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Join the Utah Department of Corrections
Looking for a meaningful career that has a direct impact on the lives of others?
The Utah Department of Corrections is the place!
Whether seeking a position as a certified or civilian staff, the UDC is the largest law enforcement agency in the state with a variety of positions. The agency offers competitive pay and excellent benefits, plus many promotional opportunities.
Reasons to chose the UDC include:
- Excellent benefits starting on day 1
- Promotional opportunities and yearly increases
- Vacation and sick leave (8 hours a month)
- Training and development opportunities
- Tuition reimbursement up to $5,000/year
Certified Positions
Requirements to join certified positions include:
- High School Diploma or GED
- Age 19 or older - can apply at 18 and 3/4
- US citizen or permanent resident for 5 years
Disqualifying factors include:
- Applicants may not have a felony conviction as an adult or as a juvenile.
- Applicants may be disqualified for 3 years from the last time they used a controlled substance (see below for details).
- An applicant will be disqualified if they have been dishonorably discharged from the military.
- Any conviction of domestic violence (DV) must be expunged before consideration of certification.
- Applicants will be disqualified for active warrants or warrants that have been active in the past 12 months of application.
- Any probation from the court will be an automatic disqualification. This includes a plea of abeyance.
- Criminal behavior will be considered as part of the hiring process. If you have been convicted or involved in any Class A, B, or C crimes, you can be disqualified depending on the time elapsed from the last occurrence.
- Officers shall not have any neck or head tattoos. Current uniform policy does not allow for the covering of these tattoos.
Omitting information at any point through the hiring process is grounds for automatic disqualification, and will not be allowed to reapply for two years from the omission.
Applicants can be disqualified for 3 years from the last time they used a controlled substance. (To see the full list of schedule I and II drugs, please visit Utah Code Section 58-37-4.) Marijuana and THC have a one (1) year waiting period from your last use. This includes legal, illegal, and medical use.
Below is a list of common schedule I and II controlled substances:
- Methamphetamine
- Acid (LSD)
- Mushrooms (psilocybin)
- PCP
- Heroin
- Fentanyl
- Cocaine
- Morphine
- Opioids
Clinical Treatment Team
Join the Utah Department of Corrections as a Clinical Treatment member, part of the Reentry & Rehabilitation Team! We are looking for peer support recovery specialists, caseworkers, licensed clinical therapists, and psychologists. Help us change the lives of generations of underserved clients while making Utah safer.
- Free Continuing Education credits
- Clinical Supervision provided
- HRSA loan payment eligibility
- $6,000 sign-on bonus for Licensed Clinical Therapists
Substance Use Treatment Programs
Inside our prisons we offer residential and intensive outpatient level substance use treatment for our male and female residents.
Team members provide trauma-informed and evidence-based interventions to help the individuals we serve learn new skills while changing the way they view themselves and the world.
Our teams include licensed therapists, substance use disorder counselors, and case workers. If you are looking for a place to work where you can be a part of a great team while helping individuals make lifelong changes, our substance use treatment programs in the prisons are a perfect fit.
Treatment Resource Centers
Individuals supervised by Adult Probation & Parole have free access to treatment resource centers.
We complete Clinical Mental Health/Substance Abuse assessments and General Outpatient Substance Use services for male and female clients.
Team members work closely with probation and parole officers as well as community agencies to provide needed resources to our clients.
Our team includes licensed clinical therapists, substance use disorder counselors, case workers, and a peer support recovery specialist.
Sex Offense Treatment Programs
In the institutions, we offer sex offense specific treatment for our male population who present as higher risk and higher needs to help them be successful upon release. Ultimately, we aim to reduce recidivism for sexual offenses while increasing community safety through our evidence-based and evidence-informed interventions.
We have psychoeducational courses, core skills courses and resilience courses for our clients to help them develop a life they can be proud of while reducing the likelihood of creating future victims.
On our multidisciplinary teams, you will find student interns at the Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral Levels, licensed therapists, licensed psychologists, and caseworkers who help with our accountability system in the housing units.
Community Correctional Centers
Community Correctional Centers help individuals on parole address their risks and needs through evidence-based interventions and connections with community partners. The goal is to help incarcerated individuals transition successfully.
These centers offer outpatient substance use treatment, sex offense treatment, and parole violator programs. Because these centers are in the community, residents are able, and expected, to hold jobs and attend support groups.
We also have partnerships with many local agencies that come into the centers to offer support groups, leisure activities, and educational classes in health, fitness, and parenting just to name a few.
Our team includes licensed clinical therapists, substance use disorder counselors, and case workers.
Professional Positions
All professional -- also known as civilian -- positions require a general background check.
Specific requirements for individual positions may vary. To view the full requirements for a particular position, please refer to the respective job posting.
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