Treatment Services Director

Full Job Description

Treatment Services Director position at the Clarinda Correctional Facility oversees the training, guidance, and supervision of both treatment and security staff.

Their primary objective is to ensure the delivery of high-quality services to the incarcerated population while enhancing security operations within a designated pod.

State of Iowa is an EEO/AA Employer

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Within the required timeframe, new hires will be verified through the E-Verify system to ensure authorization to work in the United States.

The State of Iowa also complies with the federal Right to Work laws, which protect employees’ rights to work without being required to join a labor organization.

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Qualifications

Applicants must meet at least one of the following minimum requirements to qualify for positions in this job classification:
1) Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a degree in any field, and experience equal to three years of full-time work in professional-level work in a treatment or habilitation program for correctional inmates, the delinquent, disadvantaged, mentally or emotionally ill, or intellectually disabled.
2) A total of seven years of education and/or full-time experience (as described in number one), where thirty semester hours of accredited college or university coursework in any field equals one year of full-time experience.
3) All of the following
(a, b, and c):
a. One year of full-time work experience in full-time professional-level work in a treatment or habilitation program for correctional inmates, the delinquent, disadvantaged, mentally or emotionally ill, or intellectually disabled; and
b. A total of four years of education and/or full-time experience (as described in part a), where thirty semester hours of accredited college or university coursework in any field equals one year of full-time experience; and
c. A total of two years of graduate-level education and/or full-time experience (as described in part a), where twenty-four semester hours of accredited graduate college or university coursework in the social/behavioral sciences, health sciences, or administrative sciences equals one year of full-time experience.
4) Current, continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes four years of fulltime work as a Resident Treatment Supervisor or Youth Services Technician; or three years of full-time work as a Correctional Supervisor.
5) Current, continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes two years full-time experience as a Correctional Security Manager, Treatment Program Supervisor, or Youth Counselor; or one year of full-time work as a Youth Counselor Supervisor.

*For purposes of qualifying, “professional-level experience” shall be exemplified by responsibility for assessment and diagnosis of client problems and needs, developing a plan of treatment, evaluating client progress toward meeting treatment goals, and modifying treatment objectives. Work at this level generally requires a prerequisite of four or more years of post-high school educational training in one of the behavioral, social, or health sciences.

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