DRINKING DRIVER MONITOR I

If you are looking for an exciting career with great benefits, pension, generous leave, competitive salary, and the opportunity for advancement and professional growth, apply to join the DPSCS team today!

The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) is seeking dedicated candidates to fill important roles within our department. We are one of the largest departments in Maryland with nearly 12,000 employees and a budget of more than $1 billion. In order to fulfill our mission of promoting safety, we have increased security at our institutions while leading the way in innovative restorative justice projects that will help offenders reintegrate into society upon release.

As a member of the DPSCS team, you can have a fulfilling career, while also enjoying a wide range of benefits such as medical and dental coverage, paid time off (i.e. vacation, sick leave), becoming vested in the State pension, supplemental retirement options, and even joining the Maryland State Employees Credit Union.

 

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The primary purpose of this position is to enhance public safety within Maryland communities through the proactive monitoring of supervised individuals. This role encompasses several key responsibilities, including investigating and reporting on the status and activities of supervised individuals, conducting testing and referrals to ensure compliance and support rehabilitation, and partnering with community resources to facilitate successful reintegration. Furthermore, the position involves supporting victims of crime and ensuring the proper collection of court-ordered payments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Communicates with supervised individuals and others in person, by telephone, or through written correspondence, primarily utilizing motivational interviewing techniques throughout the supervision period.

• Assess supervised individual risk, stages of change, and criminogenic needs to outline strategies, interventions, sanctions, incentives, services, and available resources that support successful outcomes.

• All contacts are made in accordance with agency policies and employ evidence-based strategies.

• The monitor uses tools, training, and experience to ensure compliance with conditions of supervision and/or maintain the supervised individual in the community, thereby minimizing risk to public safety; this work specifically includes Interstate Compact Offender Tracking System (ICOTS) and monitoring interlock device compliance.

• Participates in training programs required by the Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions to maintain Monitor Certification.

• Creates and maintains an official record to document case activity when monitoring supervised individuals by following Agency policies and procedures and utilizing available technology.

• Produces documents to communicate case information regarding supervised individuals’ compliance, to the Courts, MVA or related agencies and to recommend appropriate action.

• Attends hearings in various Courts throughout the State in order to visually identify supervised individuals and to testify from official records regarding offenders being monitored.

• Provides testimony in support of specific recommendations resulting from observations and investigations of offenders' conduct.

• Ensures compliance with conditions of probation to maintain the offender in the community with minimal risk to the public by applying Agency policy and procedure, training and experience.

• Recommends actions to the courts in regard to violations of court ordered probationary conditions.

• Obtains samples (breath and/or urine) to detect substance use and assess compliance and progress in reaching the goals of supervision.

• Communicates with treatment providers and community resources in order to enhance the offender's rehabilitation and to promote public safety.

• Gathers case information to identify additional information needs; documents observed behaviors of offenders.

• Completes various assignments to meet agency or unit needs, including identifying community resources and handling office tasks in staff absence.

Disclaimer: Must be comfortable administering substance abuse screening and breathalyzer to detect BAC levels and testifying at court hearings.

Education:   Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate acceptable to the Maryland State Board of Education as described in the Maryland Correctional Training Commission regulation.

Experience: None.

Note: The above educational requirement is set by the Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commission in accordance with Correctional Services Article, Section 8-209 of the Annotated Code of Maryland.

Preference will be given to applicants who possess the following preferred qualification(s). Include clear and specific information on your application regarding your qualifications.

Employees in this classification may be assigned duties which require the operation of a motor vehicle. Employees assigned such duties will be required to possess a motor vehicle operator's license valid in the State of Maryland.

1. Employees who have not already done so must meet the selection standards required and successfully complete the training prescribed by the Maryland Correctional Training Commission for a Drinking Driver Monitor during the probationary period, (Correctional Services Article, Section 8-209, Annotated Code of Maryland). Selection standards for Drinking Driver Monitor training are listed in detail in the Code of Maryland Regulations Title 12, Subtitle 10, Chapter 01 and include the following:

U.S. Citizen or Resident Alien status

Must be at least 21 years of age

A completed background investigation

Oral interview

Physical examination.

2. Employees in this classification are required to use the Criminal Justice Information System. Conviction for any felony or conviction and incarceration for any misdemeanor may be a bar to access to the System and may be grounds for rejection of the applicant.

3. Employees in this classificationare subject to call 24 hours a day and, therefore, will be required to provide the employing agency with a telephone number where they can be reached.

The assessment may consist of a rating of your education, training, and experience related to the requirements of the position. It is important that you provide complete and accurate information on your application. Please report all experience and education that is related to this position.

STATE OF MARYLAND BENEFITS

Online applications are highly recommended. However, if you are unable to apply online, the paper application and supplemental questionnaire may be emailed to Nattlie.Muckerson@maryland.gov. Paper application materials must be received in our office by the closing date for the recruitment.

If you are submitting additional information, the preferred method is to upload it with your application. All uploaded additional information must be received by the closing date and time. If you are unable to upload, please email the requested information to Nattlie.Muckerson@mayland.gov referencing the recruitment number in the subject line. Only additional materials that are requested will be accepted for this recruitment.

If you are having difficulties with submitting your online application, please contact the DBM Recruitment and Examination Division at Application.Help@maryland.gov <Application.Help@maryland.gov> or
410-767-4850.

We thank our Veterans for their service to our country.

People with disabilities and bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply.

As an equal opportunity employer, Maryland is committed to recruiting, retaining, and promoting employees who are reflective of the State's diversity.