Treatment Caseworker (Berks County Jail System)

Job description

Annual Salary: $50,667 for 2025 POSITION SUMMARY: The Treatment Caseworker conducts intake interviews and assessments. Conducts orientation for newly committed inmates. Conducts case management, which may include performing classification assessments and reassessments, institutional parole summaries, writing referrals, visitation schedules, and networking on behalf of inmates. POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES: Essential Functions The duties and responsibilities of this position include, but are not necessarily limited to: - Conducts intake interviews, assessments, and screens, which may include the Level of Service Inventory, completes referrals to appropriate programs and services after assessment, and completes classification of inmates within the first 48 hours of admission. - Provides orientation to newly committed inmates within the first 48 hours of admission. - Organizes, gathers, and creates paperwork for inmate files, and tracks which inmates need completed intakes. - Addresses inmate concerns through case management on units, which may include completing institutional parole summaries and completing classification reassessments. - Serves as liaison to community service providers...