Job Specification
DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL REHABILITATION SERVICES
DEFINITION
Under direction in a correctional institution, is responsible for
the planning, development, and professional direction and
coordination of various programs providing for inmate
rehabilitation and social adjustment; does related work as
required.
NOTE: The definition and examples of work for this title are for
illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this
title may not perform all duties listed in this job
specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may
not be listed.
EXAMPLES OF WORK:
Plans, organizes, directs, coordinates, supervises, and reviews
all social service functions pertaining to the classification,
casework, group work, work release program, employment
counseling, and job referrals of inmates in a correctional
institution.
Establishes, develops, and supervises educational programs for
inmates including remedial education classes, high school
equivalency courses and examinations, college preparatory
examinations, and educational counseling for college admission
and financial aid.
Mobilizes community education services to assist in the expansion
and revision of existing education programs in the institution.
Conducts counseling of inmates involving multiproblem cases.
Reviews and prepares critiques of psychodiagnostic reports
submitted by staff.
Prepares applications and written evaluations pertaining to the
rehabilitation program's development and continuation.
Conducts continued research as to the effectiveness of various
components of the rehabilitation program.
Prepares periodic reports pertaining to all phases of the
rehabilitation program's operation.
Interviews and prepares inmates to engage in the work release
program.
Monitors and keeps records of inmates on work release including
their earnings and their adjustment in the community and to their
jobs.
Attends meetings and consults with various community agencies
pertaining to the rehabilitation program.
Conducts periodic staff meetings to provide subordinates with
professional training and to inform them of department policy.
Develops the procedure used to evaluate inmates' rehabilitation
potential.
Directs programs designed to assist inmates to choose from among
suitable occupations based on the resultsof comprehensive
psychological, social, and vocational evaluations.
Plans meaningful roles for discharged inmates.
Develops and directs programs designed to provide inmates with
self-understanding of personal capacity, skills, aptitudes,
interests, and personality functioning to capitalize on their
individual potential for positive and gainful living.
Aides inmates toward accepting realistic methods of
self-appraisal.
Develops individual inmate programs for the attainment of
suitable occupational goals.
Plans and directs the methods of conducting, recording, and
reporting of all social history and psychological testing of
inmates.
Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic
and/or manual recording and computerized information systems used
by the agency, office, or related units.
REQUIREMENTS:
EDUCATION:
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a
Bachelor's degree plus a Master's degree in Rehabilitation
Counseling, Guidance and Counseling, Psychology, Sociology,
Social Work, or Criminology.
NOTE: Applicants who do not possess the required Master's
degree may substitute two (2) additional years of nonsupervisory
experience as described below.
EXPERIENCE:
Six (6) years of experience in work providing social or
psychological counseling, evaluation, and treatment, or in
providing specialized vocational counseling to convicted
offenders, three (3) years of which shall have been in a
supervisory or administrative capacity.
LICENSE:
Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license
valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather
than employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential
duties of the position.
KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES:
Knowledge of theory, concepts, and techniques of modern
sociology, psychology, and penology and their application to
inmates in a penal institution.
Knowledge of the particular individual and social problems of
offenders committed to an institution and of the measures likely
to be effective in their alleviation.
Knowledge of resources, institutions, agencies, and professional
diagnostic and treatment facilities for convicted offenders.
Ability to organize assigned work.
Ability to analyze problems and develop appropriate work methods.
Ability to develop new programs and approaches and to supervise
their implementation.
Ability to give appropriate assignments and instructions.
Ability to supervise the work performance of technical and
nonmedical professional staff.
Ability to review, interpret, and disseminate information derived
from professional and other sources.
Ability to plan, participate in, and supervise training programs.
Ability to conduct research, analyze date, and interpret
statistical information.
Ability to speak before lay and professional groups concerning
institution programs and objectives.
Ability to work harmoniously with superior officers, associates,
and subordinate staff and those persons interested in or
concerned with the evaluation of training plans and/or research
programs of the agency.
Ability to prepare and supervise the preparation of clear,
technically sound, accurate, and informative statistical,
financial, and evaluative and other reports containing findings,
conclusions, and recommendations.
Ability to supervise the establishment and maintenance of
essential records and files.
Ability to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or
manual recording and information systems used by the agency,
office, or related units.
Ability to read, write, speak, understand, or communicate in
English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position.
American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as
acceptable forms of communication.
Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as
long as they can perform the essential functions of the job after
reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If
the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the
employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.
This job specification is applicable to the following title code: | | Job
Spec
Code | Variant | State,
Local or
Common | Class of
Service | Work
Week | State
Class
Code | Local
Class
Code | Salary
Range | Note | | 01639 | | L | C | | N/A | 33 | | - |
This job specification is for local government use only.
Salary range is only applicable to state government.
Local salaries are established by individual local jurisdictions.
2/19/1997 |
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