Correctional Identification And Records Specialist 1

Do you have experience in performing arithmetical computations? 

Are you looking to #MakeAnImpact? 

The State of Connecticut, Department of Correction (DOC) is recruiting for a Correctional Identification and Records Specialist 1 to work at Carl Robinson Correctional Institution (CRCI) in Enfield, CT.  This position is Monday -Friday, 40 hours per week, first shift - 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 pm. 

The successful candidate will have the ability to understand and interpret statutes and regulations pertaining to sentence calculation.   In this role you will:

• Process new commits
• Update continuance mittimus
• Initiate discharge planners
• Process bond outs
• Calculate and input time in regards to sentencing from court
• Process speedy trial papers

We offer a competitive benefits package, excellent health insurance, generous leave policies, non-hazardous retirement plan and more! We also encourage a healthy work-life balance to all employees!

The immediate vacancy is listed above, however, applications to this recruitment may be used for future vacancies in this job class.

Please be advised that resumes are no longer being accepted during the time that you apply.  Please ensure that your application is complete and displays your qualifications.  You will be unable to make revisions once it is submitted.  Questions can be sent to Emily.Kennedy@ct.gov.

Although applicants will receive correspondence via email, as a backup they are also encouraged to sign on to their Personal Status Board on a daily basis to monitor their status, view all emailed notices and complete tasks required in the recruitment process. 

This posting may require completion of additional referral questions (RQs). You can access these RQs via an email that will be sent to you after the posting's closing date or by visiting your JobAps Personal Status Board  (Certification Questionnaires section). Your responses to these RQs must be submitted by the question's expiration date. Please regularly check your email and JobAps Personal Status Board for notifications. Please check your SPAM and/or Junk folders on a daily basis in the event an email provider places auto-notification emails in a user's spam.

All application materials must be received by the recruiting agency by the time specified on the job opening for the position for which you are applying. Late applications may not be submitted and will not be considered. Exceptions are rare and limited to documented events that incapacitate a candidate during the entire duration of the job posting time period.  It is the candidate’s obligation and responsibility to request an exception and provide a legally recognized justification to accommodate such exception.  Requests should be made to DAS.SHRM@ct.gov.

In the Department of Correction at a facility or parole office or Boards of Pardons and Paroles this class is accountable for independently performing a full range of tasks associated with inmate identification and record keeping and overseeing the inmate identification and records section.

Ensures accurate maintenance of facility or parole system for inmate identification including tabulation of inmate sentences and other records; develops and maintains contacts with courts and law enforcement agencies concerning matters of individual inmates related to sentences; calculates sentences for parole and discharge eligibility including sentence commutations for good time and other adjustments; oversees issuance of notices concerning release and discharge of inmates, furloughs and transfers of inmates to required and authorized recipients; oversees compilation and editing of criminal records of each inmate through correspondence and communication with FBI, CSBI and other law enforcement agencies; assigns and reviews unit work for accuracy and thoroughness; assists in compilation of current statistical data concerning inmates and monthly and annual statistical reports; performs related duties as required.

Considerable knowledge of large volume records management, methods and techniques; interpersonal skills; oral and written communication skills; basic skill in performing arithmetical computations; considerable ability to understand and interpret statutes and regulations pertaining to sentence calculation; ability to organize data for entry into database systems.

Four (4) years clerical work experience.

Two (2) years of the General Experience must have been in the maintenance, processing or control of inmate or criminal records or of an extensive record keeping system involving financial, health, inventory, legal, medical or other records.

College training may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one-half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of two (2) years.

• Experience in large volume records management, methods and techniques
• Experience performing arithmetical computations
• Experience interpreting statutes and regulations pertaining to sentence calculation
• Experience organizing data for entry into database systems
• Experience working with RT system/MOCHA System & Collect software
• Experience calculating and inputting time in regards to sentencing from court
• Experience utilizing (JEB) - Judicial Electronic Branch System
• Experience utilizing (JIS) - Judicial Information System
• Experience with pertinent Judicial Branch paperwork forms such as sentence modifications and mittimus
• Experience with FOI requests/redaction of information

Incumbents in this class are required to possess a high school diploma or General Educational Development (G.E.D.) certification by the time of permanent appointment.

In addition to the checking of references and facts presented in the employment application, a background investigation will be conducted before persons are certified for permanent appointment.

Incumbents in this class may be exposed to some risk of injury or assault by inmates.

AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.