Correctional Assistant

Job Overview

The position is under close supervision of an administrative superior and supports correctional officers or other staff in areas such as processing offender intake, routine control room functions, and limited data terminal entry.

Essential Functions

• Rotating shift work with hours and days varying every three months, including weekends and holidays.
• Accepts fees for payment, issues receipts, balances cash on hand against receipts, keeps simple records of transactions, and makes simple mathematical computations.
• Obtains offender names, charges, sentences, and other booking information according to established methods and procedures.
• Performs routine activities in support of the booking process such as logging information, issuing clothing, answering routine questions, completing an inventory of needed supplies.
• Maintains reports as directed, processes information, fills in data on standard facility forms.
• Receives telephone and personal callers, handling any question or matter of a non-technical or routine nature and directing others to the appropriate staff member.
• Affords assistance to correctional officers with electronic inmate housing control room functions, consistent with the correctional assistants' qualifications.

Education/Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Two (2) years of increasingly responsible experience in clerical work.
• Experience in corrections or law enforcement preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities (KSA)

• Working knowledge of computer data entry.
• Working knowledge of specialized duties required by the position.
• Ability to complete simple reports and other paperwork.
• Ability to assist in monitoring inmate activities.
• Ability to follow written and verbal instructions.
• Ability to work in a stress-related environment in proximity to offenders.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, other departments, and the general public.

Special Qualifications

• No criminal record.
• Passes extensive background examination.

Physical Demands

• Frequent sitting and talking or hearing.
• Occasional walking, using hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls, and reaching with hands and arms.
• Occasional lifting and/or moving up to 25 pounds.
• Close vision and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• Moderate noise level in the work environment.

About Us

Weber County was founded in 1850 and is located on the Wasatch Front, part of the eastern shores of the Great Salt Lake, and much of the rugged Wasatch Mountains. The Weber Center is situated at 2380 Washington Blvd, Ogden, UT 84401. For inquiries, contact the Human Resource Department at 801-399-8623 or via email at humanresources@webercountyutah.gov. Visit us at www.webercountyutah.gov.