Correctional Officer

Correctional Officer

Under direct supervision and on an assigned shift, responsible for enforcing rules and regulations, preventing escapes, maintaining order and discipline among inmates, and for escorting inmates to and from their cells.

EXAMPLES OF WORK TO BE PERFORMED:

• MUST BE ABLE TO WORK ANY SHIFT INCLUDING DAYS, EVENINGS AND MID-NIGHTS. (Shifts are typically eight (8) hours with actual hours being established by operational necessity) MUST BE ABLE TO WORK SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS.
• MUST BE ABLE TO WORK PAST NORMAL ASSIGNED SHIFT
• WILL BE SUBJECT TO CALL-BACK
• Control inmates from stations or by patrolling in yards, grounds, cell houses, corridors, and work areas
• Escort individuals or groups of inmates to work or other activities
• Keep continued count of inmates assigned
• Inspect cells, grounds, work locations, and other facilities for unauthorized objects or materials
• Check on sanitary conditions, fire and safety hazards
• Enforce rules of conduct, security, and labor standards by making verbal or written reports of significant violations as irregularities to supervisors
• Assists in averting riots and escapes undertaken by prisoners
• May assist in the supervision of inmates on transfer to other correctional facilities or on appearances in court
• Accompany prisoners being transferred for psychiatric diagnosis or to treatment clinics. Attend sanity hearings in courtroom or hospital
• Distribute cleaning and sanitation supplies; deliver commissary orders, medicines, and mail; pick up and deliver personal laundry and bedding for inmates
• Operate electric jail doors; advise public on matters such as visiting hours or nature of articles that can be brought in for inmates, issue passes to attorneys, bondsmen, and relatives of inmates upon display of proper credentials; control admission of employees entering and exiting the jail
• Perform other duties as may be required

OTHER DUTIES:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contact a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Knowledge of federal, state, and county laws as they relate to inmates, correctional department structure and function
• Knowledge of department-written directives, rules and regulations, prisoner control and techniques of prisoner control and precautionary measures used in escorting and supervising prisoners work details
• Ability to supervise and maintain physical control of inmates
• Ability to write intelligible, complete, and concise reports
• Ability to deal with situations requiring tact, diplomacy, understanding, fairness, firmness, and good judgment
• Remain alert at all times and react quickly and calmly in emergency situations
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with inmates and associates
• Ability to operate two-way radio, camera, and other electronic devices

REQUIRED EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Must be at least 20 years of age

DESIRED TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

• College degree in related field
• Previous experience in corrections field

ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL FUNCTIONS:

The physical activity of this position.

• Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized.
• Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling and walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces.
• Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.
• Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
• Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.
• Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
• Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
• Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
• Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
• Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.

The physical requirements of this position.

• Heavy work. Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

The visual acuity requirements including color, depth perception, and field vision.

• The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication parts at distances close to the eyes.

The conditions the worker will be subject to in this position.

• The worker is subject to environmental conditions. Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes.
• The worker is subject to both environmental conditions. Activities occur inside and outside.
• The worker is subject to hazards. Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals.
• The worker is frequently in close quarters, crawl spaces, shafts, man holes, small enclosed rooms, small sewage and line pipes, and other areas that could cause claustrophobia.
• The worker is required to function in narrow aisles or passageways.

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES

The City of Mansfield complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and it is our policy to ensure that no person is discriminated against based on their disability. The City of Mansfield offers equal employment opportunity to qualified individuals and strictly prohibits the discrimination against qualified individuals on the basis of disability. The City of Mansfield shall provide reasonable accommodates to applicants and employees who are otherwise qualified to perform the essential job duties when doing so does not create an undue hardship for the city.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The City of Mansfield is an Equal Opportunity Employer who is committed to hiring and retaining highly qualified persons and a diverse workforce. The City of Mansfield is mandated by federal law to provide a drug-free working environment for the safety of its employees and the public. All employment is contingent upon passing a post offer pre-employment drug test and/or physical. It is the policy of the city not to discriminate against any person in recruitment, examination, appointment, training, promotion, discipline or any other aspect of personnel administration because of religious opinions or affiliations, membership or non-membership in employee organizations, or because of race, color, national