Deputy Sheriff - Custodial - Lateral

Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office; Modesto (CA); On-site; USD 58,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

The Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office is seeking a Deputy Sheriff-Custodial to escort, supervise and care for incarcerated persons across the Detention Center facilities, including REACT Center. You will help maintain order, enforce rules, and ensure safety for inmates and staff.

Candidates must meet peace officer standards, complete POST jail operations training within 12 months, and possess a valid CA driver’s license.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• Must meet peace officer standards per Government Code 1031.
• Complete POST jail operations training within 12 months.
• Possess valid California driver’s license.
• Must be at least 21 years old.
• Possess good moral character and not have disqualifying convictions.

Responsibilities

• Receives, books, searches, attends to and releases incarcerated persons in the SDC-East and West Facilities, Minimum Housing Unit, and REACT Center.
• Maintain order and discipline among incarcerated persons.
• Type booking slips, head-count rosters, incident reports, and other forms as required; serve civil process papers.
• Serve as a hospital guard; inspect sanitation and oversee feeding of incarcerated persons.
• Supervise daily activities of jail incarcerated persons; escort and transport to clinic, court, hospital, and state institutions.
• Make arrests pursuant to Penal Code 830.1(c).

Skills

Policy understanding

Judgment under pressure

Observation skills

Hygiene principles

Fair enforcement

Report writing

Education

High school diploma

POST jail training within 12 months

Firearms training

Driver's license

21+ age

Good moral character

Job description

This recruitment is open to lateral transfers from other public agencies only.

Stanislaus County is accepting lateral transfer applications from current Deputy Sheriffs - Custodial.

Stanislaus County Personnel Policy defines lateral transfers as persons with permanent or probationary status employed in another public agency and originally hired in that agency through a competitive process in the same or comparable classification requiring similar minimum qualifications. Additionally, the candidate must be currently employed with another governmental organization at the time of the conditional offer of employment.

THE POSITION

The Deputy Sheriff-Custodial position escorts, receives, registers, controls, supervises and cares for incarcerated persons and may be assigned to either the Sheriff’s Detention Center (SDC)-East and West Facilities, Minimum Housing Unit, or Re-entry and Enhanced Alternatives to Custody Training Center (REACT). Deputies must be mature, emotionally stable and able to work effectively in an environment that is often hostile, unpredictable and occasionally unpleasant. Deputies must have the ability to direct and instruct groups of incarcerated persons; have a tolerant attitude towards those confined; be able to respond to a wide variety of situations and exercise sound judgment. This position is also required to work under a "No Hostage Policy" setting and performs related duties as assigned. Entry into the Deputy Sheriff-Custodial classification offers career opportunities in custodial correction work.

Deputy Sheriff-Custodial personnel are peace officers pursuant to 830.1 (c), whose authority extends to any place in the state only while engaged in the performance of the duties of his or her respective employment and for the purpose of carrying out the primary function of employment relating to his or her custodial assignments, or when performing other law enforcement duties directed by his or her employing agency during a local state of emergency. This classification should not be confused with that of the Deputy Sheriff, whose authority to act as a peace officer has no time restrictions.

TENTATIVE RECRUITMENT SCHEDULE

• Application Deadline: Continuous but may close at any time.
• Physical Agility Examination: TBA
• Written Examination: TBA
• Oral Examination: TBA

• Receives, books, searches, attends to and releases incarcerated persons in the SDC-East and West Facilities, Minimum Housing Unit, and REACT Center;
• Maintain order and discipline among incarcerated persons ;
• Type booking slips, head-count rosters, incident reports, and other forms as required; Serve civil process papers;
• Serve as a hospital guard;
• Inspect sanitation and oversees the feeding of incarcerated persons;
• Supervise the daily activities of the Jail incarcerated persons;
• Analyze situations accurately and adopts an effective course of action quickly;
• Escort and transport incarcerated persons to and from the clinic, court, hospital, and State institutions;
• Serve as storekeeper and issue daily supplies;
• Appoint and supervises trustees; and
• Make arrests pursuant to Penal Code Section 830.1 (c).

KNOWLEDGE

• The purposes and objectives of modern detention facility techniques;
• Principles and techniques of supervising group activities in a detention, secured setting facility; and
• Laws statutes, court proceedings, and regulations governing both sentenced and non-sentenced incarcerated persons.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Read and understand policies, rules, instructions, laws, and ordinances pertaining to law enforcement activities;
• Supervise the daily activities of sentenced and non-sentenced incarcerated persons;
• Think clearly, use good judgment and adopt quick, effective, and reasonable courses of action in emergency situations;
• Remember names, faces, details of incidents and places, and possess good powers of observation;
• Apply modern principles of hygiene;
• Enforce rules and regulations with fairness, tact and impartiality; and
• Type reports accurately and at a reasonable rate of speed.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Graduation from high school or passage of high school level General Education Development (GED) test; AND
• Must meet the minimum standards for peace officers pursuant to Government Code Section 1031; AND
• Successfully complete the Stanislaus County arrest and firearms training courses pursuant to 832 PC (as prescribed by POST) and the jail operations course pursuant to 6035 PC (as prescribed by Corrections Standards Authority) within twelve (12) months from the date of employment; AND
• Physical/manipulative abilities required by the department; AND
• Mental/cognitive abilities required by the department; AND
• Must be of good moral character and must not have been convicted of a crime for which the punishment could have been imprisonment in a Federal penitentiary or a State prison; AND
• Possess and maintain a valid California Driver's License; AND
• Not less than 21 years of age at time of appointment; AND
• Must possess or be eligible to possess a Proof of Eligibility (POE) or certificate (Basic, Intermediate, or Advanced) from California Peace Officer Standards and Training under SB 2. Ineligib