Correctional Officer

Salary: $24.00/hour, $1,920.00 bi-weekly, $49,920.00 annual.

Benefits include:

• Paid Vacation and Sick Leave
• State insurance for individuals and/or eligible family members
• IPERS retirement system
• Deferred Compensation retirement savings plan
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and/or dependent care expenses

• As part of a multi-disciplinary team, observe incarcerated individual behavior/interaction with staff, other incarcerated individuals, and visitors; communicate and document observations to ensure effective security and consistent application of incarcerated individual change principles.
• Continuously interact with incarcerated individuals, utilizing behavioral techniques to assist in the development of problem-solving skills, facilitating behavior change, role-playing, effective disapproval, providing positive reinforcement when appropriate, and instituting corrective measures through the effective use of disapproval.
• Patrol facilities and conduct security checks; conduct rounds and incarcerated individual counts; inspect all areas of the institution and grounds for safety/security deficiencies.
• Conduct searches of incarcerated individuals, vehicles, packages, equipment, incarcerated individuals’ cells and property for contraband items. With a balanced approach, instruct incarcerated individuals in rules, policy, procedure, expectations, and assist incarcerated individuals in the development of attitudes and skills necessary for successful adaptation to life within an institution and a pro-social lifestyle.
• Escort incarcerated individuals, visitors, and staff inside/outside of the institution and verify possession of appropriate passes or legal documents. Interact with the general public, visitors, and victims in person or via phone.
• Provide information, security, and assistance. Role model pro-social behaviors that convey dignity and respect for others and acknowledge that incarcerated individuals can change their lives by development of skills and the adoption of pro-social attitudes and behaviors.
• Maintain logs, prepare reports, and enter information into the Department of Corrections electronic record system. Supervise incarcerated individual work assignments and evaluate work performance.
• Operate electronic doors, telephone systems, two-way radios, intercom, alarm systems, closed circuit TV systems, personal data assistants, computer terminals, and weapons/incarcerated individual control devices.
• Attend training and professional development classes.

The State of Iowa participates in E-Verify, a federal program that helps employers confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. Within the required timeframe, new hires will be verified through the E-Verify system to ensure authorization to work in the United States. The State of Iowa also complies with the federal Right to Work laws, which protect employees’ rights to work without being required to join a labor organization.

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• Graduation from high school, GED, or equivalency.

• Psychological tests
• A background investigation check.
• A post-offer health screen administered by an institutional physician.
• A urinalysis screen for drugs.
• All new employee training during the probationary period, including local orientation, new employee orientation, and emergency preparedness training.
• Designated positions in this job class require applicants to obtain a Commercial Driver's License and endorsements within a period of time as determined by the appointing authority at the time of hire.

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