HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1975.08.07 - 14458Miscellaneous Resolution 7234 August 7, I 975
BY: PERSONNEL COMMITTEE - Paul E. Kasper, Chairman
IN RE; NEW CLASSIFICATIONS AND SALARY RATES REQUIRED
FOR JAIL REHABILITATION GRANT
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr, Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Oakland County Jail Inmate Rehabilitation Program,which is to be
financed by a Federal Grant, has been approved by this Board; and
WHEREAS the Grant has been approved and received; and
WHEREAS, of the nine Positions included in this Grant, three fall into Qx1stine 4
County classifications and six would require four new classifications and pay ranges; and
WHEREAS the salaries recommended were included in the Grant after review by the
Personnel Division which indicated they were in proper relationship to existing County
classifications and salary ranges;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the following new classifications and salary
ranges be cteated for the initial year of the Grant:
Jail Inmate Rehabilitation Program Coordinator $16,000 Hat Rate
Jail Inmate Rehabilitation Counseling Coordinator $16,000 Flat Rate
Jail Inmate Vocational & Educational Coordinator $15 1 000 Flat Rate
Jail Inmate Worker
The Personnel Committee, by Paul E. Kasper, Chairman, moves the adoption of the
foregoing resolution.
PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
$11,000 Flat Rate
CLASS TITLE
OAKLAND COUNTY MICHIGAN
JAIL INMATE REHABILITATION PROGRAM COORDINATOR•-
DRAFT COPY
A. 7gW75
B. 8/5/75
G,
D.
SECTION A: DESCRIPTION
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS
The employee in this class, under the generallsupervision of the Project Director -
Oakland County Jail Inmate Rehabilitation Program (OCJIRP), performs a variety
of supportive administrative functions relatiVe to the preparation, implementation
and coordination of the County's Rehabilitation program financed under the Michigan
Office of CriMinal Justice Programs. The employee in this class prepares the
annual grant application and other forms required to maintain the grant; performs
research for proposals for further program deVelopment; develops evaluation
criteria; implements a training program for OCJIRP staff; develops community
education and involvement; supervises agency and volunteer activities; pre-screens
applications for new OCJIRP employees and other volunteer staff; prepares over-
all OCJIRP schedules; prepares purchase order; maintains an awareness of each
component of program through visits and evaluative tools; participates in weekly
Review and Placement Committee meetings; maintains contact with other coordinators
and Project Director regarding status of area of responsibility and performs
related duties as assigned.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED
Jail Inmate Rehabilitation Program Coordinator receives general direction from the
Project Director who establishes the administrative guidelines within which the
Coordinator, subject to accountability for final results, performs various functions
involved in the preparation, implementation, and control of the Oakland County Jail
Inmate Rehabilitation Program.
SUPERVISION EXERCISED
The Jail Inmate Rehabilitation Program Coordinator supervises a small clerical staff
and coordinates the efforts of volunteer individuals and agencies including exer-
cising such supervision as may be needed in implementing the objectives of the OGJIRP.
TYPICAL EXAMPLES OF WORK PERFORMED
(The following examples are intended to be descriptive but not restrictive.)
Prepares annual grant application, quarterly reports, and other forms required
in the maintenance of the grant;
Researches and prepares proposals for further program development, including
direct contact with other institutional Programs of correctional and rehabili-
tation organizations and agencies;
Develops and maintains instruments for program evaluation;
Develops and presents orientation and training program for OCJIRP staff;
Develops community education and involvement, including establishing and
maintaining contacts for pre- and post-release agency and institution
involvement, speaker series participants gifts and donations, preparation
of informational materials such as Inmate Information Booklet relating to
the program, and direct public contact;
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tion Program Coordinator
Supervises agency and volunteer activities related to presentation of special
programs and outside use of inmate products such as art work;
Pre-screens applications for new OCJIRP employees, students, and volunteers;
Prepares overall OCJIRP schedules involving use of building and personnel;
Prepares purchase orders for equipment and supplies;
Develops and maintains records in areas Of responsibility;
Keeps abreast of components of program through direct contact with rehabili-
tation add correctional staffs and inmates;
Participates in weekly Review and Placement Committee meetings;
Regularly informs other coordinators and! Projett Director of status of
areas of responsibility, such as program development, community education
and involvement, staff orientation and training, and volunteer and agency
activities;
Performs related duties as assigned.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
When the position of Project Director - OCHRY' becomes vacant, the employee in
this class may be considered for promotion tol the vacancy.
