CASE MANAGER
Company: The GEO Group, Inc.
Location: Lancaster
Posted on: April 24, 2024
Job Description:
Benefits Information
Full-time employees will enjoy a competitive benefits package with
options for you and your family including:
--- Paid Time Off--- Paid Holidays--- 401(k) Matching--- Health
Insurance--- Vision Insurance--- Life Insurance--- Health Savings
Account--- Tuition Reimbursement--- Employee Discount--- Reduced
Tuition Rates--- Disability Insurance--- Employee Assistance
Program--- 401(k)--- Pet Insurance--- Dental Insurance--- Paid
Training--- Flexible Spending Account--- Other Benefits
Available
Equal Opportunity Employer.
Responsibilities
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:
- At GEO, we believe that diversity in our workforce and the
inclusion of a variety of views, perspectives, and backgrounds are
integral parts of our company's success.
- We believe that work is more than a place you go 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 their
responsibilities. Installs electronic monitoring equipment on new
participants when necessary.
- Sets participant schedules and specifies all approved
activities based on sentencing information. Approves temporary
schedule changes for approved activities.
- Collects participant fees on an on-going basis when required.
Notifies the Program Manager of delinquent fees.
- Monitors participant compliance with alcohol and/or drug
counseling when required.
- Reports all program violations to the appropriate agency or
official via the established reporting parameters.
- Troubleshoots equipment problems and relays technical problems
to the Program Manager for resolution.
- 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.
- May screen participants at jail for entry into the
program.
- Provide face-to-face services to the DRC participants.
- Develop CMPs for participants.
- Develop and monitor the participant's progress relative to
their CMP through all phrases of the program.
- Make appropriate referrals to outside agencies as
necessary.
- Maintain progress notes in participant files.
- Keep the AOR apprised of participant's progress.
- Develop an exit plan to include discharge and aftercare
information.
- May be required to learn and develop proficiency in Client
Services
- Specialist's/Assistant Case Manager's duties including opening
and closing the office, and performing participant intakes,
check-ins, breath analysis and drug screens, to provide backup when
necessary.
- Performs other duties as assigned. Qualifications
Minimum Requirements
- The Caseworker position shall possess an Associates of Arts or
Associates of Sciences degree from a granting institution
accredited by the WASC or equivalent and a minimum of two (2) years
of experience working with the criminal justice population, or a
High School Diploma or GED, and a minimum of four (4) years of
experience working in a similar position with the criminal justice
population. 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.
GEO Reentry Services LLC.
Pay
Pay USD $24.00/Hr.
Keywords: The GEO Group, Inc., Palmdale , CASE MANAGER, Executive , Lancaster, California
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