Floor Sergeant

South Dakota State Government; Pierre (SD); On-site; USD 36,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid holidays

Retirement benefits

Vacation and sick leave

Job summary

The South Dakota Department of Corrections in Pierre is hiring for a full-time Corrections Officer role. You will maintain unit security, supervise officers, and guide inmate activities while enforcing department policies.

Ideal candidates have 2 years of corrections or high-needs client experience, strong communication, and de-escalation skills. Requires readiness for defensive tactics and teamwork in a demanding facility.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Inmate Living Guide, POR policies, and offender programs.
• Ability to communicate and document information clearly and concisely.
• Two years of corrections or hard-to-serve client population experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides work direction to Correctional Officers and maintains unit security.
• Mentors security staff and coordinates floor coverage with the OIC.
• Performs counts, searches, and controlled movement of offenders.

Skills

Communication

De-escalation

Word & Excel

Team leadership

Education

Criminal Justice background

Tools

Two-way radio

Job description

Job ID: 37284

Agency: Department of Corrections

Location: Pierre

Salary: $26.00 to $30.00 Hourly, depending on experience

Pay Grade: H

Closing Date: Open Until Filled

The South Dakota Department of Corrections is hiring! Join the DOC - view DOC Recruitment video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI3Hwg99jTg&t=9s.

This is a full-time position with the Department of Corrections. For more information on the Department of Corrections, please visit http://doc.sd.gov.

Maintains daily contact with offenders, to assist them with their day-to-day living in a correctional facility and to organize their activities while providing motivation and guidance; facilitates scheduling and program options in order that they may receive opportunities to learn how to change their criminal behavior.

Knowledge of:

• Department of Correction's Inmate Living Guide, classification system and post operational rules (POR);
• Department of Correction's policies and the institution's operations and procedures;
• modern concepts, principles, and practices related to the re-entry of an offender back into society;
• attitude, problems, and behavior of incarcerated individuals;
• programs available for rehabilitation of offenders;
• knowledge of offender visiting policy;
• Microsoft office products specifically Word and Excel;
• the Use of Force Continuum;
• the Disciplinary (DHO) policy and its implementation;
• de-escalation techniques;
• multi-generational workforce.

Ability to:

• communicate and document logically, accurately, and concisely all pertinent information and decisions;
• make proper responses to safety and security problems;
• relate to and establish rapport with offenders and to assist them in their initial adaptation to prison life;
• plan, organize, schedule, and direct the work of others;
• apply department policies and institution operations and procedures for the assigned housing unit;
• maintain composure under stressful conditions or tense situations and de-escalate the situation(s);
• participate in the criminal justice systems, regarding the treatment of inmates and/or incarcerated individuals, which includes state statue, American with Disabilities Act (ADA), Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), and department and administrative regulations and policies, standards and guidelines;
• enforce and uphold department policy, procedure and practice;
• study information and recount events in a written, comprehensive and legible method;
• incorporate the SDDOC Mission Statement while completing daily job duties;
• willingness to respectfully work with a diverse population;
• conduct searches (general area, metal detector, pat, perimeter, unclothed or vehicle);
• operate communications equipment in a professional manner. (e.g. two-way radio, telephone, public address equipment);
• willingness to follow chain of command;
• work as a team with a diverse group of people.

Job Functions:

• Provides work direction to Correctional Officers on the unit and performs security operations to ensure staff and offender safety and unit security.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to security staff assigned to their supervision chain.
• Make work assignments based on facility operations and institutional needs.
• Coordinate with the OIC to ensure appropriate floor coverage.
• Communicate professionally with both staff and offender population.
• Conduct formal and informal counts and emergency counts.
• Conduct searches per policy.
• Maintain controlled movement of offender population.
• Monitor and control access to the facility and restricted areas.
• Utilizing proper protocols when responding to emergency situations.
• Follow established tool and key control.
• Assist the Officer In Charge (OIC) in daily management tasks.
• Performs other work as assigned.

Ideal Candidate Will Have:

Two (2) years of experience working directly with a *hard to serve high needs client population in a correctional or human services environment.