APPROVED BY:
John Witherup
Director of Personnel
DATE:
OAKLAND COUNTY MICHIGAN
A. I
8/5/75
C.
CLASS TITLE JAIL_INMATE REHABILITATION PROGRAM_COORDINATOR
SECTION B: QUALIFICATIONS
EXPERIENCE, TRAINING, KNOWLEDGES, SKILLS & ABILITIES •
• A. Required Minimum Qualifications
1. Possess a Bachelor's degree from an aCcredited college or university with
a major In Business Administration, Public Administration, Political
Science or a related field; AND
2. Have h-ad at least two (2) years of full-time paid work experience subsequent
to receiving the degree in an increasingly responsible administrative
position in a public or private agencY, planning and/or administering
programs involving extensive contact with citizen groups, local governmental
agencies and/or private organizations;
NOTE: Additional full-time paid experience as described in "2" above may be
substituted for the college or university training on a year-for-year basis;
3. Possess a valid Michigan driver's or Chauffeur's license;
4. Pass the complete examination, including the pre-employment medical,
established for the class of Jail Inmate Rehabilitation Program Coordinato
5. Successfully complete the ,six ponth probationary period.
B. Additional Desirable Qualifications
1. Considerable knowledge of community resources including service and other
locally-based organizations and volunteer agencies;
2. Considerable ability in planning, organizing and coordinating programs
and volunteer groups;
Considerable knowledge of Federal and State sources of financial support
for Inmate Rehabilitation programs and of the qualifications and procedures
for receiving such financial support;1
4. Considerable knowledge of Federal and. State law. enforcement assistance
programs;
5. Considerable ability to establish and maintain effective working relation-
ships with administrators, other employees, and both officials and staffs
of private and local governmental organizations;
6. ReaSonable ability to cope with diffiCult and/or'emergency situations
requiring immediate decisions in accordance with Federal, State, local and
departmental policies and procedures;.
7. Reasonable ability to exercise mature judgement and initiative in analyzing
problems and recommending solutions; 1
8. Reasonable ability to compile statistics, decipher pertinent information,
and present oral and written financial, operational and other types of
departmental reports to officials and Other interested groups or
individuals.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
Must maintain a valid Michigan motor vehicle operator's or chauffuer's license.
APPROVED BY:
John Witherup
Director of Personnel
A. 7/17/15
B. 8/6/75
OAKLAND COUNTY MICHIGAN C.
D.
CLASS TITLE JAIL INMATE REHABILITATION COUNSELTNG COORDINATOR
SECTION A: DESCRIPTION
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS
The employee in the class of Jail Inmate Rehabilitation Counseling Coordinator,
a professional classification under the general administrative supervision of
the Jail Inmate Rehabilitation Program Coordinator is responsible for coordinating
and supervising the counseling activities by Jail Inmate Rehabilitation staff.
The employee in this class develops and schedules counseling activities; makes
recommendations for hiring or selection of counseling staff; supervises, schedules
and evaluates the work of inmate workers and Other staff; develops or obtains
evaluative instruments for intake interviews; supervises and participates in
counseling and related functions; maintains records of counseling activities;
requests records from participating agencies and releases records to requesting
agencies; develops counseling referral and follow-up' resources; approves referrals
to outside agencies and services; participates in weekly Review and Placement
Committee meetings; regularly informs other coordinators and Project Director of
status of counseling activities and performs related duties as assigned.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED
• The Jail Inmate Rehabilitation Counseling Coordinator works under the general
administrative supervision of the Jail Inmate Rehabilitation Project Director
who determines the administration guidelines within which the Jail Inmate
Rehabilitation Counseling Coordinator, subject to accountability for final results,
performs duties involved in superintending the counseling program within the
framework of the Oakland County Jail Inmate Rehabilitation Program.
SUPERVISION EXERCISED
The Jail Inmate Rehabilitation Counseling Coordinator supervises the work of a
staff of probations officers, vocational rehabilitation counselors, inmate workers
and other volunteer workers.
TYPICAL EXAMPLES OF WORK PERFORMED
(The following examples are intended to be desCriptive but not restrictive.)
