Correctional Officer 1

WV Division of Corrections & Rehabilitation; United States; On-site; USD 48,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Generation West Virginia seeks qualified Correctional Officers to enforce rules, monitor offender activity, and maintain public safety in various correctional facilities. The role includes counts, escorts, and supervision of offender work and custody within adult centers and juvenile centers.

Applicants must complete all sections of the application; available positions may be filled from a standing list as openings occur. Training and compliance with state regulations are required.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of correctional security and treatment
• Ability to follow institutional rules and procedures

Responsibilities

• Enforce rules to maintain order and public safety within correctional facilities.
• Observe and monitor offenders to detect unusual or prohibited behavior.
• Conduct counts to ensure offender accountability.
• Escort offenders and search persons, belongings, and areas as directed.
• Supervise offenders during assigned tasks and activities.
• Assist with intake and discharge procedures for offenders.
• Operate security/communications equipment and, when instructed, firearms.
• Maintain logs for keys, tools, weapons and related equipment.
• Report violations and participate in team meetings and briefings.
• Oversee sanitation inspections and inmate hygiene activities.

Skills

Correctional security

Job description

Nature of Work

Special Hiring Rate:

$47,900.32 upon hire and $50,400.272 after 6 months – Critical Vacancy Pay Facilities: Huttonsville Correctional Center and Jail, Mount Olive Correctional Complex and Jail, Western Regional Jail and Corrections Facility, Northern Correctional Facility (including Ohio County Correctional Center), Northern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility, Chick Buckbee Juvenile Center, Vicki Douglas Juvenile Center, Potomac Highlands Regional Jail and Correctional Facility, and Eastern Regional Jail and Corrections Facility (including Martinsburg Correctional Center)

$42,900.208 upon hire and $45,400.16 after 6 months – Remainder of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation facilities

Correctional Officers enforce rules necessary for the control of offenders and the maintenance of public safety. Positions may be in any type of facilities such as: Adult Centers/Prisons, Regional Jails, or Juvenile Centers. Applications for Correctional Officer 1 are accepted continuously to build a list of eligible candidates. The list will be used to fill openings as they occur. Contact the individual Centers for specific vacancy information.

IMPORTANT: Applicants who qualify for Correctional Officer 2-6 must apply for those titles separately.

IMPORTANT: Your eligibility will be based on information provided in your resume or application; therefore, make sure your resume or application is detailed and complete. You MUST complete ALL parts of the application OR upload a resume to your submission.

Examples of Work

• Learns to implement training materials, post orders, administrative regulations, log entries and/or memoranda.
• Learns to obtain information from previous shift regarding activities occurring on that shift.
• Learns to observe and monitor offenders to detect unusual or prohibited behavior and maintains custody and control within the correctional facility.
• Learns to perform counts at regular, or other, intervals to insure offender accountability.
• Escorts offenders to and from various facility areas; learns to search persons, personal property and areas.
• Learns to supervise offenders in performing assigned tasks.
• Learns to conduct and assists with intake/discharge procedures for offenders.
• Maintains public safety and control of offenders by enforcing rules, regulations and state law; reports violations.
• Testifies at internal disciplinary hearings and in court.
• Learns to transport offenders to and from correctional facilities.
• Learns to listen and respond appropriately to offender requests, problems and complaints.
• Learns to model appropriate personal and social living skills when interacting with offenders.
• Learns to recognize and respond to potential or actual emergencies, such as, but not limited to, fires, physical altercations, disturbances, or escapes in a manner that is consistent with policy, procedure and state law and ensures public safety.
• Participates in staff, team and committee meetings.
• Handles and operates security/communications equipment and/or firearms as directed and in a manner that is consistent with policy, procedure and state law and ensures public safety.
• Learns to inspect, inventory, maintain physical control of, and log keys, tools, weapons and related equipment.
• Learns to report damaged or missing items or other noted irregularities.
• Learns to performs safety and sanitation inspections.
• Oversees cleaning of facility areas and inmate hygiene activities.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of correctional security, treatment