About This Role
This position is responsible for maintaining a safe and secure environment for pre-trial and sentenced individuals in accordance with Indiana Jail Standards and local policies. Corrections Officers are hired as part-time with the possibility to advance into a full-time position.
Responsibilities
- Work directly with offenders to complete daily operations of the Facility
- Serve as the central point of contact between offenders and Starke County Court Services
- Conduct initial assessment of offenders of information pertaining to health, risk level, and charging information
- Supervise offenders completing assigned task to standard of agency policies
- Attend training and agency related meetings and conferences
- Work closely with the Jail Administration in the collection of data, report writing and follow-up
- Ensure safety and security of the facility, offenders and staff members
- Maintain professional relationships with staff members and offenders
- Facilitate restorative justice processes
Requirements
- Ability to work effectively under pressure of deadlines
- Ability to work in a team environment, while also working independently
- Demonstrated capacity to handle multiple tasks
- Excellent public relations and communications, conflict management
- Knowledge of inmate rights and standards
- Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality with sensitive information
- Demonstrate ability to follow standard operating procedures
- Computer literacy in word processing, email, internet
- Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to develop professional relationship with co-workers
- Must be willing to work 12-hour shifts
- Able to work Days, Nights, Weekend, Holidays
- Must be willing to work with the inmate population and in a jail setting
- Must have reliable transportation
Nice to have:
- Experience within a Corrections setting
- Driver's License
Important Details
- Employment type: part-time with possibility to advance to full-time
About the Company
Management has sole discretion to add or modify duties of the job and to designate other functions as essential at any time.