Plans, coordinates and supervises counseling activities by Jail Inmate Rehabiii
tation staff, volunteers, students and participating agency personnel;
Develops and schedules counseling activities, including peer group or other
counseling for Jail Inmate .Rehabilitation and Jail staff members;
Makes recommendations for hiring or selection of inmate workers and other
personnel in counseling component;
Supervises, schedules and evaluates inmat workers and students participating
in counseling activities; 1
Develops or obtains instruments for use with intake interviews, counseling
evaluations, status changes, referrals, f011ow-up;
Supervises and participates in counseling: and in obtaining and preparation of
information for intake, status changes, referrals and follow-up;
Jail Inmate RehabilL ion Counseling Coordinator
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Develops and maintains records of counseling activities;
Requests records from participating agencies and releases records to agencies;
Develops counseling referral and follow-up resources for pre- and post-release
involvement;
Approves referrals to outside agencies and services, including use of
contractual psychologist by referral from Jail Inmate Rehabilitation staff members;
Participates in weekly Review and Placement Committee meetings;
Regularly informs other coordinators and Project Director of status of counseling
activities;
Performs related duties as assigned.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
No formal lines of promotion.
APPROVED BY
John Witherup
Director of Personnel
DRAFT COPY f
A. July 17, 1975.
OAKLAND COUNTY MICHIGAN B. August 5, 1975
C,
CLASS TITLE JAIL INMATE REHABILITATION COUNSELING COORDINATOR D.
SECTION B: QUALIFICATIONS
EXPERIENCE, TRAINING, KNOWLEDGES, SKILLS & ABILITIES
A. Recluired Minimum Qualifications
1. A Master's degree in Guidance and CounSeling;
2. Have had at least three (3) years fulltime paid experience in military or
civilii correctional facility or similar institution;:
3. Have had at least one (1) year of full-ltime paid experience as an
administrative officer of a public or private agency engaged in service to
to the public;
4. Pass the complete examination, includinig the pre-employment medical,
established for the class of:Jail Inmate Rehabilitation Counseling Coordinator;
5. Successfully complete the six month probationary period.
B. Additional Desirable Qualifications
1. Training and/or experience in rehabilitlation;
2. Considerable knowledge of the community l and organizational resources of
Oakland County;
3. Considerable knowledge of and skill in investigating, interviewing and
counseling practices, procedures and techniques;
4. Considerable ability to apply the principles of personnel administration to
the selection, placement and supervision of employees and ability to develop
• . successful in-service training programs
5. Considerable ability to cope with difficult and/or emergency situations
requiring immediate decisions in accordance with departmental policies
and objectives;
6. Considerable ability to exercise mature judgement and initiative in analyzing
problems and recommending solutions;
7. Considerable ability to compile statistics, decipher pertinent information,
and present oral and written financial, operational and other types of
departmental reports to officials and other interested groups or individuals.
SPECIAL REQUIRMIENTS
None.
APPROVED BY:
John Witherup
Director of Personnel
DATE:
OAKLAND COUNTY MICHIGAN
CLASS TITLE ' -JAIL INMATE VOCATIONAL & EDUCATIONAL COORDINATOR
A. 7-17-75
B. 8-5-75
C.
D.
SECTION A: DESCRIPTION
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS
The employee in this class, under the general administrative supervision of the
Project Director OCJIRP, is responsible for the planning, coordinating and
supervision of Jail Inmate Rehabilitation edu4tional and vocational training
activities including academic and vocational class work, GED testing, library
and bookcart use and vocational and educational assessment and counseling. The
Jail Inmate Vocational & Educational CoordinatOr acts as liaison between OCJIRP
and Pontiac Community Education; selects curriculum to be used in OCJIRP
emphasizing job readiness skills; makes recommendations for hiring or selection
of professional and volunteer staff; supervises and schedules teaching personnel
in OCJIRP; supervises and evaluates student teachers; selects, orders and
maintains materials from Pontiac Community EduCation; develops assessment tools
to evaluate potential inmate participants; supervises identification of vocational
skills and occupational interests; provides vocational and educational counseling;
develops liaison with agencies and participating community resources in areas of
job development and employment; develops and maintains educational and vocational
records; requests educational records of inmate participants; develops other
educational resources; participates in weekly Review and Placement Committee
meetings; regularly informs other coordinators and Project Director of status of
vocational and educational activities and perfOrms related duties as assigned,
SUPERVISION RECEIVED
The Jail Inmate Vocational & Educational Coordinator receives general administrative
supervision from the Project Director - OCJIRP, who establishes the administrative
guidelines within which the employee in this class, subject to accountability for
final results.performs duties involved in the Planning and implementation of the
OCJIRP educational and vocational training activities.
