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Correctional Counselor

Salary

$54,766.40 - $83,012.80 Annually

Location

Mitchellville - 50169 - Polk County, IA

Job Type

Full-time

Job Number

25-03208

Agency

249 Corrections - Iowa Correctional Institution for Women (Mitchellville)

Opening Date

05/21/2025

Closing Date

5/31/2025 11:59 PM Central

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Job Description

This position will have hours varied day and evening hours based on institutional needs.

Maintain offender records as outlined in Iowa Correctional Institution for Women/Department of Corrections (ICIW/DOC) policy.

This includes documenting offenders progress, strengths, and collateral contacts.

Completing custody classification, assessments/updated assessments, sexual violence propensity assessments, and conducting/maintaining reentry case plans. In addition, obtaining court reports, complete release process, and entering and retrieving computerized data (ICON) and (I-SMART).

Attend all classification meetings and prepare offenders for eventual release.

Responsibilities include: meeting with offender families, working with volunteers, tracking discharges dates, annuals and processing releases with a multi-disciplinary team.

All Counselors are required to receive reentry Case Management and Gender Responsive training.

Counselors shall perform all case management duties and offender interactions in a gender responsive manner.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Experience equal to four years of full-time work providing individual and group guidance and related counseling services in the areas of social, behavioral, educational, vocational and related program planning;

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an equivalent combination of experience and education substituting thirty semester hours (or the equivalent) of post high school coursework for each year of the required work experience to a maximum substitution of four years.

For additional information, please click on thislink to view the job description (https://das.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/hr/documents/class\_and\_pay/JobClassDescriptions/CorrectionalCounselor-86419.pdf) .

Additional Qualification Requirements

Designated positions in this job class require applicants to obtain the required Commercial Drivers License within a period of time as determined by the appointing authority at the time of hire.

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How many years do you have of full time experience providing individual and group guidance and related counseling services in the areas of social, behavioral, educational, vocational and related program planning?

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How many years do you have of COMBINED post high school education AND/OR experience in full time work providing individual and group guidance and related counseling services in the areas of social, behavioral, educational, vocational and related program planning? 30 semester hours of post high school education equals one year of experience.

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Employer

State of Iowa

Agency

249 Corrections - Iowa Correctional Institution for Women (Mitchellville)

Address

420 Mill St SW

Mitchellville, Iowa, 50169

Website

https://doc.iowa.gov/find-facility/iciw

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