Correctional Treatment Specialist

3 weeks ago


Tucson, United States US Justice, Bureau of PrisonsFederal Prison System Full time

**Duties**:
Functions as a Specialty Treatment Program Specialist within a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) federal correctional facility and the primary responsibilities are to deliver services to inmates in an effort to help them overcome psychological problems.

Provides group and individual counseling to inmates with the psychological problems targeted by the FIT Program: female inmates with trauma related mental illness, serious mental illness, and/or substance use disorders.

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 and plans aftercare programs for inmates released to halfway houses and community.

Advises the Specialty Program Coordinator or Advance Care Level Psychologist on issues of program content, selection and expulsion of inmates, scheduling of groups, training opportunities, purchase of equipment, materials, and supplies, and other issues relevant to the overall operation of the program.

Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution.

The staff's correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.

**Requirements**:
**Conditions of Employment**:

- U.S. Citizenship is Required.
- See Special Conditions of Employment Section.

**Qualifications**:
To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualification requirements.

**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.

**AND**

In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements above, applicants must have:
**Education**:
**GL-09**:Two years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree OR master's or equivalent graduate degree.

**GS-11**: Three years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent graduate degree.

Graduate Education must have been in corrections or a related field, such as criminal justice, sociology, psychology, counseling, social work, or other course work related to the position.

**OR**

**Experience**:
**GL-09 and GS-11**: You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level in federal service. To be creditable, this experience must have equipped the applicant with the particular qualifications to successfully perform the duties of the position, and must typically be in or related to the position to be filled.

Some examples of this qualifying experience are:
**GL-09**:

- Experience in providing group and individual mental health, substance use, and or trauma treatment services.
- Experience in preparing reports which required analyzing data from multiple sources.
- Experience developing discharge reports and follow-up treatment for inmates who are releasing to the community.
- Experience in developing and providing multi-session presentations or lectures to groups.

**GS-11**:

- Experience in facilitating individual and group session for inmates in an evidence-based treatment program.
- Knowledge of principles and theories of human behavior and mental health disorders to provide treatment for inmate groups in a treatment program.

**OR**

**Combination of Education and Experience**:
**GL-09 and GS-11**: Combination of successfully completed graduate level education and specialized experience. This experience must have equipped you with the qualifications to perform the major duties of this position as described above.

**AND**

**Selective Placement Factor**:
**GL-09**:

- 12 semester hours of graduate course work specific to substance use disorders and/or mental illness.

**OR**
- 12 months of professional experience in counseling



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