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Iowa Department of Administrative Services Community Corrections Program Coordinator in Des Moines, Iowa

Community Corrections Program Coordinator

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Community Corrections Program Coordinator

Salary

$57,636.80 - $87,734.40 Annually

Location

Des Moines - 50314 - Polk County, IA

Job Type

Full-time

Job Number

24-03658

Agency

225 Corrections - Community Based Corrections - Des Moines

Opening Date

04/26/2024

Closing Date

5/12/2024 11:59 PM Central

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Point of Contact

Lisa Chedester Lisa.chedester@iowa.gov

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Job Description

Community Based Corrections District 5 is seeking a Community Corrections Program Coordinator

Hours: Tuesday through Saturday between the hours of 6:00am and 10:00pm. Evening’s hours will be required weekly on some days. Schedule will be determined by supervisor to meet the needs of maintaining the efficiency of governmental operations.

Duties of this position include, but are not limited to:

Develops, implements, coordinates and oversee cognitive interventions and treatment programs in our district

*Uses advanced knowledge/skills in effective intervention strategies to influence lasting behavior change and to improve outcomes

*Facilitates and coordinates Department programming to include the Iowa Domestic Abuse Program and other cognitive behavioral and evidence based interventions to justice involved individuals with a high level of proficiency and fidelity to the curriculum

*Models the curriculum principles in all group settings and in all communications with justice involved individuals

*Builds high quality therapeutic relationships with justice involved individuals

Recognizes and identifies anti-social characteristics of group participants and uses evidence based strategies to address difficult participant behaviors that do not align with curriculum’s principles

*Role plays with justice involved individuals when necessary to assist them in gaining an understanding of the principles and to provide practice of newly learned skills.

Functions as a treatment/evidence based practices expert for the Department

*Serves as a lead facilitator in multiple educational/treatment groups with justice involved individuals facilitating curriculum in a highly skilled manner while addressing inappropriate behavior

*Leads training classes and seminars, provided training of trainers, and provides continuous quality improvement to other departmental staff

*Represents the District at statewide meetings and articulates the needs of the District with regard to programming

*Provides continuous quality improvement to other departmental staff

*Reviews and audits work checking for quality, fidelity and proficiency

Collaborates with committees and work groups based on expertise of different programming areas to plan and implement initiatives and projects

*Collaborates for curricula development, review and revisions

*Educates and trains key stakeholders, including but not limited to: community partners, supervising officers, law enforcement, the Court, crime survivors and their advocates/liaisons, the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services regarding evidence based programming, dosage, RNR Principles (Risk, Needs, Responsivity) and Core Correctional Practices and lays out how all of these fit together to reduce recidivism

*Plans for programming expansion and improvement and implements action steps of plans

Communicates and problem solves with justice involved individuals and the people who support them

*Explains process, policies, eligibility and resources

*Displays expert knowledge and proficient application of validated assessment tools that identify risk, needs, protective factors, and responsivity for the purpose of developing high quality effective supervision case plans and intensive intervention strategies targeted at reducing recidivism

*Refers justice involved individuals to interventions that address individualized needs

*Monitors participation, compliance and progress in interventions

Documents and communicates participants progress with participants, the courts, crime survivors, the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, probation and parole officers, and other referral sources

*Tracks participants intervention attendance

*Creates records of attendance, participation, completions and non-compliance

*Composes notification and progress report emails to interested parties and referral sources

Researches, plans, implements and evaluates new and emerging evidence based and promising interventions/programs and practices for justice involved individuals in the community based corrections setting

*Proposes program revisions based on current research

*Identifies and implements additional evidence based programming to meet the needs of justice involved individuals

*Develop program policy and procedures

*Implements new curricula ensuring fidelity to the program is maintained

*Collects and interprets data and evaluates outcomes of justice involved individuals who participate in evidence based programming and interventions

What we offer:

• Team-oriented, positive work environment

• Excellent affordable benefit package

• Paid holidays plus vacation and sick time

• Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System (IPERS) retirement plan

• Optional retirement savings 457 plan with employer contributions

• Employee discount programs

Preferred characteristics and abilities:

• Self-driven

• Flexible and open to change

• Ability to maintain confidentiality

• Attention to detail

• Strong organizational skills

• Ability to collaborate

• Positive attitude

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Applicants must meet at least one of the following minimum requirements to qualify for positions in this job classification:

  • Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a degree in any field, and experience equal to two years of full-time work in a human services or criminal justice field.

  • A total of six years of education and/or full-time experience (as described in number one), where thirty semester hours of accredited college or university coursework in any field equals one year of full-time experience.

  • Current, continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes 18 months of fulltime work as a Probation/Parole Officer II or 30 months as a Community Corrections Program Manager in a district or a similar position in another jurisdiction or agency.

    For additional information, please click on this link to view the job description. (https://das.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/hr/documents/class_and_pay/JobClassDescriptions/CommunityCorrectionsProgramCoordinator-30407.pdf)

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State of Iowa

Agency

225 Corrections - Community Based Corrections - Des Moines

Address

1000 Washington Ave

Des Moines, Iowa, 50314

Website

https://doc.iowa.gov/find-facility/fifth-district

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