JAILER

About the role

Perform security duties maintaining order and physical custody of inmates in a jail system or courthouse complex. Responsible for the care, custody, and control of persons to include; releasing offenders, maintaining security of the facility, and escorting offenders within and/or outside the secure confines of the jail.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct and remote supervision of inmates within housing and other areas of a jail, a courthouse, or secure perimeter as assigned to maintain a safe and secure environment
• Conduct frequent security checks for evidence of unauthorized activities and infractions of rules, respond to situations, and document accordingly
• Receive and process inmates from officers and the courts, maintain inmates' property, and direct inmates throughout the intake process
• Conduct metal detection of individuals and materials before entering facilities, perform necessary searches for weapons and contraband, and completes reports
• Inspect cells, housing areas, locks, windows, grills, doors, gates and perimeters of buildings and grounds for security purposes
• Observe conduct and behavior of inmates, respond to and control emergency situations, and use appropriate levels of force to control combative, volatile, or hostile offenders
• Document numerous inmate activities such as, visitation, phone calls, incidents, movement, housing assignments, property, etc. Enter information into a database to capture daily activities
• Supervise inmates and trustee-inmates work crews
• Assists in booking new inmates
• Conduct head counts to ensure that each prisoner is present
• Inspect conditions of locks, window bars, grills, doors, and gates at correctional facilities to ensure security and help prevent escapes
• Inspect mail for the presence of contraband
• Supervise the dispensing of food in a timely fashion to inmates, ensuring all health and safety regulations are complied with

Requirements

• Current and valid TX driver’s license and a safe driving record
• Must be 18 years of age on /or before date of hire
• Must maintain personal loyalty to the Sheriff
• Exceptional skill in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with County staff, inmates, police departments and the public
• General knowledge of basic hardware and software and uses of a variety of different computer operating systems such as Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Outlook
• Analyze problems, identify alternative solutions, project consequences of proposed actions and implement recommendations in support of goals
• Must also possess excellent physical assessment skills and be able to make sound judgment decision
• Keen attention to detail; careful and accurate data entry

Qualifications

• Minimum Requirements Required: High School Diploma or GED
• Preferred: TCOLE Jailer Certification (must not be on probationary status for disciplinary reasons)

Skills

• Current and valid TX driver’s license and a safe driving record
• Must be 18 years of age on /or before date of hire
• Maintain personal loyalty to the Sheriff
• Exceptional skill in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with County staff, inmates, police departments and the public
• General knowledge of basic hardware and software and uses of a variety of different computer operating systems such as Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Outlook
• Analyze problems, identify alternative solutions, project consequences of proposed actions and implement recommendations in support of goals
• Keen attention to detail; careful and accurate data entry

Benefits

• Structured Step Pay Plan
• Group health plans for medical with an option to open a Health Saving Account (HSA) with a County-paid contribution of $2000 over a year
• Dental and vision coverage
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Life and long & short term disability insurance
• Flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent care accounts
• Free gym membership program for health plan participants

Pay

• Regular, full time Jailers are eligible to participate in the Step Pay Plan

Schedule

• Must be willing to work overtime, weekends, holidays, rotating shifts, evenings and nights
• Must be able to work 12 hour shifts