Case Manager Position Available In Elmore, Alabama

Case Manager
Salary
$45,220.00 – $62,710.00 Annually
Location Elmore, AL
Job Type
Full-Time
Job Number
06170
College/Division
ISTC-501020-Counseling and Career Guidance
Opening Date
05/02/2025
Closing Date
5/16/2025 3:00 PM Central
Campus Location
Ingram State Technical College
Position Summary
The Case Manager (Reentry) will provide direct support and wraparound services to justice-involved individuals transitioning from incarceration back into themunity. This role will focus on reducing recidivism, improving access to employment, housing, and other key reintegration services for Ingram State Technical College student population.
Listed below are the primary responsibilities of this position; however, the Director of Reentry Services and the Dean of Students or his/her designee may assign other professional duties to meet the College’s needs.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Caseload Management

• Maintain accurate and timely documentation in the case management database inpliance with grant and Reentry program requirements.
• Maintain regular contact with clients through in-person meetings, phone check-ins, andmunity visits.
• Track and report client progress and program oues to ensure alignment with performance measures.
• Provide case management for participants at specified intervals to assist in the continued prevention and elimination of barriers to successful employment and life transition.
  Needs Assessment and Evaluation
• Conduct intake assessments with returning citizens to identify needs, goals, and service gaps.
• Evaluate the needs of individuals, identify potential barriers, and connect them with relevant resources, such as housing, employment, education, and treatment services.
• Coordinate referrals tomunity-based services such as housing, job training, mental health and substance use treatment, education, and family reunification.
• Connect clients with appropriate resources, such as financial assistance, recovery services, mental health treatment, housing, employment, and healthcare.
  Community and Partner Engagement
• Solicit and recruitmunity partners, profit/non-profitanizations, and support resources in assigned regional areas, including social service agencies, correctional facilities, and otheranizations, to support the various needs for reentry student populations.
• Conducting needs assessments and research to identify local and national opportunities for partnership, outreach, and engagement.
• Oversee the planning, development, and implementation ofmunity service programs and events for ISTC.
• Serve as the primary point-of-contact between ISTC’s Reentry Program and ADOC’s Classification and Reentry Divisions.
  Training and Facilitation
• Design and facilitate relevant training sessions,munity meetings, and professional development events.
• Participate in team meetings and contribute to continuous improvement of program services.
  Correctional Education Advocacy
• Collaborate directly with ADOC leadership, parole/probation officers, and other stakeholders.
• Represent ISTC atmunity and partner events and meetings.

KLEDGE, SKILL, AND ABILITIES

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements below represent the required kledge, skill, and/or ability. Individuals with disabilities may have reasonable amodations made to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to work within a correctional environment, specifically ADOC.
• Ability to design and facilitate life skills courses and training programs.
• Ability to establish a collaborative network of internal and external partners, including ADOC, to provide post release services for ISTC students entering the reentry program.
• Excellent interpersonal, problem solving, decision making and team building skills, which lead to logical decisions.
• Experience with day-to-day operations of a busy, multi-service office, including supervision, evaluation, mentoring, and monitoring of students.
• Ability to travel throughout the state of Alabama.
• Sensitivity to the educational and personal needs of a diverse student body.

Qualifications

REQUIRED

• Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution and one year of full-time, wage-earning case processing, case management, social services, criminal justice, or human services experience.
• Valid driver’s license and willingness to travel across assigned Alabama region
• Ability to pass a background check.

PREFERRED

• Minimum two (2) years of full-time experience with special population student, incarcerated case management, reentry services, or working with justice-involved populations /Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) experience is strongly.
• Kledge ofmunity resources and reentry programs is essential.
• Strongmunication, interpersonal, and advocacy skills are crucial.

Application Procedures/Additional Information

General Information:

J.F. Ingram State Technical College is a postsecondary correctional education institution. Our mission is to provide quality educational services to individuals incarcerated in central Alabama’s correctional facilities. The student population served is diverse in age, race, educational, economic, and cultural background. CTE / Adult Education Sites
Alabama Therapeutic Educational Facility Limestone Correctional Facility
Bibb Correctional Facility Main Campus
Donaldson Correctional Facility St. Clair Correctional Facility
Draper Instructional Service Site Thomasville Day ing Center
Easterling Correctional Facility Tutwiler Instructional Service Center
Fountain Correctional Facility Ventress Correctional Facility
Additional Adult Education Sites
Birmingham Work Release Center Loxley Work Release Center
Bullock County Correctional Facility Montgomery Women’s Facility
Elmore Correctional Facility North Alabama Work Release Center
Kilby Correctional Facility Red Eagle Work Release Center
Lee County Sheriff’s Department Pardons and Paroles Centers
Birmingham Day ing Center Baldwin Day ing Center Lite
Huntsville Day ing Center Fort Payne Day ing Center Lite
Montgomery Day ing Center Jasper Day ing Center Lite
Mobile Day ing Center Opelika Day ing Center Lite
Perry County Reenty Education Program Sand Mountain Day ing Center Lite

Salary Range:

Salary will be determined by placement on the appropriate Alabama Community College System-approved salary schedule. Salary Schedule E3 03 ($45.220 – $62.710)

APPLICATIONS MUST BE FILED ONLINE AT

istc.edu/employment/
If you have problemspleting your application, contact the Human Resources Coordinator at andrea.richardsonistc.edu. Applicants must meet the minimum qualifications indicated on this vacancy notice and submit apleted online application packet through the online application system by the deadline date to be considered for this position. The applicant’s sole responsibility is to ensure his or her application packet isplete. Iplete application packets will eliminate the possibility of an interview. Aplete application consists of the following: Online employment application
Current resume
Copies of college transcripts
Application materials, including transcripts, must prove that the applicant meets all minimum qualifications. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable for application; however, the College may request official transcripts before extending an employment agreement to the successful candidate. Degrees must be posted on transcripts. Application Procedures/Additional Information
The College will not incur the cost of applicants’ interview expenses. Applicants desiring reasonable amodations for the interview are encouraged to request such amodations when contacted for an interview appointment.
The College reserves the right to fill the position within one year of the stated, anticipated starting date or not to fill the position due to budgetary or operational considerations. Further, the College reserves the right to fill more than one position in the same job classification should another vacancy occur during the search process.
In accordance with Alabama Community College System policy and guidelines, the applicant selected for employment will be required to sign a consent form for a criminal background check. Employment will be contingent upon receiving a clearance notification from the criminal background check. If a conviction for a felony or any crime involving moral turpitude is found, the procedures established for the Board of Trustees policy concerning criminal background checks will be followed.
Ingram State Technical College (ISTC) actively participates in the Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify), which electronically confirms an employee’s eligibility to work in the United States as the Department of Homeland Security requires. Applicants hired by ISTC will be subject to the E-Verify process pursuant to Act. No. 2011-535.
ISTC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is the official policy of the Alabama Community College System that no person shall, on the grounds of race, color, disability, gender, religion, creed, national origin, or age, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program, activity or employment. ISTC will make reasonable amodations for qualified candidates or employees. ISTC reserves the right to withdraw this job announcement at any time before the awarding.