Job Information
Federal Correctional Institute at Ray Brook Correctional Treatment Specialist in Ray Brook, New York
Correctional Treatment Specialist (Specialty Treatment Program Specialist - Advanced Care Level),
Duties:
Functions as a Specialty Treatment Program Specialist within a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Federal Correctional Facility.
Provides group and individual counseling to inmates with the psychological problems targeted by the specialty program. Advanced Care Level Treatment Program: inmates suffering from serious mental illnesses which adversely impact their ability to function in a general population setting and/or their opportunity for successful reentry.
Provides program orientation lectures to inmates as a part of the institutions Admissions and Orientation Program.
Administers questionnaires and conducts interviews to obtain information about inmates.
Reads inmate file records to extract information relevant to treatment.
Identifies deficiencies and excesses in inmates' patterns of thought, feeling, and behavior and recommends or devises steps to remediate them.
Learns and applies new assessment and treatment techniques for helping inmates overcome psychological problems.
Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staffs correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.
Qualifications To be considered for the position, you must meet the following:
Basic Requirements:
A. Degree - that included at least 24 semester hours of course work in the behavioral or social sciences.
OR
B. 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.
The open period for Delegated Examining vacancy announcement, RBK-2024-0023 is from April 16, 2024, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, on April 30, 2024
Salary - $72,553 to $94,317 Annually
Pay scale & grade - GL 11
Please apply at: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/786984800