Correctional Supervisor (Captain)

Responsibilities

• Supervises correctional officers and senior correctional officers on a shift within an adult correctional institution; performs related work as required.
• Supervises and evaluates the work of subordinates; recommends personnel actions related to selection, disciplinary procedures, performance, leaves, grievances, work schedules, and assignments; administers personnel policies and procedures.
• Conducts security / safety inspections of all buildings / grounds, makes periodic contact with various security posts within the institution, and maintains offender count sheets.
• Investigates misconduct reports; interviews offenders involved and makes recommendations to the appropriate committee for disposition; may serve as a member of the institutional adjustment or disciplinary committee.
• Conducts orientation and in-service training sessions for subordinates and assists them with any problems they may encounter; attends staff conferences and committee meetings.
• Conducts and documents administrative investigations into allegations of employee misconduct.
• Prepares and maintains a variety of records and reports.
• Directs correctional officers in searches of offenders, yards, incoming and outgoing vehicles, cell houses, living units, merchandise, and supplies for the presence of contraband.
• Observes, evaluates, and reports offender behavior to treatment team, security director, and / or counselor; participates in the coordination of the institutional treatment function and monitors offender behavior in accordance with treatment team, Unit Manager, Treatment Director and Counselor recommendations; counsels / advises offenders individually or in a group and oversees / participates in group therapy sessions.
• Oversees the admittance, fingerprinting, and processing of offenders; patrols yards, grounds, and buildings and oversees / assists subordinates in quelling disturbances and altercations.
• Is responsible for the shift as a shift supervisor or a unit supervisor.
• This position will be 9 : 00 pm to 7 : 00 am with days off to be determined.

Applicants must meet at least one of the following minimum requirements to qualify for positions in this job classification :

a. One year of full-time work experience in correctional or law enforcement officer work; and

b. A combination of a total of two years of education and full-time experience (as described in number one), where thirty semester hours of accredited college or university course work in penology, police science, psychology, sociology, or social work equals one year of full-time experience.

b. One year of full-time work as a Correctional Counselor or State Industries Technician; or

c. Two-and-a-half years of full time work as a Correctional Officer or Correctional Food Service Coordinator.

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