Deputy Sheriff- Part Time- FEMALE ONLY

About the role

Performs routine protective services work in providing care and maintaining security for inmates at the County Jail and maintaining security of the Roanoke County Courthouse Complex.

Responsibilities

• Processes inmates into custody of the County Jail
• Searches prisoners
• Takes charge of personal property
• Provides clothing, bedding, eating utensils, institutional rules and regulations
• Conducts periodic security checks of inmates in assigned areas
• Maintains log of inmate movement throughout the facility
• Conducts periodic cell searches for possession of contraband
• Reviews incoming and outgoing mail
• Monitors persons entering and leaving jail
• Supervises cleaning details for assigned areas
• Transports inmates as required
• Attends to special needs of inmates
• Processes all entrants of the courthouse through the security screening process
• Conducts periodic security checks of inmates in assigned areas
• Maintains control of the courtroom to prevent any disruptions
• Protects judges, court officials, witnesses, jurors and all other persons in the courtroom from any hostile acts directed at them
• Supervises, escorts/transports, restrains and controls prisoners
• Properly processes prisoners, delayed confinement persons & juveniles
• Properly serves Civil & Criminal papers
• Performs interior and exterior security searches of the courthouse

Requirements

• Education: High school diploma or equivalent
• Experience: Some experience in public and personal contact work preferably related to law enforcement activities
• Certifications/Licenses: Valid Virginia driver's license with good driving record
• Additional: Must be a citizen of the United States, twenty‑one (21) years of age, and complete the minimum training standards required by the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services; subject to a complete criminal history background search with acceptable results; must be able to perform the job as described in the Physical and Environmental Demands section of this job description

Qualifications

• General knowledge of civil and criminal law, court procedures and rules, regulations and procedures of the County Jail; and of institutions and management practices including the care and custody of prisoners
• Ability to cope with and handle interpersonal relationships; follow oral and written instructions; and to prepare records and reports