Mobile Correctional Officer - SCCC

This position is a Correctional Officer role assigned to the Mobile Custody Team, requiring extensive travel statewide. The official domicile is at the South Central Correctional Center in Licking, MO, but the role involves traveling to DAI facilities across Missouri to assist with staffing needs. While on assignment, officers will be provided a state vehicle, lodging, and meal reimbursements. Mobile Custody Team Officers may be required to carpool and reside with a roommate during travel.

Responsibilities

• Maintain security in buildings, towers, and other posts of an adult correctional facility.
• Intervene during emergencies or altercations and gain physical control of offenders.
• Supervise movement of offenders inside and outside the correctional facility.
• Conduct periodic counts of offenders and search offenders and their living quarters for contraband.
• Escort and transport offenders to predetermined locations.
• Supervise offenders in housing units, during work activities, recreational/religious activities, and visits.
• Search visitors, offenders, buildings, and grounds for contraband.
• Conduct inspections for health and safety hazards.
• Prepare and submit reports on offender violations, unusual behaviors, mechanical deficiencies, or security breaches.
• Discuss minor adjustment problems with offenders and refer serious problems to proper staff.
• Promote rehabilitation by modifying offenders' social attitudes, discouraging undesirable behaviors, and encouraging worthwhile activities.
• Perform other related work as assigned.

Requirements

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Ability to pass a background investigation administered by the Missouri Department of Corrections.
• Ability to complete Defensive Tactics and Standard First Aid/CPR training during Basic Training.
• By assignment, may require ability to complete and maintain firearms certification training.
• Possession of a valid vehicle operator’s license.

Benefits

• Missouri State Employee Retirement System.
• Deferred compensation plan.
• Health insurance (medical, vision, dental for employees and family).
• Paid life insurance.
• Long-term disability insurance.
• Cafeteria plan.
• Paid holidays.
• 10 hours of annual leave per month.
• 10 hours of sick leave per month.
• Uniforms provided when required.
• Pre-service and in-service training.
• Access to credit union.
• Direct deposit of paycheck (required).
• Employee health, wellness, and safety initiatives.
• MOST 529 College Savings Program.
• Eligible for retention/longevity pay, shift differential, and overtime pay.
• Guaranteed 1% pay increase for every two years of continuous service up to 20 years.
• $2.00 per hour shift differential for shifts beginning between 12:00pm (noon) and 5:00am at 24/7 congregate care facilities.
• $1.00 per hour restrictive housing stipend for regular posts within a restrictive housing/segregation unit.

Pay

The annual salary includes an additional $1.50 per hour maximum security differential ($3,120 annually) for full-time positions domiciled in a maximum-security institution.