Caseworker

Working for the State of Wyoming offers more than a paycheck. Our total compensation package includes:

• Comprehensive health dental and vision insurance
• Paid vacation sick leave FMLA and holidays
• Retirement - Pension and 457B plans that help you build a secure future
• Flexible schedules and work-life balance options
• Meaningful work that makes a difference for Wyoming communities and MUCH MORE!

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• Classifies patients/students/inmates completes risk management assessment for program and housing placement and makes referrals based on need.
• Delivers evidence-based programs.
• Responsible for individualized case planning monitoring and reporting correspondence contacts and case notes.
• Responsible for casework management duties including planning and production in all facets of programming and associated documentation.
• Administers risk/needs assessments.
• Works with offenders to develop pro-social behaviors and to prepare inmates for successful re-entry into society.
• Prepares organizes schedules and implements cognitive-behavioral programming and individual interventions.
• Monitors inmate compliance with established goals and objectives; updates case plans as needed.
• Facilitates compliance with court-ordered recommendations and parole board actions for offenders.
• Facilitates attorney-client phone calls and assists security in the day-to-day operations of the unit.
• Responsible for ensuring a safe and enjoyable workplace including participation in initiatives designed to promote a positive work environment

PREFERENCES:


Preference may be given to those with three (3) or more years of progressive work experience in casework.


KNOWLEDGE:

• Knowledge of human behavior motivation and interpersonal behavior.
• Knowledge of the varied techniques of programming/education.
• Knowledge of social work principles and practices.
• Knowledge of interviewing and counseling techniques.
• Knowledge of current social economic and health problems and community resources.

PHYSICAL WORKING CONDITIONS:

• This position typically involves sitting for extended periods with regular walking standing bending stooping kneeling crouching reaching and occasional driving.
• Lifting and grasping up to 25 pounds without assistance on an occasional to regular basis
• Walking on cement floors on an occasional to regular basis
• Walking up and down stairs on an occasional basis
• Typing/Repetitive motion frequently
• Seeing: the visual ability to perform an activity such as analyzing data and figures viewing a computer terminal or extensive reading.
• Stooping bending kneeling and crouching on an occasional basis
• Reaching on a regular basis
• Must be able to communicate effectively through speaking and hearing.
• Seeing: the visual ability to perform an activity such as analyzing data and figures viewing a computer terminal and extensive reading.
• Pre-service and annual training is required which includes Krav Maga defensive tactics.
• Must be able to work safely and professionally in a correctional environment with incarcerated individuals.

• FLSA: Non-Exempt
• The State of Wyoming is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively supports the ADA and reasonably accommodates qualified applicants with disabilities. No notice of eligibility will be sent to applicants who meet the minimum qualifications.
• The Wyoming Department of Corrections is a Drug-Free Workplace. All staff members are subject to drug testing while employed by the WDOC.
• The Wyoming Department of Corrections is a Tobacco-Free Workplace and prohibits the taking carrying possessing or introducing of smoking materials smokeless tobacco or tobacco substitutes on or into WDOC facilities or grounds.
• The Wyoming Department of Corrections is in compliance with the Federal Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) of 2003. It is the policy and practice of WDOC to protect inmates and offenders from abuse corporal punishment personal injury disease property damage harassment and the elimination of prison rape.
• Successful applicants for employment must pass a background/reference check medical evaluation and drug test prior to appointment.
• The Wyoming Department of Corrections has a strict dress code policy to includes standards for facial hair body art and piercings/gauges. All applicants must meet the standards of this dress code to be considered for employment.
• The Wyoming Department of Corrections offers a competitive benefits package including medical dental life insurance paid vacations and sick leave paid holidays a tuition reimbursement program Wyoming State Retirement 457 deferred compensation program and longevity pay.