About the Position

Please Note: The salary range above represents this position’s earning potential. The anticipated hiring range for this position will be if hired at: Resident Supervisor I, Grade 18: $62,328 to $82,652, or if hired at: Resident Supervisor II, Grade 20: $67,672 to $97,121 based on the candidate’s qualifications and experience.

WHO WE ARE

The Montgomery County Department of Correction and Rehabilitation(DOCR) is responsible for the intake, reception, and diagnostic functions, including law enforcement processing of adult male and female offenders arrested in Montgomery County. The Department is also responsible for the Pre-Release and Reentry Services (PRRS) Division, which oversees the 144-bed Montgomery County Pre-Release Center (PRC) and provides evidence-based transitional services to soon-to-be-released sentenced and incarcerated adults from the county’s two detention centers, and from state and federal prisons who are returning to Montgomery County and the larger Washington metropolitan area.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

DOCR is seeking to fill a Resident Supervisor vacancy – the position may be filled at the Resident Supervisor I (Download PDF reader), Grade 18, or at the Resident Supervisor II (Download PDF reader), Grade 20 level. The Resident Supervisor position is a front-line position responsible for providing security, supervision, custody, care, and control of the offender (resident) population.

This is front-line entry/developmental level correctional work, controlling, accounting for, and providing guidance to a segment of an offender-resident population. Most contacts are with coworkers, offender-residents, their families, employers, and others to exchange routine information about rules, policies, and procedures. There is also contact with police officers, probation officers, personnel at the Montgomery County Detention Center (MCDC) and Montgomery County Correctional Facility (MCCF), maintenance and service personnel (County employees and contractors), and others. Most contact centers are for the exchange of routine information.

At times, there is also an exchange of non-routine information with contacts concerning serious infractions of rules, transports back to a secure facility, escapes, and other significant events. Most contacts are cooperative and intended to facilitate the successful integration of offender-residents into the community, but some are confrontational. Direct, one-on-one care giving and assistance are provided to the offender-residents as needed throughout the day or as deemed appropriate, and range from provision of such routine services as urine sample collection, Alco Sensor testing and disbursing monies to detailed questions on and provision of individualized assistance, attention or guidance on work-family, health, substance abuse or other problems they are confronting on a daily basis, guidance on anger management or anti-social behavior, and other services/help.

The Eligible List created from this recruitment will be used to fill current and future vacancies.

Prior to appointment, all applicants must successfully complete a comprehensive background investigation, psychological evaluation, Core I medical examination, and drug/alcohol screen.

Before a promotional appointment within DOCR, the selected individual must answer the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) questions and submit to a criminal history check to comply with the Prevention Planning on Hiring and Promotion Decisions (115.17, 115.117, 115.217, 115.317). This is a requirement to meet Federal law and audit standards.

The individual selected for this position will be considered an “Essential Employee”. Essential employees must report to work during a period of general emergency or liberal leave.

Note: Applicants are encouraged to carefully read the substance abuse disqualification for this position prior to submitting an application. Please copy and paste the following link into a new window to view and read this information:

https://dsd.maryland.gov/regulations/Pages/12.10.01.22.aspx

What You'll Be Doing

The Resident Supervisor position is a front-line position responsible for providing security, supervision, custody, care, and control of the offender (resident) population. A candidate should be able to:

  • Direct, one-on-one care giving and assistance are provided to the offender-residents
  • Supervising, directing, and accounting for offenders.
  • Observing offender behavior and activities.
  • Maintaining discipline, order, and enforcing facility program rules.
  • Overseeing offender housing units and/or assigned pods.
  • Verifying and tracking offenders engaged in community activities (work, school, training, counseling, home visitation, etc.).
  • Electronically monitoring offenders’ movement in the community.
  • Administering alcohol and urine testing to offenders.
  • Conducting facility and room inspections to include counts.
  • Inspecting and assigning facility clean-ups.
  • Securing (handcuffing) and transporting offenders to secure confinement (Detention Center of Montgomery County Correctional Facility).
  • Transporting offenders (residents) to court and other community sites.
  • Providing crisis intervention.
  • Responding to and controlling emergency and potentially volatile situations.
  • Assisting offenders in the program with reentry activities as they transition back into the community.
  • Have excellent grounding and commitment to rehabilitative programming and possess the necessary interpersonal skills to work as part of a team to encourage individuals in a community correctional setting to succeed in the program.
  • Acquire knowledge of and ability to interpret and apply core principles and generally accepted standards and approaches of community-based corrections.
  • Develop skills in providing advice and guidance in areas that offender-residents are confronting on a daily basis, such as work-family, health, substance abuse, anger management, and anti-social behavior.
  • Work an eight (8) hour shift (day, evening, or midnight).
  • Work during a period of general emergency or liberal leave, to include holidays and inclement weather, as an Essential Employee.
  • Problem solve to select, organize, and logically process relevant information (verbal, numerical, or abstract) to solve a problem in the assigned program area(s). This includes the ability to recognize problems and identify relevant information.
  • Verbal and Written communication skills. Communication skills include the ability to understand verbal and written information (including facts, instructions, descriptions, and ideas) and express such information in verbal and written forms.
  • Possess good listening skills to bridge some language barriers and to encourage effective oral communication by offender-residents, their family members, etc.
  • Efficiently and effectively multitask responsibilities while remaining situationally aware.
  • Develop skills in recognizing critical indicators of personal crisis and in selecting and applying basic crisis intervention techniques.

