CLASSIFICATION MANAGER

Job Description

Overview

Are you looking for a career you can feel good about? We hire only those that strive to do their best. By joining our family, you'll receive the honor and recognition that comes with working for the industry's global leader in evidenced based rehabilitation.

Who We Are:

GEO provides complementary, turnkey solutions for numerous government partners worldwide across a spectrum of diversified correctional and community reentry services. From the development of state-of-the-art facilities and the provision of management services and evidence-based rehabilitation to the post-release reintegration and supervision of individuals in the community, GEO offers fully diversified, cost-effective services that deliver enhanced quality and improved outcomes.

Why Work for GEO:

We believe that work is more than a place you go to every day. It is about being inspired and motivated to achieve extraordinary things.

Employee benefits play an important role in making The GEO Group a great place to work. At GEO, we believe in the three pillars of employee wellbeing: physical, emotional, and financial. With comprehensive benefits and competitive wages, we trust that you will find all the resources you need here to be successful.

Responsibilities

Summary

The Classification Manager is responsible for the operation of the Classification Department. Supervises the Case Managers and provides counseling services, assists the inmates in adjusting to institutional life and in selecting appropriate self-help, therapeutic, educational and/or vocational programs; and to obtain needed services or changes in assignment. Serves as a member of the Institutional Reclassification Committee.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Supervises the operation of the Classification Department.

Provide individual counseling to detainees on an informal basis regarding work and housing assignments, adjustment problems, and family problems.

Discuss with detainees requests for transfer, job changes, furloughs, promotions, etc. and refer cases as deemed appropriate.

Determine detainee eligibility for programs and if such programs would be beneficial to the detainees overall adjustment to the facility.

Monitor detainees custody, housing, job and program assignments to ensure all detainees are reviewed in a timely manner.

Make referrals for detainees with serious problems to professional counseling staff.

Update facility classification review forms.

Must be knowledgeable of the Agency’s Classification Plan, applicable court orders or decrees, and ACA standards which relate to classification. Reviews detainee activity plans developed by Classification Counselors to ensure they meet standards.

Work closely with other departments to determine areas needing additional detainee workers.

Review detainee medical status to determine eligibility to work in job assignments.

Responsible for use of computer application to record educational/habilitative programs.

Responsible for maintaining and complying with ACA standards pertaining to classification, records, inmate job assignments, and unit orientation.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

Bachelor's degree in criminal justice, sociology, or a closely related field is desirable or four (4) years correctional experience or certified law enforcement officer experience with minimum high school diploma or GED certificate.

Five (5) years in caseload management of offenders in a correctional setting. Experience as a Supervisor preferred.

Ability to prepare written reports; to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing; and to learn rules, regulations, and security procedures required by the facility.

Ability to work with computers and the necessary software typically used by the department.

GEO Secured Services

Full-time