Correctional Officer 4 - DHS - DCR - Tygart Valley Regional Jail - Barbour Co.

Full Job Description

Under general supervision, a Correctional Officer in this class functions in a supervisory role within a Correctional Facility and holds the rank of Sergeant.

Correctional Officers contribute to the public safety mission by providing for the safety and security of the public, staff, and inmates ensuring the care, custody, and control along with the compliance with policy and procedure.

Correctional Officers in this class may serve as shift supervisors, or in some other mid-level supervisory capacity within a specific work unit or department.

This position assigns duties to subordinates and supervises the work performed; conducts roll call and obtains pertinent information from previous shifts and communicates to staff coming on duty; initiates and supervises searches of the facility, inmates and /or visitors; initiates inmate counts and initiates checks at regular and special time intervals to verify location and status of inmates.

Officers provide security over adult inmates at a facility or work unit; supervise the daily activities of inmates while observing and recording their behavior and movement to ensure their safe and secure operations.

The work involves a high degree of mental stress from constant contact with inmates.

Required to successfully complete the Academy training program. Travel may be required to perform duties in other DCR facilities. Performs related duties as assigned.

Number of Vacancies - 1

Counties - Barbour, Pocahontas, Preston, Randolph, Taylor, Tucker, Upshur

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Qualifications

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.

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Additional Information

Probationary period 1 year