Assistant Program Manager
Pleasantville, NJ 
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Job Description
Job Description
Benefits Information

Full-time employees will enjoy a competitive benefits package with options for you and your family including:

* Paid Time Off

* 14 Paid Holidays + Birthday Holiday

* 401(k) Matching

* Health Insurance

* Vision Insurance

* Life Insurance

* Health Savings Account

* Tuition Reimbursement

* Employee Discount

* Reduced Tuition Rates

* Disability Insurance

* Employee Assistance Program

* 401(k)

* Pet Insurance

* Dental Insurance

* Paid Training

* Flexible Spending Account

The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

Equal Opportunity Employer


Overview

Are you looking for a career you can feel good about? We hire only those that strive to do their best. By joining our family, you'll receive the honor and recognition that comes with working for the industry's global leader in evidenced based rehabilitation.

Who We Are:

GEO provides complementary, turnkey solutions for numerous government partners worldwide across a spectrum of diversified correctional and community reentry services. From the development of state-of-the-art facilities and the provision of management services and evidence-based rehabilitation to the post-release reintegration and supervision of individuals in the community, GEO offers fully diversified, cost-effective services that deliver enhanced quality and improved outcomes.

Why Work for GEO:

  • At GEO, we believe that diversity in our workforce and the inclusion of a variety of views, perspectives, and backgrounds are integral parts of our company's success.
  • We believe that work is more than a place you go every day. It is about being inspired and motivated to achieve extraordinary things.
  • Employee benefits play an important role in making The GEO Group a great place to work. At GEO, we believe in the three pillars of employee wellbeing: physical, emotional, and financial. With comprehensive benefits and competitive wages, we trust that you will find all the resources you need here to be successful.

Responsibilities

Summary

This position is responsible for assisting in the overall administration of the program including the planning, directing, and coordinating of all program activities. This position also assists with selecting and training staff, monitoring program effectiveness, coordinating invoices, submitting
required reports and managing required contract services. Finally, this position will oversee all Community Resource Center operations in the absence of the Program Manager.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

  • Provides direct supervision of the work activities and assignments of Case Managers.
  • Ensures that all clerical, record keeping, data collection, data entry, file maintenance and storage, supply inventory maintenance and ordering, and business machine maintenance and repairs are accomplished as required.
  • Monitors the progress of program participants, suggests intervention techniques to Case Managers, communicates with representatives of the agency responsible for supervision, and informs participants when corrective measures are necessary.
  • Governs casework documentation and ensures participants are receiving the service identified in their Individualized Treatment Plans.
  • Helps provide supervision, direction, and oversight of Community Resource Center staff in the performance of data collection, billing, account reconciliations, reimbursements, and expense reports.
  • Tracks and reports employee hours, leave, and benefit time for payroll purposes.
  • Assists the Program Manager in all HR duties and functions. Maintain personnel files, as required by Company policies and procedures, and enter employee data into the Company's systems of records.
  • Develops schedules, contingency plans, policies, and procedures related to office operations and HR with the approval of the Program Manager to ensure all operations and HR needs are met in an efficient, cost-effective, timely, and successful manner.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Human Services, Criminal Justice, or related field and two (2) years of experience working with a criminal justice population. Baccalaureate Degree in Social Work, a master's degree in Social Work or certification as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker preferred.
  • Additional experience may be substituted for education on a year for year basis or possess six (6) cumulative years of full-time administrative experience with a criminal justice population.
  • Understanding of a variety of models including cognitive behavioral therapy, theories of addiction and dynamics related to substance use and other criminogenic risk factors.
  • Ability to recognize the importance of family, social networks, and community systems in the treatment and recovery process.
  • Knowledge and the ability to comply with program documentation requirements, applicable ethical and professional standards of conduct.
  • Ability to provide services appropriate to the personal and cultural identity and language of the participant.
  • Ability to tailor program services to the Participant's stage of dependence, change, or recovery.
  • Ability to appropriately use strategies from accepted and culturally appropriate models with participants with substance use and other criminogenic risk factors.
  • Ability to establish rapport with participants, including management of crisis and determination of need for additional professional assistance.
  • Possession of the case management skills necessary to implement the case plan, ability to consult as a member of a multi-disciplinary team and assess ongoing treatment planning efficacy.
  • Ability to work with computers and the necessary software.

GEO Reentry Services LLC.


The GEO Group is an equal opportunity employer. Geo will recruit, hire, train, promote, and ensure that all other personnel actions are administered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetics, protected veteran status, and disability, or other category protected by law, and we will ensure that all employment decisions are based only on valid job requirements. As a federal government contractor, it is GEO's policy to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment minorities, females, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. GEO will also provide reasonable accommodation to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified employee or applicant for employment, unless the accommodation would impose undue hardship on the operation of our business.

 

Job Summary
Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Education
Bachelor's Degree
Required Experience
2 years
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