Detention Officer - Sheriff's Office

overview

attendance at pre-employment briefings are by invitation only. If you meet the minimum requirements for this position and the department is interested in your qualifications, you will be notified by email.
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detention officers supervise inmates who are confined 24 hours a day, seven days a week in the tarrant county confinement system to ensure the safe keeping of all inmate property and maintain care for all persons in the custody of the sheriff. This position may also perform basic administrative duties to arrange and coordinate the surrender and transfer to tarrant county texas of individuals accused or convicted of offenses outside the territory of the asylum state and within the territorial jurisdiction of texas.

This position description applies to all tcso detention officer positions and functions.

• must have good interpersonal and public relations skills.
• experience or training in public speaking desirable.
• must be able to understand, interpret and properly apply court orders, relevant state statutes and administrative rules including the jail standards, and other policies and procedures required to perform essential job duties of the position assigned.
• must be able to prepare official documents required to perform assigned functions including but not limited to forms, affidavits, incident reports, and inmate processing documents.
• must be proficient in the use of defensive tactics requiring physical force including the use of intermediate impact weapons and firearms if required.

• must have the ability to obtain a working knowledge of the jail standards and other state statutes required in the performance of duties.
• must have the ability to obtain a working knowledge of applicable county policies including but not limited to tcsd civil service rules, the tarrant county employee handbook, tcso policies and confinement standard operating procedures.
• must have the ability to obtain a working knowledge of department organization and functions.
• must have the ability to obtain a working knowledge needed to use basic word processing software and county and jail information systems

• ability to control emotions and focus on professional duties and obligations in all circumstances regardless of provocations or stresses encountered.
• ability to communicate necessary information to others in a calm, clear, dispassionate and purposeful speaking voice in all circumstances.
• ability to create accurate, clear, concise, comprehensive, relevant and grammatically correct reports.
• ability to work with employees and citizens from diverse population groups to meet department mission and serve public interest.
• ability to focus personal efforts and participate in team efforts toward continuous performance improvement.
• ability to actively seek opportunities to increase and improve knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to improve personal performance
• ability to actively listen by aggressively practicing good listening techniques.
• ability to use interpersonal skills to foster positive working relationships with team members (peers, supervisors, and other providers) required to provide superior services in the public interest.
• ability to take appropriate action to accomplish assigned duties and accept accountability for outcomes.
• ability to use appropriate physical force when imminently necessary to prevent death or…