SUPERVISION EXERCISED
.The.employee in this class supervises a staff of professional, para-professional,
student and volunteer personnel engaged in administering a program of educational
and vocational training activities
TYPICAL EXAMPLES OF WORK PERFORMED
(The following examples are intended to be descriptive but not restrictive.)
Plans, coordinates and supervises Jail Inmate Rehabilitation educational and
vocational training activities, including academic and vocational class work,
GED testing, library and bookcart use, and vocational and educational
assessment and counseling;
Acts as liaison between OCJIRP and Pontiac Community Education, to disseminate
information and maintain program continuity;
Selects curriculum to be used in OCJIRP, including academic and vocational
classes, and develops employment readiness skills program with emphasis on
interviewing techniques and proper forms Completion;
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Makes recommendations for hiring or selection of teachers, aides, students
and volunteers involved with the vocational and educational components of
the OCJIRP;
Supervises and schedules teaching personnel in the OCJIRP;
Supervises and evaluates student teachers, including library science students,
and maintains liaison with participating colleges;
Selects,_ orders, and maintains materials supplies, and equipment from Pontiac
Community Education to be used in the vocational and educational components
of the OCJIRP;
Obtains or develops instruments for vocational and educational assessment of
potential inmate participants;
Supervises identification of vocational Skills and occupational interests,
assessment of vocational and educationallneeds, and placement in program;
Provides vocational and educational counseling to help inmates set goals and
develop employment plans;
Develops liaison with agencies and partieipating community resources in areas
of job development and employment, including development of employability
standards;
Develops and maintains educational and vOcational records;
Requests educational records and release S records to other programs;
Develops other educational resources such as liaison with other correcLional
education programs, organizations, and ec*munity colleges;
Participates in weekly Review and Placemtnt Committee meetings;
Regularly informs other coordinators and Project Director of status of vocational
and educational activities;
Performs related duties as assigned.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
No formal lines of promotion.
APPROVED BY:
John Witherup
Director of Personnel
A.
B.
C.
D.
OAKLAND COUNTY MICHIGAN
CLASS TITLE JAIL INMATE VOCATIONAL &PDUCATIIONAL_COORDINATOR
SECTION E: QUALIFICATIONS
EXPERIENCE, TRAINING, KNOWLEDGES, SKILLS & ABILITIES
A. Required Minimum Qualifications
1. A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a major
in Education, Vocational. Education orIclosely related field;
2. Have had at least one (1), year of full-time paid, experience in teaching
in a ralitary-or civilian correctional or child care institution;
3. Have had at least one (1) year of full-time paid experience in either
administration or in a supervisory capacity;
4. Have had at least four (4) years of fill-time paid teaching experience in
a regular position in a junior or senior high, school;
NOTE: This experience may include experience described in #2 above.
NOTE: A Easter's Degree in one of the fiads listed above may be substituted
for two (2) years of the teaching experience described in #4 above.
5. Possess a valid permanent or temporary secondary teachers certificate
issued by the Michigan Department of Public Instruction;
6. Pass the complete examination, including the pre-employment medical,
established for the class of Jail Inmate Vocational & Educational Coordinator;
7. Successfully complete the six month probationary period.
B. Additional Desirable Qualifications
- I. Considerable ability to plan and supervise the work performed by others;
2. Considerable ability to develop evaluative measurements to assess educational
and vocational activities;
3. Considerable ability to evaluate teaching personnel;
4. Considerable ability to apply the principles of personnel administration
to the selection; placement, and supervision of employees and ability to
develop successful in-service training programs;
5. Considerable ability to cope with difficult and/or emergency situations.
-requiring immediate decisions in accoirdance with departmental policies and
objectives;
6. Considerable ability to exercise matUre judgement and initiative in analyzing
problems and recommending solutions;
7. Considerable ability to compile statistics, decipher pertinent information,
and present oral and written financial, operational and other types of
departmental reports to officials and: other interested groups or individuals.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS -------
Must maintain a valid Michigan secondary teachers certificate.
APPROVED BY
John Witherup
Director of Personnel
OAKLAND COUNTY MICHIGAN
A, 7l17175
J" 8/5/75
C.
