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Louisiana Department of State Civil Service CORRECTIONS ARDC MANAGER in Homer, Louisiana
CORRECTIONS ARDC MANAGER
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CORRECTIONS ARDC MANAGER
Salary
$4,470.00 - $8,044.00 Monthly
Location
Homer, LA
Job Type
Classified
Job Number
414-24-048
Department
DOC-David Wade Correctional Center
Opening Date
10/30/2024
Closing Date
11/4/2024 11:59 PM Central
Description
Benefits
Questions
Supplemental Information
Louisiana Department of
Public Safety & Corrections –
Corrections Services
www.doc.louisiana.gov
DAVID WADE CORRECTIONAL CENTER
Homer, LA
THIS POSITION WILL BE FILLED AS A PROBATIONAL APPOINTMENT
or PROMOTION OF A PERMANENT CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE OF
LOUISIANA STATE GOVERNMENT (State Employee)
This position may be filled as:
DETAIL : The selected employee may be required to serve a trial detail prior to being permanently promoted
TEMPORARY JOB APPOINTMENT: This position may be filled by temporary job appointment. If filled as a temporary job appointment, should a permanent position become available, the employee may be converted to a probational appointment.
PROBATIONAL APPOINTMENT: Current permanent status classified State employees may be required to accept a probational appointment, if selected.
Why work for DOC? (https://doc.louisiana.gov/about-the-dpsc/careers-in-corrections/)
Culture: DOC values and supports employees through numerous recognition programs, creating a sense of community, prioritizing internal promotional opportunities, clear communication, and professional development.
Growth: Professional growth is encouraged at DOC through numerous avenues.
Benefits: DOC offers a generous benefits package including; a defined benefit pension plan, health insurance that is also available post retirement, at least 10 paid holidays, sick and annual leave that rolls over from year to year, paid or time off accrued for hours worked over 40 per week, a deferred compensation plan, a flexible benefits plan, alternate work schedules, work from home, etc. Alternative work schedules including 4/10’s or work from homeMAYbe an available benefit for certain positions upon meeting the policy.
Exams and License Requirements
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
Any degree, certificate, special license, or DD-214 must be verified by official documentation prior to hire.
Any qualifying experience that is based on college credit/college hours should have an accompanying transcript for verification.
Failure to provide your qualifying work experience may result in your application not being considered.
To apply for this vacancy , click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities.
REVIEW YOUR APPLICATION TO MAKE SURE IT IS CURRENT.
IMPORTANT: In the supplemental questions section,applicants must authorizethe HR Office of DPS&C-Corrections Services to contact prior employers to check references under thePrison Rape Elimination Act (PREA),to be considered for employment, by answering ‘YES’ to the PREA question.
Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.
There is no guarantee that everyone who applies to this posting will be interviewed. The hiring supervisor/manager has90 days from the closing dateof the announcement to make a hiring decision. Specific information about this job will be provided to you in the interview process, should you be selected.
Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.
This Agency is a Drug Free Workplace.
To view and apply to any of our other postings we currently have available, click HERE.
The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections - Corrections Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate based on any non-merit factor including disability.
For further information about this vacancy contact:
Sara Carmena
Human Resources Department
Sara.Carmena@la.gov
Ph: (318) 927-0416
Fax: (225) 342-5968
Minimum Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
A baccalaureate degree plus four years of professional level experience in offender records analysis, offender classification, offender pre-classification, probation and parole, security, or social services. Two years of the experience must have been in offender records analysis, offender classification, or offender pre-classification.
SUBSTITUTIONS:
Six years of full-time work experience in any field may be substituted for the required baccalaureate degree.
Candidates without a baccalaureate degree may combine work experience and college credit to substitute for the baccalaureate degree as follows:
A maximum of 120 semester hours may be combined with experience to substitute for the baccalaureate degree.
30 to 59 semester hours credit will substitute for one year of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.
60 to 89 semester hours credit will substitute for two years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.
90 to 119 semester hours credit will substitute for three years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.
120 or more semester hours credit will substitute for four years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.
College credit earned without obtaining a baccalaureate degree may be substituted for a maximum of four years full-time work experience towards the baccalaureate degree. Candidates with 120 or more semester hours of credit, but without a degree, must also have at least two years of full-time work experience to substitute for the baccalaureate degree.
A master's degree in social work, criminal justice or psychology will substitute for one year of the required general experience.
NOTE:
Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.
