CorrectionalSpecialist

## Compensation Range $30.18 - $39.24 \-- ## Job Description Summary The Correctional Specialist within the Justice Services Department provides facility management and community supervision of adult male and female offenders (clients) sentenced to the Work Release or Electronic Monitoring programs (often referred to as Alternative Sentencing Programs) in lieu of secure jail incarceration. The Correctional Specialist monitors clients in a staff-secure residential setting that operates 24 hours a day and, in the community, while mitigating risk to public safety. Explains program rules and establishes and maintains communication with employers; provides program orientation to clients. Provides supervision by maintaining current, accessible records of client work schedules, work sites, in and out times, collection of fees, consistent enforcement of program rules and procedures, and completion of required court sentencing documents. Shift: Wednesday from 12:00 PM to 6:15 PM and Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 6:00 AM to 6:15 PM. Must work shifts, holidays, and weekends necessary to meet departmental outcomes. \-- ## Job Description **Program Operations - 70%** * Ensure policies, rules and court-ordered conditions of client placement reflect actual practices and are applied consistently and uniformly. * Maintain accurate and complete client files and records of all activity and behavior; maintain daily schedule of all clients and verify authorized employment. * Responsible for computer data entry of client court orders and maintaining computer events required to document Work Release and Electronic Monitoring In-Home Detention sentences and client whereabouts. * Utilize county, judicial, state and national law enforcement databases to obtain or review criminal history information about clients. * Ensure safety and security of clients, staff, and public; ensure effective supervision of clients 24 hours a day. * Conduct thorough area and personal searches to maintain e