Night Security - Adult Education (TWA)-2

Chesterfield County Public Schools; Chesterfield Court House (VA); Vor Ort; USD 22.000 - 29.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Chesterfield County Public Schools is seeking a School Security Officer to help maintain a safe and secure environment across school facilities. The role involves visible presence in halls, cafeterias, restrooms, stairwells, and outside areas to deter disruption and ensure safety for students and staff.

Responsibilities include assisting administrators in preventing injuries, enforcing school policies, conducting investigations, and collaborating with local police and safety personnel.

Qualifikationen

• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with students, staff, and administrators.
• Ability to investigate, identify and correct problems under pressure.
• Capable of providing first aid and coordinating with public safety agencies.

Aufgaben

• Assists administrators in preventing injuries and disruptions through routine patrol and surveillance.
• Patrols buildings, grounds, and parking lots to deter vandalism, theft, and unauthorized access.
• Enforces board policies and assists in stopping disruptive or illegal behavior.
• Assists in investigations, conducts interviews, and reviews surveillance footage.

Kenntnisse

Communication skills

First aid

Emergency response

Ausbildung

High school diploma

Tools

Metal detectors

CCTV cameras

AED

Jobbeschreibung

Our outstanding teachers, support staff members and leaders are top-notch educators whom others seek to emulate, and quite simply – we would like for you to consider joining us.

General Description:

Ensures the safety, security and welfare of students, faculty, staff and visitors in an assigned location. Work involves being highly visible in the halls, cafeteria, rest rooms, stairwells, grounds, parking lots and other locations for the purpose of ensuring safety, order, and discipline. Requires excellent rapport with students to encourage proper behavior and cooperation with school administrators and law enforcement agencies in accordance with established policies, procedures and regulations. Selects and applies appropriate effective methods of crime prevention, intervention and enforcement in different situations. Responds to violent or other disruptive events.

Job Description:

Essential Job Functions:

• Assists school administrators in the prevention of personal injury, property loss and disruption of the educational process through routine patrol, crime prevention techniques, surveillance, emergency response, recovery of property, etc.
• Patrols assigned areas, buildings, grounds, parking lots to prevent student disruptions, fire, theft, vandalism and unauthorized and illegal entry and other activities that detract from a safe, secure and orderly school environment.
• Enforces School Board policies and procedures regarding the conduct of persons on school property.
• Assists principal and staff in stopping altercations, arguments or other forms of disruptive or illegal behavior.
• Assists school administrators in conducting investigations of student violations i.e. conducting interviews, collecting witness or participant statements, reviewing surveillance footage, etc.
• As directed, assists in student searches and conducts metal detector screenings for illegal substances or weapons.
• Ensures that parked vehicles are properly registered.
• Ensures that individuals on school grounds are those with legitimate business with the school.
• Confronts unauthorized persons for questioning, escorts off school property or detains for police assistance as needed.
• Inspects the physical security of the building to include checking doors, windows, gates, fences, locks, lights and heating and fire equipment; reports any unusual conditions or maintenance problems to appropriate staff.
• Works with school officials and staff to maintain and correct problems, promote safety, promote pride and ownership of school facilities among students.
• Patrols night functions, such as meetings, student activities and athletic events as requested.
• Renders first aid and CPR as appropriate.
• Collaborates with and assists public safety (police, fire, EMT) personnel who respond to calls at school or on school grounds.
• Offers testimony in court or before School Board as needed.
• Serves as a member of the School Safety Team and assists with emergency planning, training, and drills.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Budgetary Responsibility:

N/A

Report Preparation:

Prepares required written reports of incidents and disciplinary referrals and maintains proper records.

Equipment Operation:

Operates personal computer, basic office equipment, metal detectors, Automated External Defibrillator, camera surveillance systems, radio communications and other security equipment.

Contacts:

Works closely with school administration, Safety & Security Department staff, School Resource Officers, students, faculty and staff, Chesterfield Police Department and other public safety personnel.

Work Direction/Supervision:

Provides work direction to homebound instructional staff. Assists with the selection/supervision of homebound instructional staff.

Decision Making:

Functions independently under CCPS policies and procedures.

Physical Demands:

Must have the ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time; exhibit manual dexterity to use a telephone, to enter data into a computer terminal; to see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids; hear, understand speech and speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly at levels indoors, on the telephone and outdoors. Physical agility to bend, stoop, sit on the floor, climb stairs, walk and reach overhead. Must be able to lift, push or pull individuals or objects weighing up to 100 pounds.

Work Environment:

The employee regularly works in a public school setting. Work involves potential for danger and physical injuries from trespassers, students or others with weapons, or persons committing acts which are violations of law, requiring sufficient training in restraint techniques to avoid personal harm and bodily injury. The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals, fumes and dust and may frequently work in outside weather conditions and around moving vehicles. The noise level is usually moderate.

Qualifications:

Considerable knowledge of safe and effective security procedures and methodologies. Working knowledge of the School Board and assigned school policies and regulations. Demonstrated ability: to investigate, identify and correct problems and to interpret and apply school regulations in a non-threatening and cooperative manner; handle sensitive issues and work under adverse conditions; to administer first aid; to work independently and assume responsibility for assigned work areas and to communicate effectively with students, staff, parents and school officials.

Additional Job Requirements:

Be 21 years of age or older, have a high school diploma, GED or equivalent. Have documented work experience with a positive employment history. Must successfully complete entry-level training to be certified as a School Security Officer within 60 days from the date of employment and complete in-service training as required by the State of Virginia and CCPS Safety & Security Manager. Must successfully complete and maintain certification in CPR/AED and First Aid. Must maintain appropriate physical standards including agility, physical strength, and stamina in order to respond to emergency situations. Education, training or experience sufficient to demonstrate the required knowledge, skills and abilities. Applicants considered for employment must successfully complete the following background investigations/tests: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Criminal History Investigation State Police Criminal History Investigation Child Protective Services (CPS) Investigation Tuberculosis Screening/Test

Compensation

$18.60 per hour

Benefits

Chesterfield County Public Schools offers a wide variety of benefits to employees. Benefit offerings may differ based upon full-time and part-time employee status. Chesterfield County Public Schools assures Equal Employment Opportunities for employees as required by Federal and State Orders and Laws. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential tasks.

About the Division

This job description is intended to accurately reflect the position activities and requirements. However, administration reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and assign other duties as necessary. It is not intended to be and should not be construed as an all-inclusive list of all the responsibilities, skills, or working conditions associated with the position and does not imply an employment contract. As one of the largest and most innovative school divisions in the nation, Chesterfield County Public Schools is committed to creating a better tomorrow through authentic and captivating learning experiences. With work guided by the values of equity, integrity, teamwork and ingenuity, we believe that a better tomorrow is created one student at a time. Through our strategic plan, Imagine Tomorrow, our focus is to create an infinite learner mindset while encouraging students and staff to exemplify personal responsibility and supportive relationships. We think our schools are pretty amazing, but we aren’t the only ones. Our award-winning school division – which includes six National Blue Ribbon Schools, seven National Title I Distinguished Schools and six Middle Schools to Watch – is often cited as the reason people choose to live and work here. Educators from outside of our school division routinely visit our nationally-recognized schools to learn more about what we are doing, how we are doing it and why we are doing it. Our outstanding teachers, support staff members and leaders are top-notch educators whom others seek to emulate, and quite simply – we would like for you to consider joining us. You have a choice to make, and we would like for you to choose Chesterfield.