Job Concepts
Function of Work:
To serve as a manager over all phases of a regional Pre-classification/ARDC Classification program, Records Management Section, the IMPACT program statewide, or the Louisiana Parole Violator/Extradition program nationwide.
Level of Work:
Manager.
Supervision Received:
Broad direction from a higher-level administrator.
Supervision Exercised:
Direct-line over subordinate supervisors.
Location of Work:
Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Corrections Services-Adult.
Job Distinctions:
Differs from the Corrections Classification Manager 3 by the presence of regional assignments of statewide classification and pre-classification responsibilities or special programs specific to all Adult Reception and Diagnostic Centers.
Differs from the Corrections ARDC Supervisor by the presence of full managerial responsibility over an entire geographical region.
Examples of Work
Manage regional Pre-classification/ARDC classification program, formulates policies and procedures, and serves as liaison on all classification program matters between institution and regional area of responsibility and other classification regions.
Directs and monitors the process which ensures the proper reception, housing, and timely processing of transient inmates at All Reception and Diagnostic Centers (ARDC), ensuring that appropriate institutional assignments and quotas are being met.
Oversee classification special functions specific to All Reception and Diagnostic Centers (i.e. IMPACT, MCLA/Secure Ward, HDQ Support, Medical/Infirmary, Hospice, special inpatient mental health programs, and protective custody assignments).
Directs and monitors the pre-classification, classification, processing, time computation, and release of all Department inmates housed in local detention facilities.
Manage fugitive and interstate extradition programs on a statewide basis.
Manage the inmate transfer process by controlling all scheduling and transfers of inter-institutional and parish jail movements in conjunction with available bed space, capacities, and special needs of facilities and inmates.
Reviews or approves all recommendations for work release, minimum security programs, IMPACT, special treatment programs, status reductions, job, school, or housing assignments giving special consideration to inmates with special medical or mental health needs.
Coordinates with the institutional classification sections and sheriffs to facilitate the intake and movement of adult offenders, special needs offender, high risk, or high profile cases.
Consults with other managers, Corrections Wardens, and other departments and institutions as to the needs of inmates and the development of a comprehensive classification program.
Establishes allocation criteria used to determine levels of various classification programs based on a combination of special functions plus caseload.
Performs research on program operations by evaluating programs and making recommendations for improvements. Compiles and evaluates reports necessary for proper program evaluation.
Establishes basic principles of classification by which all classification staff must work.
Drafts correspondence for Corrections Warden and represents the Corrections Warden in matters relating to inmates' families, elected officials, and other government officials. Serves as appointed member to institutional boards, inspections, etc.
Directs and monitors the activities of the Initial, Reclassification, Status Reduction, and Lockdown Review Boards.
Provides training and consultation to institutional analysts statewide and conducts training sessions to orient new employees and arriving inmates to the functions and operations of classification services.
Serve as an expert witness for the Department.
Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.
As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:
Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/
Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave
More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx
Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:
New Year's Day
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
Mardi Gras,
Good Friday,
Memorial Day,
Independence Day,
Labor Day,
Veteran's Day,
Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
* Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor
State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.
Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):
Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your_Retirement_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system
Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),
Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others
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Are you currently a permanent classified employee of Louisiana State Government (STATE EMPLOYEE)?
Yes
No
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If you have previous employment in a community confinement center, jail, lockup or prison, the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) requires Corrections Human Resources to contact those employers prior to hiring any applicant for information on substantiated allegations of sexual abuse or any resignation during a pending investigation of an allegation of sexual abuse. Do you authorize the Human Resources Office of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Corrections Services, to contact any of your prior employers, whether listed on your employment application or not, to ascertain information required by the Prison Rape Elimination Act, Part 115 of Title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations? I understand that prior to any offer of employment by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections that such information must be obtained. IMPORTANT: I also understand that if I do not authorize such contact, I will not be eligible for employment with the Department of Public Safety and Corrections. Should I be appointed from this announcement, I also understand that this authorization will remain valid for the duration of my employment with the Department of Public Safety and Corrections. Questions should be directed to Human Resources as noted in the Supplemental Information section of this job posting.
Yes, I understand. You may contact my employers, past or present.
No. Do not contact my employers, past or present, and DO NOT CONSIDER ME as a candidate for employment.
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How did you hear about this position?
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Recruitment Event
Newspaper Ad
DOC Website
DOC Employee Referral
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Other
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State of Louisiana
Address
For agency contact information, please refer to
the supplemental information above.
Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802
Phone
(866) 783-5462
Website
http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm
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