144160
CORRECTIONS CLASSIFICATION MANAGER 1
SS413 $40,914 - $73,632
Creation Date: 06/29/1987
Change Date: 10/01/2022
FUNCTION OF WORK:To serve as a manager over all phases of a small classification program,
OR
To serve as an assistant to a higher-level manager.
LEVEL OF WORK:SUPERVISION RECEIVED:Broad direction from a higher-level manager or administrator.
SUPERVISION EXERCISED:Direct-line over subordinate personnel.
LOCATION OF WORK:Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Corrections Services-Adult.
JOB DISTINCTIONS:Differs from a Corrections Classification Officer 3 by the assignment of managerial responsibilities over an institutional classification program, or by serving as an assistant to a higher-level Manager.
Differs from the Corrections Classification Manager 2 by the assignment of managerial responsibilities over a smaller institutional classification program or by serving as an assistant to a higher-level manager within a medium or large classification program.
CORE COMPETENCIES: CORE COMPETENCIES HAVE NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED BY STATE CIVIL SERVICE FOR THIS JOB TITLE.
MORE INFORMATION ON THE SCS COMPETENCY MODEL CAN BE FOUND
HERE.
EXAMPLES OF WORK:EXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED.
Prepares budgetary estimates and recommendations for the Classification Section within the institution.
Establishes basic principles of classification by which classification staff must operate.
Consults with higher-level managers to evaluate and monitor inmates' progress and development of the total classification program.
Receives and evaluates reports necessary for proper program evaluation from subordinate classification officers and other division heads.
Represents the Corrections Warden in meetings with public officials, civic clubs, school groups, church groups, other groups interested in the institution, and in direct conversations with inmates' families and other government officials.
Serves as liaison on classification program matters between ARDC/Pre-class and the institutions.
Makes routine rounds in dining halls, cellblocks, dormitories, inmate work areas, hobby shops, and medical facilities.
Serves as disciplinary board chairman, initial board chairman, and ex officio notary for the unit.
Represents the Corrections Warden in obtaining employment for inmates in the Work Release or Maintenance Release Programs.
Performs research on program operations by evaluating programs and making recommendations for improvements.
Formulates policies and procedures for classification programs.
Drafts correspondence regarding various programs or inmates concerns.
Reviews release dates to assure timely processing.
Advises pardon board about projected release dates following a recommendation of commutation.
Manages the Pre-class units (parish jail Corrections Services inmate population).
Coordinates with sheriffs offices, clerks of court, parish jail administrators, and district attorneys for new commitments.
Coordinates with the institutional classification sections and sheriffs' to facilitate the intake and movement of adult offenders.
Establishes allocating criteria used to determine levels of various classification programs based on a combination of special functions plus caseload.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
A baccalaureate degree plus three years of professional level experience in social services, offender classification, probation and parole, offender records analysis, or security. One year of this experience must have been in offender 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.