Corrections Counselor III - Sheriff's Office

Compensation Range
$72,862.40 - $92,310.40
Job Description Summary
OPEN UNTIL FILLED
Are you looking for a Counseling career where you make a difference and have an impact?
Do you want a meaningful spot on our team that allows you to work with inmates one-on-one to explore mental health concerns, mindset issues, and emotional problems that may lead to re-engaging with criminal behaviors?
We want YOU to join our team!
The Weld County Sheriff's Office is recruiting for a Corrections Counselor III to join the team.
A Correctional Counselor III provides crisis intervention and short-term counseling to inmates. Counselors provide psycho-educational groups, including cognitive behavioral based programs, to inmates. They work in collaboration with security and medical staff concerning inmate related problems. Counselors conduct suicide assessment and mental health screening for inmates with follow up supervision. Counselors provide diagnostic mental health evaluations of inmates to determine mental health needs. Counselors complete assessment for emergency commitment (M-1) and prepares appropriate documentation upon the release of an inmate.
May be required to work Saturday and/or Sunday
The following are the steps in the hiring process:
1. Interview
2. Complete background packet. Background check performed.
3. Polygraph
4. Drug Screen
5. ErgoMed
6. Hired (after satisfactory completion of all steps)
Job Description

• Provide short term, individual counseling services and case management to inmates.

• Develop and update case plans, including documentation and maintenance of counseling files.

• Provide psycho-educational groups, including cognitive behavioral based programs, to inmates.

• Respond to "Inmate Request Forms" and "Mental Health Referral Forms," per policy.

• Facilitate suicide staffing as needed and prepare progress notes, EMR documentation, case plan development and follow up supervision.

• Complete "Psychiatric Medication Review" for inmates.

• Complete diagnostic mental health evaluation of inmates to determine mental health needs.

• Consult with medical staff regarding psychiatric medication and treatment of mentally ill inmates.

• Complete assessment for emergency commitment (M-1) and prepare appropriate documentation.

• Help resolve housing conflicts between inmates that occur as a result of pod assignment. Consult with staff for resolution.

• Enter general population living area to discuss programs, problem solve and maintenance of good order and discipline with inmates. Ensure that appropriate security precautions are followed when working with inmates.

• Establish and maintain working relationships with community agencies for consultation, evaluation, therapy and other social services support for in-house programs and initiate inmate referrals to the community.

Additional Job Functions:

• Provide in-service training to jail staff.
• Other duties as assigned by the Director of Inmate Services.

Required Qualifications
Education:
Master's degree in counseling, clinical psychology, or related field.
Required work experience:
• One year of experience in counseling, specifically in the mental health field working with a variety of diagnoses, and facilitation of psychoeducational groups.
Certificates and Licenses:

• LPC-Licensed Professional Counselor Must hold current license in Colorado as a Licensed Professional Counselor Required
• LCSW- License Clinical Social Worker Licensed Clinical Social Worker Required
• NCAC - National Certified Addictions Counselor Licensed Addictions Counselor or equivalent Required
• Or hold a permit in Colorado as a Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate or Clinical Social Worker Candidate or equivalent with eh ability to obtain a license within the first 2.5 years of employment. Required
• Supervision hours are offered to assist in reaching licensure requirements. Required
• The ability to speak and write a language other than English is a skill that enhances an employee's ability to complete this job. The incidents that require the use of secondary language skill vary by day but are routinely frequent; it is expected that this skill will be used more than 11 times per month. The employee must be proficient in speaking and writing the second language to be eligible for the bilingual pay differential.

Tattoos & Piercings
1. The display of body piercings (other than traditional earrings for females) are not authorized.
2. Tattoos may be displayed while on duty or representing the agency unless considered controversial, disrespectful or offensive.
3. Tattoos, scarifications, and brandings on the hands, face, or front of neck are not authorized while on duty or representing the agency.
4. The Sheriff, or his designee, determines if tattoos are controversial, disrespectful or offensive.
This position is exempt from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act and is therefore ineligible for overtime pay.
As an applicant for this position, you should be aware of Senate Bill 19-085, the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. The act requires employers to announce the pay range for job openings. This range encompasses the nine pay steps available should you receive the position and demonstrate satisfactory performance over time.
Weld County provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.