CORRECTIONS OFFICER (Job ID 52274)

About the role

This position receives Hazardous Duty Pay of $60 biweekly, which is not included in the salary above.

Responsibilities

• Maintains security in buildings, towers, and other posts of an adult correctional facility, intervenes during emergencies or altercations, and gains physical control of offenders.
• Supervises, escorts, and/or transports the movement of offenders inside and outside the correctional facility, conducts periodic counts, and searches offenders and their living quarters for contraband.
• Supervises housing units and offenders during work, recreational, and religious activities; conducts health and safety hazards inspections.
• Performs random and specific searches of residents and visitors to prevent the introduction of contraband into the facility.
• Searches housing, buildings, physical plants, supply areas, and personal property for weapons and contraband by following institutional procedures and guidelines.
• Counsels offenders, discusses issues and minor adjustment problems, and refers more severe concerns to superiors or proper correctional facility staff.
• Promotes rehabilitation by modifying the offender's social attitudes, discouraging undesirable behaviors, and encouraging worthwhile activities utilizing effective verbal communication skills to direct, mentor, and deescalate encounters while performing their daily duties.
• Detains offenders, forcibly if necessary, using handcuffs and other restraints; subdues resisting offenders using maneuvers, approved non-lethal and lethal, if necessary.

Requirements

Selected candidates will be required to participate and complete training at the Corrections Academy as scheduled, and must obtain certification as a Corrections Officer, issued by the Police Standards and Training Council during their probationary period. Successfully participate in the physical agility test designed to measure one's ability to perform essential job functions which are physically demanding tasks encountered in job performance. After conditional offers of appointment have been made, prospective appointees must pass a comprehensive medical examination provided at the state's expense. The Provider administering medical examinations will be selected by the NH Department of Corrections.

Qualifications

• Education/Experience: High school diploma or high school equivalency credential. Six months of experience as a Corrections Officer or its equivalent in the areas of law enforcement, police work, or the military. Possession of a valid driver's license.

Skills

• Ability to use firearms and to demonstrate proficiency by passing weapons qualifications on an annual basis.
• Effective verbal communication skills to direct, mentor, and deescalate encounters.

Benefits

State of New Hampshire benefits package available.

Pay

$28.37/hour - $34.74/hour

Schedule

Full-time position.