Correctional Treatment Specialist (Assistant Case Management Coordinator)

Why work for the Federal Bureau of Prisons?

You can have a meaningful career with an agency that truly values a diverse workforce. You will find a diverse workforce employed from entry level jobs to senior management positions. We protect public safety by ensuring federal offenders serve their sentences of imprisonment in facilities that are safe, humane, and provide reentry programming. Employees at correctional facilities perform correctional work regardless of their specific occupation.

Qualifications:

To be considered for the position, you must meet the followings:

Basic Requirements:

A. Degree: that included at least 24 semester hours of course work in the behavioral or social sciences.

OR

B. A combination of education and experience - that included at least 24 semester hours of course work in the behavioral or social sciences, and that provided applicants with knowledge of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a 4-year degree as shown in A above.

Evaluation of Education - Courses, such as sociology, correctional administration, criminal justice, government/political science, psychology, social work, counseling, and other related social or behavioral science courses may be used to satisfy the 24-semester-hour requirement.

Evaluation of Experience - Experience must have been gained in (1)casework in a correctional institution or in another criminal justice setting; (2) counseling in any setting, provided it required diagnostic or treatment planning skills to achieve specific social or occupational goals; or (3) work treating persons in need of social rehabilitation.

In addition to the basic requirements, you must have:

Education:

Three (3) years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree.

Graduate education must have been in corrections or a related field such as criminal justice, sociology, counseling, social work, or other course work related to the position.

OR

Experience:

You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level in federal service. To be creditable, this experience must have equipped the applicant with the particular qualifications to successfully perform the duties of the position, and must typically be in or related to the position to be filled.

Some examples of this qualifying experience are:

• Knowledge of case management policies and practices regarding programs and treatment options available and inmate participation, release, privileges and sentencing.
• Experience in providing technical assistance and serving as a resource for institution administrative staff in case management and related areas.
• Experience working as a part of the institution administration to develop plans, policies, and procedures for institution management.
• Experience assisting with monitoring victim/witness and financial responsibility programs to ensure compliance with policy requirements.

OR

Combination of Education and Experience:

This experience must have equipped you with the qualifications to perform the major duties of this position as described above.

Credit will be given for paid any unpaid experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as number of hours worked per week) spent in the activities.

**Your eligibility for consideration will be based on your responses to the questions in the application.**

Responsibilities:

Under the supervision of the Case Management Coordinator (CMC), the incumbent serves as the Assistant Case Management Coordinator at a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) federal correctional facility. The incumbent assists the institution administration by maintaining a current knowledge of case management techniques and resources available in order to provide accurate assistance and information to staff in the direction of correctional programming policy in the BOP.

Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staff correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and is performed on a regular and recurring basis.