Mobile Correctional Officer SCCC
About the role
The Missouri Department of Corrections is seeking a Mobile Custody Team Officer to join our team. This position requires extensive travel statewide and is assigned to the South Central Correctional Center in Licking, MO.
Responsibilities
- Maintain security in buildings/towers/other posts of an adult correctional facility
- Intervene during emergencies or altercations and gain physical control of offenders
- Supervise movement of offenders inside/outside the correctional facility
- Conduct periodic counts of offenders
- Search offenders and their living quarters for contraband
- Escort/transport offenders to predetermined locations
- Supervise offenders: in housing units; during the performance of work activities; and during recreational/religious activities
- Search visitors/offenders/buildings/grounds for contraband
- Conduct inspections for health and safety hazards
- Prepare/submit reports on offender violations of divisional or correctional facility rules/unusual offender behaviors/observed mechanical deficiencies/security breaches or failures
- Discuss minor adjustment problems with offenders; refer serious problems to proper correctional facility staff
- Promote rehabilitation by attempting to modify offender’s social attitudes/discouraging undesirable behaviors/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 administered by the Missouri Department of Corrections
- By assignment, a position may require ability to complete and maintain firearms certification training administered by the Missouri Department of Corrections
- Possession of a valid vehicle operator’s license
Qualifications
- Commensurate with experience
Skills
- Security maintenance
- Emergency intervention
- Offender supervision
- Health and safety inspection
- Report preparation
- Rehabilitation efforts
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 annual leave per month
- 10 hours 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
Pay
The annual salary for this position is $45,555.60, based on a normal 40-hour workweek. This position is also eligible for retention/longevity pay, shift differential and overtime pay in accordance with departmental policy D2-8.4 Compensatory Time and Office of Administration’s Division of Personnel Differential Pay Guidelines.
Schedule
The work schedule is Monday through Friday, 12pm (noon) to 12am (midnight).
Application
Candidates will be expected to maintain security in buildings/towers/other posts of an adult correctional facility; intervene during emergencies or altercations and gain physical control of offenders. This position will also supervise movement of offenders inside/outside the correctional facility; conduct periodic counts of offenders; search offenders and their living quarters for contraband; escort/transport offenders to predetermined locations. Candidates will be expected to supervise offenders: in housing units; during the performance of work activities; and during recreational/religious activities as well as supervises visits with offenders; and search visitors/offenders/buildings/grounds for contraband.
Contact
To apply, please email Recruiting@doc.mo.gov.