DOC Joliet Treatment Center Leisure Time Services Unit Corrections Leisure Activities Specialist IV

Position Title: Corrections Leisure Activities Specialist IV

Agency :  Department of Corrections 
Closing Date/Time: 07/16/2024 11:59 p.m.
Salary:   Anticipated Starting Salary (Effective 7/1/24) $6,728 a month; Full Range $6,728- $9,820 a month.  
Job Type:   Salaried 
County:   Will  
Number of Vacancies:   1  
Plan/BU: CU500   

 

This position is a union position; therefore, provisions of the relevant collective bargaining agreement/labor contract apply to the filling of this position.

 

All applicants who want to be considered for this position MUST apply electronically through the illinois.jobs2web.com website. State of Illinois employees should click the link near the top left to apply through the SuccessFactors employee career portal.

Applications submitted via email or any paper manner (mail, fax, hand delivery) will not be considered.

 

While not required, a Resume/Curriculum Vitae (CV) is recommended.  When applicable, title that require specific coursework, professional license or certification will include a notation requesting the appropriate document(s) be uploaded in the Additional Documents section of your application.  Failure to upload requested transcripts, license and/or proof of certification when specified may result in ineligibility.  Please note that the Department of Corrections must verify proof of higher education for any degree earned (if applicable) regardless of vacancy title before any offer can be extended.

 

Posting Identification Number  39472 

 

Position Overview

As a Corrections Leisure Activities Specialist IV, you will be part of a diverse team who oversees opportunities designed to on enhance physical, intellectual, cultural, social, and emotional learning and growth. These opportunities not only help individuals to develop and enhance their skillsets, but they also better equip them to be a productive member of society.  We invite you to come make a difference in other’s lives and truly impact change.

Job Responsibilities

1. Serves as full-line supervisor.
2. Plans, directs, and schedules a comprehensive and diversified program of appropriate leisure time activities geared to the specific interests and needs of individuals in custody.
3. Completes reports.
4. Prepares and authorizes equipment requisitions from staff.
5. Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

1. Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of four (4) years college, supplemented by a master's degree with major coursework in leisure studies, physical education, recreation, occupational therapy, art education, fine arts, studio arts, graphics, color and design, music, theater, or speech and communications.
2. Requires two (2) years professional supervisory experience in leisure activity services, recreation, occupational, park district and industrial therapy in an institutional or community setting.

Preferred Qualifications

1. Prefers at least four (4) years of experience providing a comprehensive and diversified program of appropriate leisure time activities.
2. Prefers at least two (2) years of experience compiling data and creating reports relative to individual involvement for structured and unstructured programming.
3. Prefers at least two (2) years of supervisory experience.
4. Prefers at least four (4) years of experience providing recreational and programmatic events.
5. Prefers at least four (4) years of experience working with individuals in a custody setting.
6. Prefers at least four (4) years of experience facilitating group activities.
7. Prefers at least four (4) years of experience planning special events.

Conditions of Employment

1. Requires ability to pass the IDOC/IDJJ background check.
2. Requires ability to pass a drug screen.  The use of unauthorized drugs by an employee, regardless of the position held, is prohibited.
3. Applicants are required to abide by all vaccine and/or other medical standards as set out by the employer.

About the Agency

The Illinois Department of Corrections is a multicultural agency deeply commi