Ministry of the Solicitor General Looking for CLASSIFICATION OFFICER (ENGLISH AND FRENCH PROFICIENCY) at Monteith, ON Full Time

The Monteith Correctional Complex, Ministry of the Solicitor General has a dynamic opportunity as Classification Officer, where you will use your interviewing and program planning skills to provide classification and discharge planning for inmates. If you are an outstanding professional wanting to make a difference in people’s lives, don’t miss this exciting opportunity!

The Ontario Public Service (OPS) is one of the largest employers in the province, with a wide range of exciting career opportunities. We believe in the core values of trust, fairness, diversity, excellence, creativity, collaboration, efficiency and responsiveness. We are committed to being an employer of first choice, creating a positive and inclusive work environment.

We offer:

• A defined benefit pension plan
• Maternity and parental leave top-up benefits which includes adoptive parents
• Comprehensive Health Plan
• Life and Disability insurance
• Collegial and professional work culture
• Career growth and development opportunities across multiple business areas
• We provide on-the-job training to support your success in the role

The OPS has been recognized as a top employer. We are proud to have been acknowledged as one of:

• Canada’s Top 100 Employers
• Canada’s Best Diversity Employers
• Greater Toronto’s Top Employers
• Canada’s Greenest Employers
• Canada’s Top Employers for Young People

OPS Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Anti-Racism:

We are committed to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to promote a diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, accessible, merit-based, respectful and equitable workplace.

We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black, and racialized individuals, as well as people from a diversity of ethnic and cultural origins, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions.

Visit the OPS Anti-Racism Policy and the OPS Diversity and Inclusion Blueprint pages to learn more about the OPS commitment to advance racial equity, accessibility, diversity, and inclusion in the public service.

We offer employment accommodation across the recruitment process and all aspects of employment consistent with the requirements of Ontario’s Human Rights Code. Refer to the “How to apply” section if you require a disability-related accommodation.

What can I expect to do in this role?

In this unique role, you will:

• Provide classification and discharge planning for inmates through interviewing and soliciting information from inmates, police, family, schools, professionals
• Assess inmate needs and identify possible program plans
• Liaise with institutional staff such as health care, social workers, security, to assist in assessing needs and alerting to potential inmate risks
• Determine suitability of inmates for institutional work placement
• Provide advice and crisis intervention counselling to inmates
• Refer inmates to programs, resources and classification resources as well as volunteers, professionals, community agencies for treatment, training, education and counselling

How do I qualify?

Mandatory

• You are proficient in English as well as in oral French at the advanced level

Specialized Knowledge and Skills:

• You have demonstrated experience providing assessment and discharging planning for clients
• You demonstrate interviewing skills to obtain information from inmates, police, family, schools, professionals
• You have expertise in crisis intervention counselling with ability to make community referrals as appropriate
• You can assess client needs and recommend program plans

Other Essential Skills:

• You have demonstrated oral and written communication skills used in interviewing, counselling, and report documentation, liaising with inmates and all levels of interdisciplinary staff
• You have demonstrated interpersonal skills to interact with inmates and all levels of interdisciplinary staff
• You have analytical skills to compile information from reports and assessments

OPS Commitment to diversity, inclusion, accessibility, and anti- racism

We are committed to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to promote a diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, accessible, merit-based, respectful and equitable workplace.

We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black, and racialized individuals, as well as people from a diversity of ethnic and cultural origins, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions.

Visit theOPS Anti-Racism Policy and the OPS Diversity and Inclusion Blueprint pages to learn more about the OPS commitment to advance racial equity, accessibility, diversity, and inclusion in the public service.

We offer employment accommodation across the recruitment process and all aspects of employment consistent with the requirements of Ontario’s Human Rights Code. Refer to the application instructions below if you require a disability-related accommodation.

Additional Information:Address:
1 Bilingual Permanent, 3052 Rese Rd, Monteith, North Region, Vulnerable Sector Check, Credit History Check, Intelligence, Local Police Databases Search, PIP/NICHE/RMS

Compensation Group: Ontario Public Service Employees Union

Understanding the job ad – definitions

Schedule: 3.7

Category: Health and Social Services

Posted on: Monday, July 4, 2022

Note:
This ad is also available in French.

In accordance with the Ontario Public Service (OPS), Employment Screening Checks Policy (ESCP), the top candidate(s) may be required to undergo a security screening check. Refer to the above to determine the screening checks that are required for this position.

Required security screening checks along with your written consent, will be sent to the Transition and Security Office (TSO), Talent Development Branch, Talent and Leadership Division to evaluate the results. If applicable, the TSO, with your written consent, will request and obtain any additional employment screening checks that were not obtained directly by you.

A record under the Criminal Code and/or other federal offence record(s) does not automatically mean you will be ineligible for the position. The employment screening check(s) will only be reviewed and evaluated by the TSO for the purpose of making a security clearance decision. The details of an individual’s employment screening check(s) will be considered in specific relation to the duties and responsibilities of the position being filled. Employment screening check records will be maintained by the TSO and kept strictly confidential.

At this time, all employees working in congregate living settings are required to provide proof they are fully vaccinated, meaning they are fully vaccinated as defined by the Ministry of Health (refer to: COVID-19 Fully Vaccinated Status in Ontario), including 14 calendar days have passed since receiving their final dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Employees who do not provide proof of full vaccination will be deemed ‘not vaccinated’ under the Employer’s policy and will be required to attend a vaccine education program, as determined by the Employer. Employees who are not vaccinated under the policy with a valid medical exemption will not be required to attend a vaccine education program. All employees working in congregate living settings must undergo regular rapid antigen testing, regardless of vaccination status.