Correctional Behavioral Specialist I pay range
State of North Carolina · class code 32001048
- Class code
- 32001048
- Pay group
- NC05
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- North Carolina
- The State of North Carolina published pay range for Correctional Behavioral Specialist I is $33,902 to $59,327 per year.
- North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) keys this classification as class code 32001048.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The OSHR class specification for this class is published by North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR). The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 04/2020.
What the state says the job is
Work in this class involves administering, scoring, and supervising psychological tests to inmates in a diagnostic/mental health setting. Work also involves counseling with inmates to establish the necessary rapport and attitudes that facilitate valid test results. Work may also include gathering relevant social, criminal, and mental health background information necessary to adequately interpret test results and prepare reports. Employees typically also have an assigned supportive counseling caseload designed to aid inmates' adjustment to prison environment and their psychological functioning. Employees function as liaison with diagnostic and treatment staff, and may serve on various committees relative to treatment.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Working knowledge of psychological principles and psychometric theory is required to properly administer and score individual and group psychological tests. Working knowledge of the causes of criminal behavior and the stresses inmates are subject to during incarceration is required, as well as a working knowledge of crisis intervention and other supportive counseling techniques. Working knowledge of psychiatric diagnostic categories and the various behaviors associated with each is essential to recognize those inmates that require more intensive intervention. Ability to communicate effectively in oral and written form. Ability to organize and prepare accurate records, charts, and reports and ...
Minimum qualifications
Bachelor's degree in psychology or other human services field from an appropriately accredited institution with several classes in psychology, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Special
Quoted from the OSHR class specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) publishes this figure in OSHR salary schedules, joined to Class Specifications. Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
Job titles and their salary grades come from the Class Specifications, joined to the salary schedule.