Detention Officer

Job Duties/Responsibilities

• Maintains correctional facility, security, safety, and sanitation.
• Facilitates day-to-day operational activities of the correctional facility.
• Facilitates positive behavior by observing and recording resident and visitor activities and behavior patterns.
• Shakes down residents, visitors, facilities, and property to detect and deter unauthorized items.
• Verifies resident population at regular/special time intervals.
• Subdues disruptive residents to facilitate normal facility operations.
• Inspects, visually and physically, resident living units to detect safety and security deficiencies.
• Attends training classes and seminars to develop and improve work knowledge, abilities, and skills.
• Maintains records and process documents for work-release residents.
• Administers CPR and first aid as needed.
• Coordinates with and assists designated health care providers in delivery of resident health care.
• Performs special, technical duties such as providing commissary service and assisting with medication management.
• Functions on-call for emergencies and in the sergeant's and lieutenant's absence.
• May be required to work day, evening, or night shift, and alternate between shifts.
• May be required to work holidays and weekends.

Qualifications

• Equivalent to high school graduation and completion of 40 hour jailer training within one year of hiring.
• Valid driver's license.

Physical & Environmental Characteristics

A physical agility test followed by a competitive written examination will be administered on Saturday, August 22, at 8:00 am. Location to be determined. Standards of testing may be found Physical-Agility-Testing-Requirements.