Job Details

Job Title: Re-entry Services Coordinator

This position is located in Re-entry Services at the Department of Corrections Headquarters in Baton Rouge, LA.

At the Louisiana Department of Corrections, our mission is to promote public safety and strengthen communities through fair, professional, and responsive corrections services. We are committed to protecting the people of Louisiana with integrity, accountability, and a deep respect for the rights and dignity of all.

This is an opportunity for you to become part of a dedicated team supporting public safety, where professionalism, resilience, and teamwork are essential.

The STEP program is expanding. This role supports the screening, identification, and transfer of state DOC inmates housed in local jails to suitable reentry and rehabilitation programs. It involves collaborating with the Office of Adult Services, local sheriffs, jail wardens, and DPS&C program staff to ensure accurate offender identification and screening, prompt transfers, and successful enrollment in Reentry Programs. Additionally, the position helps oversee STEP contractors, conducts program audits for effectiveness, and uses tracking systems to maintain compliance.

Based at the Department of Corrections Headquarters in Baton Rouge, this role offers a front-row seat to the transformative work being done to prepare incarcerated individuals for successful reentry through education and rehabilitation programs. You'll have the rare opportunity to visit state and local correctional facilities, conducting hands-on audits and seeing the direct impact of your work. All of this takes place in a positive, mission-driven environment where every day brings purpose and progress.

Why work for DOC?

• Culture: DOC values and supports employees through numerous recognition programs, creating a sense of community, prioritizing internal promotional opportunities, clear communication, and professional development.
• Growth: Professional growth is encouraged at DOC through numerous avenues.
• Benefits: DOC offers a generous benefits package including a defined benefit pension plan, health insurance that is also available post-retirement, at least 10 paid holidays, sick and annual leave that rolls over from year to year, paid or time off accrued for hours worked over 40 per week, a deferred compensation plan, a flexible benefits plan, alternate work schedules etc. Alternative work schedules including 4/10s MAY be an available benefit for certain positions upon meeting the policy requirements.

Minimum Qualifications:

Five years of experience in administrative services, public health, social services, or health services; OR Six years of full-time experience in any field plus two years of experience in administrative services, public health, social services, or health services; OR A bachelor's degree plus two years of experience in administrative services, public health, social services, or health services; OR An advanced degree in a social science field, public health, counseling, social work, rehabilitation services, business, public, or health administration, or Juris Doctorate plus one year of experience in administrative services, public health, social services, or health services. EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTION: Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full-time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field.

Job Duties:

• Researches inmate records to determine eligibility for work release, minimum security programs, or furloughs from an institution with special treatment units, or to determine eligibility for work release and furloughs in response to recommendations from administrators of local facilities.
• Screens new commitments to ensure compliance with statutory, legal, and department requirements; i.e. valid hard labor sentences, sex offender identification and tracking, multiple offender restrictions, victim notification, and eligibility for Re Entry programming.
• Contacts sheriffs, clerks of court, probation personnel (in and out of state), and judges; to verify incomplete criminal history dispositions and secure pertinent information from state police rap sheets, pre-sentence investigations, and other documents necessary to identify detainer, pending charges or unresolved warrants for the person of identifying offenders ineligible for transfer.
• Majority of the workload will be screening records for eligibility. Experience with databases is desirable.
• Work for (support): Program Consultant- SS which has oversight of the three STEP programs in the state.

Position-Specific Details:

• Appointment Type: JOB APPOINTMENT
• A job appointment is a temporary job lasting up to four years; however, should a permanent position become available, the employee may be converted to a probational appointment.
• This position may also be filled as a probational appointment if a non-temporary position becomes available in the recruitment process.
• If filled by probation, a permanent classified LA State employee, if selected, may be required to accept a probational appointment.

The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections - Corrections Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate based on any non-merit factor including disability.

Note regarding the advertised pay range: The maximum amounts listed are the maximum salary amounts a person can make at each level over their career and NOT the amount we are allowed to pay a new hire.

Other Important Information:

• In the supplemental questions section, applicants must authorize the HR Office of DPS&C-Corrections Services to contact prior employers to check references under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), to be considered for employment, by answering 'YES' to the PREA question.
• Any degree, certificate, special license, or DD-214 must be verified by official documentation prior to hire.
• Any qualifying experience that is based on college credit/college hours should have an accompanying transcript for verification.

How to Apply:

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

* Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

For further information about this vacancy contact:

Megan Coco

Human Resources Department

...@la.gov