Corrections Deputy Superintendent 2-DHS-DCR-Potomac Highlands Regional Jail-Hampshire Co.
State of West Virginia
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Corrections Program Specialist -DHS - DCR - Mount Olive Correctional Complex and Jail - Fayette Co.
State of West Virginia
DHS - DCR - Mount Olive Correctional Complex and Jail
Location
West Virginia, 25305
Salary
$35,702 - $61,628
per year
Type
Closes
January 29, 2026More State jobs →
Job Description
Summary
This job involves running programs for inmates in a West Virginia correctional facility, such as coordinating college courses, assessing needs, and keeping track of participants.
It also includes preparing reports, updating procedures, and occasionally helping with security or traveling to other sites.
A good fit would be someone with a background in social sciences or corrections who enjoys working with people in a structured environment and has strong organizational skills.
Key Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in criminal justice, corrections, social work, or a related behavioral or social science field
- Experience in implementing and facilitating inmate or rehabilitation programs
- Ability to perform inmate assessments and evaluations
- Proficiency in data entry and maintaining records, such as waitlists in systems like OIS
- Skills in preparing reports and rewriting procedures
- Willingness to assist with security duties and travel to other facilities as needed
Full Job Description
Minimum Special Hiring Rate: $40,702.00
Under General Supervision, performs work at full performance level in implementing and facilitating inmate programs. Assist with Administering Inmate college program.
Coordinate inmate-based Programming for all levels of inmates. Be responsible for keeping an up-to-date waitlist and entering all information into OIS.
Will perform inmate assessments and evaluations pertaining to the inmate programming. Will perform a full range of specialized tasks relating to programming for inmates.
May be required to rewrite any Procedures that pertain to inmate programming. Will prepare a monthly report for the Associate Superintendent of Programs.
May also be required to travel to other facilities. Will perform all other duties as assigned. Will assist in security posts, as needed.
Vacancies 1Fayette, Clay, Nicholas and Kanawha Counties
In accordance with SPB 3088 effective 10/7/23, $5000 will be added to the minimum starting rate of pay for all classifications within a Critical Vacancy Pay Supplemental Facility.
Critical Vacancy Pay Facilities: Huttonsville Correctional Center and Jail, Mount Olive Correctional Complex and Jail, Western Regional Jail and Corrections Facility, Northern Correctional Facility (including Ohio County Correctional Center), Northern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility, Chick Buckbee Juvenile Center, Vicki Douglas Juvenile Center, Potomac Highlands Regional Jail and Correctional Facility, and Eastern Regional Jail and Corrections Facility (including Martinsburg Correctional Center) (SPB 3088).
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Qualifications
Training: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in criminal justice, corrections, social work or related behavioral or social science field.
OR
Substitution: Additional full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience as described below may substitute for the required training at a rate of one (1) year of experience for every thirty (30) semester hours of required training.
AND
Experience: Two (2) years of full-time or equivalent part-time paid professional experience in a corrections, probation/parole, law enforcement, social work, recreation, religion or related behavioral or social science field.
OR
Substitution: Graduate coursework from an accredited college or university in criminal justice, corrections, social work or related behavioral or social science field may substitute for the required experience at the rate of fifteen (15) semester hours of training for every one (1) year of experience.
***Your complete work history is needed to qualify you for positions. Please be as detailed as possible and list all of your past employment.***
Additional Information
Minimum Special Hiring Rate: $40,702.00
Division of Corrections Probationary Period: 6 months
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