Minimum Qualifications

If Filled as Resident Supervisor I:

Experience: One (1) year of full-time satisfactory work experience, or successful completion of six months (6) internship training at the Montgomery County Pre-Release Center.

Education: Possession of a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.

Equivalency: An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted.

License: Possession and maintenance at all times of a valid Class "C" (or equivalent) driver’s license from the applicant's state of residence.

Probationary Period: Individuals appointed or promoted to a position in this class will be required to serve a probationary period of twelve (12) months, during which time performance will be carefully evaluated. Continuation in this class will be contingent upon successful completion of the probationary period.

If Filled as Resident Supervisor II

Experience: Completion of eighteen (18) months of satisfactory work as a Resident Supervisor I.

Education: Possession of a Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university.

Equivalency: An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted.

Physical Ability: Ability to occasionally lift materials or resident property weighing twenty (20) to fifty (50) pounds.

License: Possession and maintenance at all times of a valid Class "C" (or equivalent) driver’s license from the applicant's state of residence.

Probationary Period: Individuals appointed or promoted to a position in this class will be required to serve a probationary period of twelve (12) months, during which time performance will be carefully evaluated. Continuation in this class will be contingent upon successful completion of the probationary period.

Preferred Criteria, Interview Preferences

Interview preference criteria will be used pertaining to:

  • Directing and supervising offenders in a correctional setting or criminal justice field.
  • Working with individuals with behavioral health needs.
  • Delivering re-entry services to offenders in a community correctional setting or program.
  • Experience with and/or knowledge of the Criminal Justice system.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

The Office of Human Resources (OHR) reviews the minimum qualifications of all applicants, irrespective of whether the candidate has previously been found to have met the minimum requirements for the job or been temporarily promoted to the same position. This evaluation is based solely on the information contained in the application/resume submitted for this specific position.

Montgomery County Government(MCG) is an equal opportunity employer, committed to workforce diversity. Accordingly, as it relates to employment opportunities, the County will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, in accordance with the law. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should email OHR at Hiring@montgomerycountymd.gov. Individual determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made in accordance with all applicable laws.

MCG also provides hiring preference to certain categories of veterans and veterans/persons with a disability. For more information and to claim employment preference, refer to the Careers webpage on Hiring Preference.

All applicants will respond to a series of questions related to their education, relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities required to minimally perform the job. The applicant's responses in conjunction with their resume and all other information provided in the employment application process will be evaluated to determine the minimum qualifications and preferred criteria or interview preference status. Based on the results, the highest qualified applicants will be placed on an Eligible List and may be considered for an interview. Employees meeting minimum qualifications who are the same grade will be placed on the Eligible List as a "Lateral Transfer" candidate and may be considered for an interview.

This will establish an Eligible List that may be used to fill both current and future vacancies.

If selected for consideration for this position, you may be required to provide evidence that you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities indicated on your resume.

Montgomery County Ethics Law: Except as provided by law or regulation, the County's "Public Employees" (which does not include employees of the Sheriff's office) are subject to the County's ethics law including the requirements to obtain advanced approval of any outside employment and the prohibitions on certain outside employment. The outside employment requirements of the ethics law can be found at 19A-12 of the County Code. Additional information about outside employment can be obtained from the Ethics Commission website.

Leave Benefits

Our generous leave package starts with non-MLS permanent and term employees earning 15 days of sick leave and 15 days of annual leave in their first year, as well as up to three additional personal days each calendar year. Positions in MLS earn 35 days of paid time off each year. In addition, we offer all employees 10 paid holidays. Our leave policies adhere to the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, and we provide six weeks of paid parental leave for new parents.

Retirement Benefits

All permanent and term positions are eligible for robust retirement plans. Public safety positions are eligible for a defined benefit pension plan in which they are vested after only five years. Employees in non-public safety positions can participate in retirement plans that contribute up to 12 percent of their annual salary. All employees can also participate in a supplemental retirement plan, the 457 Deferred Compensation Plan, to contribute even more to their retirement goals.

Tuition Assistance & Student Loan Forgiveness

Montgomery County employees are eligible to participate in the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. Participants who meet all requirements may qualify for forgiveness on the remaining balance on their Direct Loans after making 120 qualifying monthly payments under a qualifying repayment plan while working full-time in a qualifying public service position. To learn more about PSLF, please visit the Student Loan Repayment Benefits page. Our tuition assistance program allows you to receive up to $2,130 annually in tuition assistance to help you achieve a degree that supports your career path.

Free Mass Transit Benefit

County employees are entitled to use the RideOn Bus service for free with a valid County-employee ID. This benefit can be used any time of the day or evening, including weekends. We also offer a pre-tax flexible spending account to reduce the cost of other mass-transit options such as MARC trains and Metro.

Reduced Child and Health Care Costs

Working for Montgomery County also entitles permanent and term employees to participate in healthcare and childcare Flexible Spending Accounts. These plans allow eligible employees to save on a pretax basis for healthcare and dependent care costs incurred during the plan year.

Employee Wellbeing

We deeply care about your holistic wellness. Our award-winning wellness program, LiveWell, will support you in improving and maintaining your physical, mental, financial, social, and intellectual well-being.

Learn more about our wonderful benefits available to you once you join our team. Montgomery County Benefits

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