Occ. Code 8123500

NETWORK PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR, GRADE 18

New York State Department of Civil Service

Classification Standard

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF CLASS

Network Program Administrators are classified at the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS).  These positions are responsible for the overall coordination of the Network Program within a correctional facility.  Incumbents personally direct group sessions on an ongoing and regular basis; maintain applicable Program records at facilities; evaluate inmate progress within the Program and recommend any changes; maintain administrative goals for staff; and are responsible for public relations relating to the Network Program in accordance with facility and departmental procedures. 

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS

NETWORK PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR: journey level; plans and organizes the Network training program in conjunction with the Network Program.

ILLUSTRATIVE DUTIES

Plans, organizes and conducts the training for the Network Program in conjunction with the Program Coordinator.

• Plans and conducts courses dealing with specific concepts and techniques in the treatment of offender population and involvement of family members in the treatment process.

• Conducts orientation and training for all Correction Officers and other staff involved in the Network Program.

• Recommends changes regarding the program plan as a result of the evaluation.

• Plans program courses involving specific concepts in treatment of offenders and involvement of family in the training program as appropriate.

• Meets weekly with all program staff to maintain administration goals.

Evaluates inmate progress within the program and recommend any changes.

• Maintains facility records regarding the program for monthly submission to the Supervising Offender Rehabilitation Coordinator (Alcohol and Substance Abuse Treatment), such records contain inmate participant characteristics, data on inmates on or near parole, officers involved in the Program, statistics regarding the numbers of participants, activities, etc.

• Observes the individual inmates and document their progress.

May serve in a public relations capacity addressing community groups and meeting with representatives of the media following established procedures through the public information office.

• Presents segments of the training to improve on-the-job knowledge and abilities of Network Program managers and all other correctional personnel working in the Program.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Open Competitive:  four years of experience providing motivational behavioral modification services to residents in a secure setting. Such experience must have been in a formal institution program in which peer support is stressed and aimed at social behavior modification through positive mutual interchanges.  College credits may be substituted for up to two of the four years of required experience at the rate of 30 college credits for one year and 60 college credits for two years.

Date:  7/18

NOTE: Classification Standards illustrate the nature, extent and scope of duties and responsibilities of the classes they describe.  Standards cannot and do not include all of the work that might be appropriately performed by a class.  The minimum qualifications above are those which were required for appointment at the time the Classification Standard was written.  Please contact the Division of Staffing Services for current information on minimum qualification requirements for appointment or examination.