CASE MANAGER, DRC

**This role provides services onsite at our Monterey County Jail Program**

Full-time employees will enjoy a competitive benefits package with options for you and your family including:

The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.

Summary:

This position manages a caseload of participant cases by administering the policies and procedures of the program as directed by the contracting agency and the Program Manager or Supervising Case Manager. Learns, uses and models principles of the "What Works" system through evidence-based practices in all interactions with participants and other staff members. This position reports on program operations to ensure that all requirements of the criminal justice system are met.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Manages a participant caseload using principles of the "What Works" system. Conducts risk/need assessments and creates individual treatment plans for each assigned participant. Meets regularly with participants and documents participants' progress or regress in Company database.
• Conducts orientation meetings with new participants to explain program rules and regulations. Verbally explains the participant contract in detail to ensure that the participant understands his/her responsibilities.
• Sets participant schedules and specifies all approved activities based on sentencing information. Approves temporary schedule changes for approved activities.
• Reports all program violations to the appropriate agency or official via the established reporting parameters.
• May review daily summaries each morning and forward reports to the appropriate agency as required.
• Reports on the status of program operations regularly to ensure all necessary documentation is prepared for court review.
• Represents the company in contacts with elected officials and other public figures in the criminal justice system.
• Facilitate evidence-based CBT programs and other life skills programs to participants groups each week. Documents participants' attendance, participation and progress in Company database.
• Conducts group and individual meetings utilizing motivational interviewing techniques.
• Works with participants to develop and implement a rehabilitative plan.
• May testify in court regarding participants' compliance with court orders.
• Provide face-to-face services to the participants
• Develop BCPs (Behavioral Change Plans) for participants
• Make appropriate referrals to outside agencies as necessary.
• Maintain progress notes in participant files.
• Keep the agency apprised of participant's progress.
• Develop discharge and aftercare plans.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements

• High school diploma or its equivalent and two (2) years of experience providing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) services to the criminal justice populations.
• Bachelors Degree in Psychology or Criminal Justice, some experience working with offender population preferred.
• A CBT Facilitator certification is desirable.
• Basic knowledge of case management, referral services and interventions in both group and individual modalities.
• Basic knowledge of criminal justice system.
• Good presentation, public speaking and facilitation skills.
• Good organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Effective communication skills with internal and external contacts at all levels.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Problem solving ability.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Basic computer skills.
• Bi-lingual (English/Spanish) skills may be required.
• Ability to work with computers and the necessary software typically used by the department.

GEO Reentry Services LLC.