Detention Officer/Trainee

About the role

Join our team as a Detention Officer/Trainee, where you'll play a critical role in maintaining safety and security within our facilities. We're looking for motivated individuals with strong communication skills and a commitment to upholding the law. This position offers comprehensive training and opportunities for career advancement.

Responsibilities

• Completes paperwork associated with prisoners and jail activity;
• Fills out the jail log on the computer;
• Maintains order and discipline in the jail;
• Makes reports of jail incidents;
• Reviews legal documents pertaining to prisoners and takes necessary actions, such as transfer to another facility;
• Fingerprints and photographs all prisoners.

Requirements

• Books in prisoners;
• Reviews paperwork;
• Obtains signature from prisoners on required documents;
• Checks in prisoner's personal belongings and stores in proper area;
• Cares for prisoners;
• Puts prisoners in cells;
• Feeds and checks every 30 minutes;
• Takes prisoners out to talk to detectives;
• Takes money for cash bonds;
• Gives receipts;
• Accounts for funds.

Qualifications

• Detention Officer Trainee - Starting salary $20.08/hr with no experience
• Required: High School Diploma or equivalent (GED).
• Ability to pass a Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) fingerprint-based background check and maintain CJIS eligibility.
• Able to pass a polygraph test, physical fitness and psychological assessments.
• Valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record (must obtain TX driver’s license within 90 days).
• Preferred: Bilingual in English/Spanish
• Six months public safety experience or training

Skills

• Operate and use computers.
• Exercise patience and restraint when verbally and/or physically assaulted by prisoners and operate all equipment necessary in processing prisoners.
• Get along appropriately with co-workers and the public.

Benefits

• Medical: United Healthcare
• Dental: Cigna Dental PPO & DHMO
• Vision: Superior Vision
• Flexible Spending Accounts: Healthcare and Dependent Care expenses
• Employee Wellness Center offering FREE primary care medical treatment for employees & dependents on the Medical plan
• Access to gyms, Shipt, and Walmart+
• Employee Assistance Program providing employees and their household family members up to 8 FREE counseling sessions per issue per year, legal and financial assistance, will generator tools, and more!
• Sick Leave Pool providing participants additional paid sick time if accruals are exhausted.
• SmartDollar: free online program providing tips and tools from Dave Ramsey for getting out of debt and building good saving practices
• Texas Municipal Retirement System: 7% employee contribution with a 14% employer match, 5 year vesting
• Retirement Eligibility: 20 years of service/any age - or - 5 years of service/at least age 60
• Free Life Insurance coverage up to 1X your base annual salary
• MissionSquare 457 and 457 Roth IRA plans: additional voluntary employee participation
• Generous Paid Sick, Vacation, & Holiday Leave

Pay

• Detention Officer Trainee - Starting salary $20.08/hr with no experience
• Detention Officer - Starting salary $20.78/hr with six months experience

Schedule

• Medium Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Contact Information

To explore all of the benefits we offer, please visit: baytownlife.com

Application Instructions

Please indicate your answers to the following questions in the designated fields:

• Which of the following Proficiency Certificates, as defined and required by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, do you actively hold or have held before?
• If you are bilingual, in which language are you most proficient?
• Are you able to work nights and 12 hour shifts?
• Have you ever been convicted of or on deferred adjudication for a Class A Misdemeanor?
• Have you ever been convicted of or on deferred adjudication of a Class B Misdemeanor?
• Have you ever been convicted of or on deferred adjudication for a Felony?
• Have you ever been indicted for any criminal offense?
• Have you ever been convicted of a Family Violence Crime?
• For ALL of the illegal drugs or substances you marked in question 14 to ever using, experimenting with, or trying in any quantity, please list the name of the drug, the last time used, the total number of times you have used, and the number of times in the last 12 months you have used the drug(s).