*Hard to serve needs clients include individuals with multiple barriers to employment, lack of educational or occupational skills attainment, low-income workers earning wages below self-sufficiency, low levels of literacy or English proficiency, disability status, basic skills deficient, homelessness, ex-offenders and justice involved, and public assistance dependency.

- OR -

Two (2) years of **corrections experience where knowledge of offender classification, offender disciplinary system, grievance process, housing assignments and offender programs was obtained and Role Modeling Pro-Social Behaviors while maintaining Positive Professional Communications by providing offender population with Crisis Intervention was demonstrated.

**Corrections-related experience is defined as experience in which the employee provided a direct service to/with clients detained against their will such as custody/control, teaching, social work, nursing, food service, and general maintenance; or supervised offenders in the implementation of a program such as correctional industries. This experience is not typically earned in clerical support programs.

NOTE: Entry level officers and clerical support experience does not have the authority outlined in the minimum qualifications to perform components of offender management as it relates to classification hearings, Multi-disciplinary staffing, vetting responses to offender grievances etc. Therefore, experience as an entry level officer and clerical support does not meet the definition of offender management as outlined in the minimum qualifications.

- OR -

A combination of education (Criminal Justice, Social Work, Sociology, Psychology, or similarly related field) and experience as defined above equal to two (2) years.

Conditions of Employment

• With or without accommodations, successfully pass all modules of the South Dakota Department of Corrections Basic Training, to include English reading comprehension, relevant competency assessments and written/practical exams in Defensive Tactics;
• Possess the physical ability to successfully complete Defensive Tactics;
• Lift arms above head and kick as high as own waist;
• Stabilize another person to accomplish a controlled take down;
• Use arms, palms of hands, shins, and feet to deliver blows;
• Withstand impact (slow speed or with a safety bag) on own body from strikes/blows;
• Rotate body 90 degrees with feet planted for striking with foot or using a defensive tactic;
• Get down on one or both knees and up again with multiple repetitions;
• Will be exposed to Oleoresin Capsicum during Basic Training and will be exposed while on assignment;
• Must be able to see and hear in order to observe, address and respond to potential breaches in safety and security;
• Seize, hold, control or subdue violent or assaultive persons and defend oneself or others to prevent injury;
• Demonstrate body agility, strength of all four limbs and the ability to walk and climb stairs consistently;
• Work in situations involving assaultive behavior, physical control of another person and/or restraint situations;
• Deal with individuals with a range of moods and behaviors, utilizing tactfulness and a congenial, personable manner;
• Work with people of the opposite sex, diverse racial ethnic groups, mentally ill and emotionally disturbed offenders;
• Communicate by talking, listening and/or signaling people to convey or exchange information, assignments;
• Work in an environment with fluctuating noise and temperature (hot and cold) which may include working outdoors in inclement weather and/or concrete floor/wall work settings;
• Willing and able to travel;
• Willing and able to work various shifts and days as needed for facility coverage;
• TB (tuberculosis) screening is required of all new employees upon hire.

This position is eligible for Veterans' Preference per ARSD 55:10:02:08.

Successful applicant(s) will be required to undergo a background investigation. An arrest/conviction record will not necessarily bar employment.

NCRC: If you possess a National Career Readiness Certificate, please submit the certificate with your application. For more information on how to acquire a National Career Readiness Certificate contact a South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation Job Service Office. A certificate is not necessary to be considered.

The State of South Dakota does not sponsor work visas for new or existing employees. All persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and complete an Employment Eligibility Verification, Form I-9. The State of South Dakota as an employer will be using E-Verify to complete employment eligibility verification upon hire.

The State of South Dakota offers $0 premium employee health insurance option plus eleven paid holidays, generous vacation and sick leave accrual, dental, vision, and other insurance options, and retirement benefits. This position is a member of Class B retirement under SDRS.

You can view our benefits information here .

• $0 premium employee health insurance option
• eleven paid holidays
• generous vacation and sick leave accrual
• dental, vision, and other insurance options
• retirement benefits
• member of Class B retirement under SDRS

'An Equal Opportunity Employer'