Correctional Assistant

***THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE***

Job Summary

The Nevada Department of Corrections is seeking to fill a Correctional Assistant at High Desert State Prison. Correctional Assistants work to ensure the health and safety of staff and inmates; assist custody staff in duties required in non-housing areas such as the visiting room law library chapel mail room property and laundry room; feed inmates in a timely manner; maintain sanitary and orderly living conditions; supervise and deliver inmate mail and correspondence; conduct formal and informal inmate population counts; and assist the unit officers and Case Work staff as needed.

Under immediate supervision and direction of a P.O.S.T. certified Category 3 custody officer Correctional Assistants perform a variety of entry level assignments which do not require P.O.S.T. certification. Positions allocated to this class are trained and oriented to the field of Corrections but do not respond to emergency situations riots and/or altercations involving inmates do not supervise inmates and do not perform security functions such as inmate movement or escort.

Essential Qualifications

High school graduation or equivalent education and one year of work experience.

Job Duties

Assist custody staff in performing the duties required in carrying out the purpose and function of the work unit as mail room officer or visiting room officer or work in the law library chapel laundry culinary and other non-housing area as assigned.

Perform institutional counts and monitoring duties of offenders as assigned; provide security unit and safety checks and document activities in various logs and reports.

In a maximum security institution may provide floor duties in a housing unit such as meal and mail delivery mopping and general custodial functions.

Perform related duties as assigned.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

General knowledge of: basic mathematics.

Ability to: read understand and follow instructions; communicate orally and in writing; establish cooperative working relationships with coworkers; stand for long periods of time; learn the basic principles and practices of maintaining security in a correctional facility.

Skill in: operating motor vehicles.

Recruiter Contact Information: Susan Ashley

The State of Nevada is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to building diverse inclusive and innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. All applicants are considered without regard to race color national origin religion or belief age disability sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression pregnancy domestic partnership genetic information (GINA) or compensation and/or wages.

Please send direct Inquiries or correspondence to the recruiter listed on this announcement.

Required Experience:

Junior IC