Correctional Treatment Specialist (Special Population Program Coordinator)

Quick Facts

• Role: Special Population Program Coordinator / Correctional Treatment Specialist
• Setting: Secure federal correctional facility (Bureau of Prisons)

Description

Provide clinical psychological services to inmates who are members of a designated special population, with duties tailored to the identified target population. Deliver both group and individual counseling and assist with community/reentry planning for population-specific needs. You will also share responsibility for maintaining institutional security.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a Special Population Program Coordinator within a secure federal correctional facility
• Provide comprehensive clinical psychological services to inmates in targeted special populations
• Conduct group and individual counseling
• Assist with reentry planning, including coordinating residential reentry center placement, community treatment services, hospital placements, street releases, and coordination with the United States Probation Office
• Maintain institutional security as a core correctional responsibility

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship required
• Education requirement: at least 24 semester hours in behavioral or social sciences
• In addition: either 3 years of graduate education leading to a Ph.D./equivalent doctoral degree in corrections or a related field, or at least 1 year specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade (education/experience combinations allowed)
• Specialized experience must include correctional casework or counseling requiring diagnostic/treatment planning skills, or work treating persons needing social rehabilitation
• Selective Service requirement (if applicable)
• Successful completion of “Introduction to Correctional Techniques” (three-week course at Glynco, Georgia)
• Satisfactory completion of pre-employment and panel interview, urinalysis, physical, and background investigation
• Pass screening requirements related to NCIC and a credit check
• If not currently working in an institution: complete a qualification inquiry related to misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence for firearm authorization

Benefits

Comprehensive U.S. government benefits for eligible federal employees; benefits eligibility depends on position type and whether the role is full-time, part-time, or intermittent.