D.
• CLASS TITLE JAIL INMATE WORKER
SECTION A: DESCRIPTION
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS
Employees in the class of Jail Inmate Worker, under the general supervision of the
Jail Inmate Rehabilitation Counseling Coordinator provide individual and group
counseling services in conjunction with the Oakland County Jail Inmate Rehabilitation
Program. Jail Inmate Workers provide individual and group counseling for a caseload
of approximately fifty (50) inmates; conduct intake interviews to identify potential
program participants; compile lists of potential applicants; use and interpret
needs analysis instruments; present information at Weekly Review and Placement
Committee meetings; contact outside agencies for referrals; maintain records of
caseload; contact inmate families for assistance and referral and perform related
duties as assigned.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED
Employees in this class work under the immediate supervision of the Jail inmate
Rehabilitation Counseling Coordinator, and perform their assignments on an
individual basis subject to frequent direction, evaluation and review. As
employees become familiar with specific casework methods and procedures, their
work is performed under more general supervision.
SUPERVISION EXERCISED
None, other than supervision of a caseload.
TYPICAL EXAMPLES OF WORK PERFORMED
(The following examples are intended to be deScriptive but not restrictive.)
Provides individual and group counseling, 'i including cell counseling to a
regular caseload of long-range participants (approximately 50 inmates);
Conducts intake interviews to identify potential program participants, involving
collection of applications, referrals and current inmate population information;
Compiles potential applicants list and Elihmits list to Security Coordinator
for approval;
Uses and interprets needs analysis instruments;
Presents information at weekly Review and Placement Committee meet'ngs;
Contacts outside agencies for referrals, job, home, and program placements,
and follow-up;
Uses appropriate reporting forms to maintain records;
Contacts inmate families for assistance and referral - pre- and post -release;
Performs related duties as assigned.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
No formal lines of promotion.
APPROVED BY
John Witherup
Director of Personnel
DATE:
OAKLAND COUNTY MICHIGAN
B. 8/5/75
C. -
D.
CLASS TITLE JAIL INMATE WORKER
SECTION B: QUALIFICATIONS
EXPERIENCE, TRAINING, KNOWLEDGES, SILLS & ABILITIES
A. Required Minimum Qualifications
1. Have a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a
major in Psychology, Sociology, Social Work, Criminal Justice or closely
related field;
2. Pass the complete examination, including the pre-employment medical, estab-
lished for the class of Jail Inmate Mprker;
3. Successfully complete the six month probationary period.
B. Additional Desirable Qualifications
I. Familiarity with correctional instittions or related areas;
2. Considerable knowledge of and skill in investigating, interviewing and
counseling practices, procedures and Itechniques;
3. Reasonable knowledge of corrections practices, procedures and resources,
including casework, group work and community organization methods;
4. Reasonable ability to prepare and present technical written and oral
reports;
5. Reasonable ability to work with and gain the cooperation of criminal offenders:
6. Reasonable ability to communicate under adverse conditions with distressed
people;
7. Reasonable ability to present programs and reports to organized groups;
8. Reasonable ability to develop and maintain effective relationships with
people;
. Reasonable ability to cope with difficult situations requiring immediate
decisions in accordance with departmental policies and objectives;
10. Reasonable ability to obtain cooperation of parolees, probationers, relatives,
employers and interested private and 'public agencies in adjustment of
parolees and probationers;
11. Reasonable ability to formulate plans of social and economic rehabilitation
for individual cases;
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
None,
APPROVED BY:
John Wither up
Director of Personnel
DATE.:
#7234 August 7, 1975
Moved by Kasper supported by Patterson the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Houghten, Kasper, Lennon, McDonald, Moffitt, Montante, Nowak, Olson,
Page, Patterson, Perinoff, Pernick, Price, Wilcox, Wilson, Aaron, Button, Coy,- Daly,
Dearborn, Douglas, Dunleavy, Fortino, Hoot. (24)
NAYS: Price, Gabler. (2)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland and
having a seal, do hereby certify that I have cOmpared the annexed copy of
Resolution #7234 adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
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at their meeting held on August 7, 1975.
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with the original record thereof now remaining in my
office, and that it is a true and correct transcript
therefrom, and of the whole thereof.
In Testimony Whareof, I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said County at Pontiac, Michigan
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Lynn H. Allen,,...„„ ......Clerk
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