Correctional Counselor Trainee

The State of Connecticut, Department of Correction (DOC) is currently recruiting for full-time Correctional Counselor Trainees at Cheshire Correctional Institution, Cheshire, CT - 2nd shift with future vacancies at Manson Youth Institution, Cheshire, CT and York Correctional Institution, East Lyme, CT.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU

• Visit our NEW State Employee Benefits Overview page!
• The State of Connecticut is an eligible Public Service Loan Forgiveness employer, meaning you may be eligible to have qualifying student loans forgiven after 10 years of service. Click here for more information;
• Professional growth and development opportunities;
• A healthy work/life balance for all employees!

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS

• This position is full-time, following a second shift schedule, and 36.25 hours per week.
• Current vacancies are at Cheshire CI, Cheshire, CT second shift (2:45 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.) and future vacancies will be at MYI, Cheshire, CT second shift (2:15 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.) and York CI, East Lyme, CT second shift (2:00 p.m. – 9:15 p.m.).
• This position is responsible for a full range of case management functions and will be assigned a mentor.
• Candidates should be able to demonstrate how their education and work experience qualify them for this position.
• Incumbents in this class will be eligible for promotion upon completion of a two-year period of training and satisfactory service in the promoting agency. 
• You will also receive evaluations every 3 months during the two-year training tenure.

NOTE: Please be sure to select your preferred location on your application.

ABOUT US 

The Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) is a diverse agency with a wide variety of employees from Correction Officers, to Educators, to Managers and Skilled Professionals. We value differences that make us stronger as a team and support our mission statement. 
 

The Connecticut Department of Correction is the agency responsible for corrections in the U.S. state of Connecticut. The agency operates 13 correctional facilities. It has its headquarters in Wethersfield. The DOC protects public safety by ensuring offenders serve their sentences of imprisonments in facilities that are safe, human, and provide re-entry programming.
 

The State of Connecticut, Department of Correction is a unified system; all sentenced and un-sentenced offenders are supervised by the DOC. The Department also provides supervision for offenders on parole, community release, and other discretionary release programs.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE

Possession of a Bachelor's or Master’s degree in counseling, criminal justice, psychology, sociology, or social work.

NOTE: Candidates cannot be appointed until all degree requirements are completed.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED

One (1) year of successful and satisfactory job performance as a Correction Officer and possession of a bachelor’s degree in counseling, criminal justice, psychology, sociology, or social work or a related social and human services degree may be appointed to this class.

NOTE: Examples of a closely related social and human services degree are criminology, human services, justice and law administration.