Corrections Officer II

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Processes incoming inmates, to include searches, inventory of personal property, issuance of jail clothing, photographing, fingerprinting, and completion of the computer-based booking program.
• Conducts searches of inmates and their clothing;
• Prepares and maintains logs and reports;
• Oversees inmates;
• Performs periodic shakedowns;
• Periodically observes and monitors activities and well-being of inmates;
• Inspects mail and personal property;
• Provides simple basic first aid and CPR;
• Calls for EMS and officer support in emergencies;
• Serves meals and insures proper feeding of inmates and inmate hygiene;
• Issues items from commissary;
• Aids in the transportation of inmates;
• Releases and logs out inmates for work release and checks them in on return;
• Completes a variety of reports and documents;
• Receives and secures bonds;
• Maintains records;
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent;
• Valid Kansas Drivers license;
• Minimum of 18 years of age or older by hiring date;
• No felony convictions;
• No convictions for domestic violence, stalking, or related offenses.

Experience and Training

• Any combination of experience and training equivalent to graduation from high school;
• Some experience involving public contact is desirable.

Special Requirements

• Must possess good overall physical and mental condition consistent with the unassisted ability to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, all statutorily defined activities, duties, and tasks of a Corrections Officer.
• Perform the physical functions of a corrections officer;
• Stand for long periods of time;
• Respond to emergencies, using physical force to subdue or restrain violent or combative inmates, as warranted by the inmates' actions/aggression;
• Manually operate gates and doors;
• Lift/carry/assist with the evacuation of unconscious or unwilling inmates;
• Crouch/climb/kneel/crawl/walk as necessary to conduct searches;
• Run up/down stairs, run distances, and deal effectively with inmates immediately upon arrival;
• Have correctable and peripheral vision to observe the activities of inmates;
• Communicate effectively in verbal and written formats;
• Type/keyboard to write reports and enter data into a computer-based inmate database;
• Interact in the adult correctional environment effectively and proactively;
• Follow the policies, procedures, General Orders, and Post Orders of the facility;
• Make decisions based upon the facts and circumstances present at the time of an incident or event and take action based upon the decision made.