicable authorities.
- Act as quality assurance and process improvement coordinator for all deficiencies on audit, inspections, rounds, etc.
- Create or revise operating procedures, brochures, documents, spreadsheets, tracking mechanisms and other related documents.
- Ensure all due dates are met.
Requirements
Education: Possession of a bachelor's degree in criminal justice, correctional administration, criminology, psychology, social work, counseling and guidance, child development, sociology, school social work, social work administration, family relations, human services, or theology.
Experience:
- Prison Counselor 9: No specific type or amount of experience required.
- Prison Counselor 10: One year of professional experience providing prison counseling services equivalent to a Prison Counselor 9.
- Prison Counselor P11: Two years of professional experience providing prison counseling services equivalent to a Prison Counselor, including one year equivalent to a Prison Counselor 10.
Alternate Education and Experience for Prison Counselor 9:
- Possession of a bachelor's degree in any major and one year of Department of Corrections' experience.
- OR Education level typically acquired through completion of high school and one year as an Assistant Resident Unit Supervisor 11 or Corrections Shift Supervisor 11; or two years as a Corrections Field Services Assistant E10, Corrections Medical Unit Officer E10, Corrections Resident Representative E10, Corrections Security Representative E10, Corrections Transportation Officer E10, Resident Unit Officer E10, or Special Alternative Incarceration Officer E10; or three years as a Corrections Medical Officer E9 or Corrections Officer E9.
Additional Requirements
- The Department of Corrections may screen out job applicants who have been convicted of a felony in accordance with Public Act 191 of 2017.
- Applicants who have been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony are ineligible for employment with the Department of Corrections until satisfactory completion of any sentence imposed, including parole or probation.
- Employment in the state classified service demands a high degree of loyalty and imposes high ethical standards on employees to ensure the integrity of state government and maintain effective services. All employees must meet these ethical standards and all appointing authorities