Corrections Community Center Monitor - Harrisburg CCC

About the role

Join the Department of Corrections (DOC) as a Corrections Community Center Monitor and become part of a team that helps re-entrants build a strong path forward. Each day brings opportunities to support personal growth, reinforce positive structure, and encourage responsible decision-making. Your commitment will contribute to an environment where residents stay focused and move steadily toward success. Bring your energy and leadership to the Harrisburg Community Corrections Center (CCC) and step into a role that values communication, consistency, and compassion.

Responsibilities

• Resident Monitoring: Observe re-entrant behavior, conduct counts, and document activities through logs, inspections, and Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) review
• Search Procedures: Carry out scheduled and unscheduled searches of re-entrants, property, and common areas for prohibited items
• Operational Support: Maintain inventories, manage sign-in and sign-out processes, and oversee movement within the center
• Program Orientation: Explain policies, review rules, assign rooms, and provide information to help new re-entrants adjust to the center
• Accountability Checks: Carry out destination confirmations, administer required tests upon reentrant return, and document outcomes
• Public Interaction: Provide information to visitors, address concerns, and coordinate with law enforcement and other agencies

Requirements

• Willing and able to work in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
• Ability to work different shifts or irregular scheduled hours
• Successful completion of basic training in Elizabethtown, PA required
• Ability to perform essential job functions
• Pass a background investigation and meet Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) compliance requirements

Skills

• Preferred: Two (2) years of experience performing public safety or security work (e.g., protection of persons/property, correctional setting, juvenile/adult detention, law enforcement, military security)
• Preferred: One (1) year of work experience providing direction/guidance to individuals (e.g., lead worker/supervisor assigning/evaluating tasks, informal counseling, military orders)

Pay

Selected candidates who are new to employment with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will begin employment at the starting annual salary of $41,999.00 (before taxes).

Schedule

Full-time employment, 40 hours per week. Community Corrections Centers are staffed by three (3) work shifts that cover the facility 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Work hours will include different shifts or irregular hours. Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position.