Senior Correctional Counselor

About the role

A class incumbent is responsible for full-performance professional counseling work providing rehabilitation services to adult offenders incarcerated in correctional institutions or assigned to Community Corrections.

Upon satisfactory completion of department promotional standards and job requirements, employees may be eligible to be promoted to the next level.

Responsibilities

• Counsels individuals and/or groups of inmates/clients.
• Develops treatment programs based on counseling sessions and information from inmate files, records, and reports, family members, associates, former employers, and other counselors or rehabilitation team members.
• Assesses inmate progress towards resocialization and compliance with recommended treatment programs.
• Prepares various records, reports, and summary evaluations related to inmate progress.
• Maintains files on clients/inmates containing appropriate supporting documentation, classification reports, social histories, progress notes, and counseling records.
• Serves on various boards and committees such as Multi-Disciplinary Team's classification committees and inmate grievance committees.
• Makes recommendations regarding appropriate classification levels of inmates/clients based on behavioral/attitudinal changes and positive efforts towards self-improvement and compliance with program/institutional requirements.
• Participates in case conferences regarding treatment alternatives for inmates/clients. Makes referrals to such resources as drug or alcohol treatment programs, educational programs, etc.

Requirements

• At least one year experience providing rehabilitation services to adult offenders OR Masters degree or higher in Behavioral Science, Social Science or related field.
• Six months experience in behavior management such as understanding, explaining, describing, and predicting behavior, studying the connection between behavior and its causes, and identifying appropriate behavior modification strategies for individual situations.
• Six months experience in case management which includes assessing, planning, developing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating options and services to meet an individual's human service needs.
• Six months experience in providing rehabilitation services to adult offenders which includes evaluating progress in attaining goals and adjusting treatment plans; analyzing social and criminal history; participating in interdisciplinary conferencing.
• Six months experience in using an automated information system to enter, update, modify, delete, retrieve/inquire, and report on data.
• Six months experience in interpreting laws, rules, regulations, standards, policies, and procedures.
• Six months experience in narrative report writing.

Qualifications

Applicants must successfully complete all phases of the Non-Security Basic Training Course to receive Hazardous Duty A1. This course is five weeks in duration and is administered by the Department of Correction at the Steven R. Floyd Sr. Training Academy. Coursework includes physical, classroom, and hands-on training.

Benefits

To learn more about the comprehensive benefit package, please visit our website at https://dhr.delaware.gov/benefits/.

Pay

Yearly: $48,344.00/Min Plus Hazrd Duty A1 - $4,620.00

Schedule

Shift Hours: 8:00am - 4:00pm

Contact

Contact Name: DHR Talent Acquisition
Contact Phone: 302-739-5458

Agency

Agency: DOC/Prisons

Location(s)

Location(s): HRYCI: (1301 E 12th St, Wilmington, DE, 19802)

Application Instructions

To apply, fill out the Supplemental Questionnaire and Application NOW using the Internet.
For further assistance, you may contact us by phone at (302) 739-5458, or e-mail at jobs@delaware.gov.