Correctional Officer

LaSalle Corrections; Groesbeck (TX); On-site; USD 27,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

LaSalle Corrections in Groesbeck, TX is hiring for an on-site security role in a correctional facility. The position requires supervising inmates, coordinating movements, and maintaining security across multiple zones including visitation, mailroom, and gate operations.

Applicants should have a high school diploma or equivalent, and complete TOPS training and background screening where applicable. The role is full-time with an hourly wage of $24.08.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• TOPS training and background screening may be required.

Responsibilities

• Supervises inmates in living areas and visitation areas.
• Coordinates and monitors inmate movements; conducts counts.
• Serves as mailroom, field tower, medical security, perimeter security, and gate officer as required.
• Provides security in treatment activities and supervises labor crews in the kitchen and other areas.
• Ensures prompt assistance to inmates in injury, illness, or trauma; prepares reports and daily logs.
• Initiates disciplinary reports and conducts shakedowns for contraband as needed.
• Promotes facility cleanliness and reports maintenance or repair needs.
• Responds to emergencies as part of special response teams.

Skills

Security awareness

Emotional stability

Communication skills

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

TOPS training and background screening (completed)

Job description

Limestone County Detention Center
910 N Tyus St
Groesbeck, TX 76642, USA

• On-site
• Rate : $24.08 USD per hour
• Service Workers
• Full-Time
• Requisition #: CORRE002578

Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Supervises inmates in living areas and recreational activities. Supervises inmates and visitors in visitation areas.

Serves as control center officer, coordinates and monitors inmate movements, conducts counts, and provides emergency response.

Serves as mailroom, field tower, medical security, perimeter security, and/or gate officer as required.

Provides security in treatment activities and supervises labor crews in the kitchen and other specialized areas.

Ensures prompt and appropriate assistance to inmates in the event of injury, illness, and emotional trauma.

Prepares reports and maintains daily logs as required.

Initiates disciplinary reports.

Conduct shakedown for contraband materials, either individually or as part of a specialized team.

Promotes facility cleanliness and reports need for maintenance and/or repairs.

Serves as a member of special teams to respond.

Performs a variety of marginal duties not listed, to be determined and assigned as needed.

Successful completion of TOPS training and background screening where applicable

Required Knowledge Skills/Abilities:

Must be representative of worthwhile qualities to which an inmate can identify

Must be emotionally stable, understanding, and philosophically attuned to the objective of the facility.

Language skills and reasoning ability are crucial to success in this position.

Interacts daily with offenders and staff members while providing security for the facility.

Education and Experience:

High school diploma or equivalent

Successful completion of training courses and on-the-job training as required by facility training standards.

Experience in correctional setting is highly desirable

Physical Requirements:

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to satisfactorily perform these essential functions without causing an undue hardship for the employer.

Long periods of continuous standing and walking per shift.

Frequent periods of sitting per shift.

Repetitive climbing of stairs to reach the assigned areas and working at heights

Occasional kneeling, squatting, and bending to perform “pat” or “strip” searches

Frequent grasping, reaching, pushing, pulling, bending, twisting

Occasionally responding to altercations and occasional restraining and securing assaultive offenders

Ability to respond rapidly to potential security and/or medical codes/issues

Frequent transferrers and transporting offenders by walking or riding in various vehicles such as vans, buses, and other forms of transportation

Continuous periods of operating/driving company vehicles to pick up and transport offenders per shift.

Remaining awake and alert while on duty per shift.

Occasional lifting and carrying up to 50-100 lbs

Ability to occasionally withstand direct or indirect exposure to OC spray

Ability to hear and understand verbal communication.

Pay: $24.08 per hour

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