Correctional Officer 4 - DHS - DCR - Robert L. Shell Juvenile Center - Cabell Co.

West Virginia; West Virginia; On-site; USD 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading facility in West Virginia is seeking a Correctional Officer to ensure the safety and security of juvenile residents. Responsibilities include supervising daily activities, conducting searches, and maintaining order. Candidates must possess a high school diploma and have relevant experience. The role requires completion of Academy training and involves working various shifts with mandatory overtime. A retention incentive and annual pay differential are offered after the first year of service.

Benefits

Retention Incentive of $2,000 after one year

Annual pay differential of $250 starting July 2024

Qualifications

• Four years of experience as a correctional officer or in a related field.
• Must complete Academy training program.

Responsibilities

• Supervise daily activities of juvenile residents.
• Conduct searches and initiate resident counts.
• Interact with staff and maintain security.

Skills

Supervision

Security

Communication

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

Under general supervision, a Correctional Officer in this class functions in a supervisory rolewithin a Juvenile Facility and holds the rank of Sergeant. Correctional Officers contribute to thepublic safety mission by providing for the safety and security of the public, staff, and juvenileresidents ensuring the care, custody, and control along with compliance with policy andprocedure.

Correctional Officers in this class may serve as shift supervisors, or in some other mid-levelsupervisory capacity within a specific work unit or department. This position assigns duties tosubordinates and supervises the work performed; conducts roll call and obtains pertinentinformation from previous shifts and communicates to staff coming on duty; initiates andsupervises searches of the facility, juvenile residents and/or visitors; initiates resident countsand initiates checks at regular and special time intervals to verify location and status of juvenileresidents.

Officers provide security over juvenile residents at a facility or work unit; supervise the dailyactivities of juvenile residents while observing and recording their behavior and movement toensure their safe and secure confinement. They interact with the visitors, staff, juvenileresidents and public to maintain orderly and secure operations. The work involves a highdegree of mental stress from constant contact with juvenile residents. Required to successfully complete the Academy training program. Travel may be required toperform work in other DCR facilities. Performs related duties as assigned.

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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.

ATTENTION:Applicant must verify post high school education by submitting an official transcript or diploma, training or licensure earned pertaining to this position by the closing date of the posting, if not previously verified.If you are claiming Veterans preference, please submit "MEMBER 4" form and/or your VA Letter. Protecting your personal information is our highest priority. If your official transcript, training/licensure, or Veterans documentation contains your Social Security Number and/or birthdate, please redact that information before submitting it to the Division of Personnel.

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Training: Graduation from a standard high school or the equivalent.

Experience:Four (4) years of full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience as a correctional officer, probation/parole officer, any US Military Service (Part-time National Guard service may be included as military service using the Division of Personnel's internal conversion calculation), police officer or in criminal justice or related field.

Substitution: Successfully completed coursework from a regionally accredited college or university in corrections, criminal justice or related field may be substituted for the required experience at a rate of one (1) year for every thirty (30) hours of study.

Conditions of Employment:

• Applicants must successfully complete competitive promotion selection process governed by agency policy.
• Applicants must successfully complete a psychological examination prior to appointment and as required thereafter.
• Applicants must successfully complete a medical examination prior to appointment and as required thereafter.
• Applicants must successfully complete a physical performance test prior to appointment and annually thereafter.
• Applicants must successfully complete a chemical urinalysis drug-screening test prior to initial employment.
• All employees in this job class shall be subject to random drug testing, as well as drug testing for reasonable suspicion as set forth in agency policy.
• Applicant's character and suitability for employment as a Correctional Officer must be verified through an agency investigation prior to employment.
• Applicant's background must be clear of felony convictions.
• Applicant's background must be clear of any activity prohibited by the Prison Rape Elimination Act.
• Applicants are subject to recurring background checks as may be required by law, rule, standard, or policy.
• Applicants will be required to work various shifts, and it is understood schedules are subject to change at any time.
• Applicants are subject to mandatory overtime requirements and must be available for assignment to any location in the State of West Virginia.
• Applicants must possess a valid driver's license prior to appointment and continuously maintain such license while employed in this classification.
• Applicants must maintain a working telephone in order for the agency to contact them.
• Applicants shall successfully complete training as may be required by policies established by the Commissioner or as may be required by law, rule or standard.
• Applicants must possess the ability to perform the essential functions and tasks of the classification.
• Applicants shall successfully complete a Supervisor Training Course within six (6) months of promotion.

***Your complete work history is needed to qualify you for positions. Please be as detailed as possible and list all of your past employment***

Additional Information, per SPB 3088:

• Upon completion of the first year of continuous service in the position, any employee hired into the rank of the Correctional Officer series shall receive a retention incentive of $2,000.

• Employees in this classification shall receive an annual base building pay differential of $250 on July 1st, beginning July 1, 2024. This pay differential shall be allowed to take DCR employees’ salaries above the maximum of the compensation range.

• Any Correctional Officer promoted into the Correctional Officer 4, 5, 6, and 7 classifications shall receive the special hiring rate and then have the total amount of their annual base building pay differential applied to their new salary.

• If an employee is hired into a Critical Vacancy Pay Facility (CVPF) and leaves the facility, the additional pay differential of $5,000 shall be removed from their salary, unless transferring to another CVPF.

Probationary period 1 year