Correctional Officer

Sault Community Career Centre; Ferndale; On-site; Full time

Job summary

The Ministry of the Solicitor General is hiring Correctional Officers to ensure safety and provide rehabilitative care in Ontario's correctional institutions. This role requires teamwork, effective communication, and the ability to handle diverse situations. A comprehensive training program is provided, and the work involves various shifts to support institutional operations.

Qualifications

• Minimum 18 years of age required.
• Certifications in first aid, CPR, and AED necessary.
• Possessing oral French skills for bilingual positions is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensure security and custody of inmates.
• Provide rehabilitative care tailored to inmate needs.
• Work rotating shifts including days, afternoons, and nights.

Skills

Effective communication

Teamwork

Situational awareness

Crisis management

Education

Grade 12 completion or equivalent

Job description

Ministry of the Solicitor General – Correctional Officer

Careers in Corrections

Correctional services play a key role in Ontario’s criminal justice system. Ontario operates adult correctional institutions and probation and parole offices for offenders serving jail sentences of less than two years and community supervision for up to three years. This includes the supervision of adult offenders under provincial parole supervision, as well as providing programs and services designed to assist in offender rehabilitation.

Career opportunities in correctional services are diverse and exciting, and corrections staff take pride in making a difference in the lives of those in custody and under supervision. Corrections staff help keep communities safe while safeguarding the human rights of individuals placed in the correctional system.

Make a difference by becoming a Correctional Officer

A career in corrections will appeal to individuals who enjoy working rotating shifts and tackling challenges on the job. Duties include ensuring the security and custody of inmates, as well as providing rehabilitative care to inmates that meets their diverse and unique needs. Correctional officers are on duty 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The starting salary for a correctional officer is $32.15 per hour.

Correctional officers receive a thorough training program, both on the job and at a ministry training site. Training includes search procedures, self-defense and emergency response.

Correctional Officers must be:

• alert and prepared to react to the unexpected
• able to handle a variety of difficult situations when dealing with the inmate population
• able to communicate effectively with a variety of people
• able to work as a member of a team of professionals in the care and rehabilitation of inmates
• willing to work shifts

Basic Requirements:

You must meet the following pre-requirements to apply:

• Be a minimum of 18 years of age.
• Possess oral French skills at the advanced-minus level (for bilingual positions).
• Be currently certified and/or able to be certified by the first day of employment in emergency first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillator (AED).
• Must have original proof of Grade 12 completion or an equivalency (e.g. general equivalency diploma/certificate).
• Must be able to work rotating shifts, including days, afternoons and nights, and on weekends and statutory holidays.

To apply for Correctional Officer opportunities, please contact: [e-mail]

For more information about careers in corrections, please visit https://www.ontario.ca/page/careers-corrections

If you would like to speak to recruiters in person, representatives from the Ministry of the Solicitor General’s Correctional Services Recruitment Team will be in Sault Ste. Marie for one day only on Thursday, July 17, at the Sault Community Career Centre, 503 Queen Street East, to provide information about career opportunities with the Ministry of the Solicitor General.

For more information and to register to attend, please visit: https://saultcareercentre.ca/workshop/careers-in-corrections-now-hiring/