Re-Entry Coach

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Job ID: 26916
Agency: Department of Corrections
Location: Yankton, SD
Salary: $26.72 – $33.39 – Depending on Experience
Pay Grade: GJ
Closing Date: 5/14/2024

This is a full-time position with the Department of Corrections. For more information on the Department of Corrections, please visit http://doc.sd.gov.

This position is critical in supporting successful reentry, thereby reducing the likelihood of recidivism, and increasing safety for the public, staff, and incarcerated individuals. Working in collaboration with other re-entry staff the Reentry Coach is responsible for the implementation of programming designed to enhance the offender’s ability to successfully transition back to the community providing vocational and peer support programming, facilitating family reunification events, interventions, and collaboration with community partners administering and coordinating reentry curriculum including PreP (Pre-release Program), Thinking for Change (T4C), and Moving On hosting job fairs, mock interviews, and resume building and interview skills workshops and ensuring that each offender that releases has access to vital documents and a job placement packet.

This position will report directly to the programs major or as designated per facility.

Responsibilities Include:

• implementing reentry programming for adult male inmates and parolees
• working with other agencies to incorporate services in the reentry process
• maintaining records of reentry program participants
• establishing and maintaining program fidelity and evaluation measures
• documenting program outcomes and making recommendations for revisions
• operating the reentry program consistent with evidence-based practices
• developing and participating in case staffing teams for reentry referrals
• providing case management services for reentry participants
• coordinating regular meetings with DOC, Department of Labor/Regulation, and other partners including technical colleges.

The Ideal Candidate Will Have:

• experience in program facilitation
• experience working with justice-involved people

Knowledge of:

• offender reentry programs
• training and facilitating a cognitive-based curriculum.
• department policies and procedures.
• performance management skills.
• principles of evidence-based practice in corrections.

Ability to:

• work as a team member and be responsive to change.
• develop effective and collaborative partnerships.
• communicate effectively.
• achieve results and pay attention to detail.
• manage time effectively.
• effectively analyze situations and apply problem-solving skills.
• provide program management and direct services simultaneously.
• identify and address multiple tasks in program development.
• develop materials and reports and provide information to program stakeholders.
• develop effective program partnerships with staff and the public.

Conditions of Employment

• Successfully pass all modules of the South Dakota Department of Corrections Basic Training, to include English reading comprehension, relevant competency assessments and written/practical exams in Defensive Tactics
• Lift arms above head and kick as high as own waist
• Stabilize another person to accomplish a controlled take down
• Use arms, palms of hands, shins, and feet to deliver blows
• Withstand impact (slow speed or with a safety bag) on own body from strikes/blows
• Rotate body 90 degrees with feet planted for striking with foot or using a defensive tactic
• Get down on one or both knees and up again with multiple repetitions
• Will be exposed to Oleoresin Capsicum during Basic Training and may be exposed while on assignment
• Seize, hold, control or subdue violent or assaultive persons and defend oneself or others to prevent injury
• Demonstrate body agility, strength of all four limbs and the ability to walk and climb stairs consistently
• Deal with individuals with a range of moods and behaviors, utilizing tactfulness and a congenial, personable manner
• Work with people of the opposite sex, diverse racial ethnic groups, mentally ill and emotionally disturbed offenders
• Communicate by talking, listening and/or signaling people to convey or exchange information, assignments
• Willing and able to travel
• TB (tuberculosis) screening is required of all new employees upon hire
• recognize deficiencies in and recommend changes to policies, operations memoranda and procedures.

Additional Requirements: To be considered, please attach your resume.

This position is eligible for Veterans’ Preference per ARSD 55:10:02:08.

Successful applicant(s) will be required to undergo a background investigation. An arrest/conviction record will not necessarily bar employment. Offers of employment are conditional upon successful completion of a drug screening.

The State of South Dakota does not sponsor work visas for new or existing employees. All persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and complete an Employment Eligibility Verification, Form I-9. The State of South Dakota as an employer will be using E-Verify to complete employment eligibility verification upon hire.

The State of South Dakota offers employer paid health insurance plus eleven paid holidays, generous vacation and sick leave accrual, dental, vision, and other insurance options, and retirement benefits. You can view our benefits information at https://bhr.sd.gov/job-seekers/work-for-state-government/. This position is a member of Class A retirement under SDRS.

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You must apply online, emailed resumes or submissions will not be accepted.
South Dakota Bureau of Human Resources
Telephone: 605.773.3148 Email: careers@state.sd.us
http://bhr.sd.gov/workforus
An Equal Opportunity Employer