Security Supervisor- Lieutenant; Transportation); Security Attendant Supervisor

*** This recruitment is limited to current Maryland Department of Health employees only***

CORR
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MDH, Clifton T. Perkins, Jessup, MD

This position is the supervisory level of work involving the security and care of patients at Maryland Department of Health (MDH) facilities where care is provided to offenders, patients, or residents with behavioral health diagnoses who have been judged not criminally responsible for committing felonies; and to those who are too violent for a regular hospital or residential setting and who have been deemed dangerous to themselves or others.

This position will supervise lower-level Security Attendants. This position receives general supervision from a Security Attendant Manager I.

This position is assigned to day, evening, night or rotating shifts. This position is subject to call in during emergencies and staffing shortages. This position be required to move and position patients or apply physical restraints.

This position is evaluated by using the classification job evaluation methodology. The use of this method involves comparing the assigned duties and responsibilities of a position to the job criteria found in the Nature of Work and Examples of Work sections of the class specification.

This position is differentiated from Security Attendant III in that this position has supervisory responsibility for lower-level Security Attendants in a specific area while the Security Attendant III assigns, reviews and approves the work of and trains lower-level Security Attendants. This position is differentiated from Security Attendant Manager I in that Security Attendant Manager I is responsible for the overall security operations of an assigned shift in a maximum security MDH facility and has supervisory responsibility for Security Attendant Supervisors.

Education:

High School diploma or high school equivalency certificate acceptable to the Maryland State Board of Education as described in the Correctional Training Commission regulation.

Experience:

Three years of experience providing security to patients or inmates or youths committed by courts to psychiatric hospitals, correctional facilities or juvenile detention centers.
Notes:
1. The above educational requirement is set by the Police and Correctional Training Commission in accordance with Correctional Services Article, Section 8-209 of the Annotated Code of Maryland.
2.Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a non-commissioned officerin Correctional Officer/Specialist classifications or Internment/ Resettlement Specialist and Correctional specialty codes in the security field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required experience.

• Strong communication skills verbal and written
• Knowledge of custody and control for transportation

*** This recruitment is limited to current Maryland Department of Health employees only***

Employees in this classification may be assigned duties which require the operation of a motor vehicle. Employees assigned such duties will be required to possess a motor vehicle operator's license valid in the State of Maryland.

1. Employees who have not already done so must meet the selection standards required and successfully complete the training prescribed by the Maryland Correctional Training Commission for a Correctional Officer during their probationary period, (Correctional Services Article, Section 8-209). Selection standards for Correctional Officer training are listed in detail in the Code of Maryland Regulations Title 12, Subtitle 10, Chapter 01 and include the following:
U.S. Citizenship or Resident Alien status
Must be at least 21 years of age
A completed background investigation
Oral interview
Physical examination.
2. Employees in this classification will be required to provide the facility with a telephone number where they can be reached.
3. Employees in this classification are subject to substance abuse testing in accordance with Code of Maryland Regulations 17.04.09, Testing for Illegal Use of Drugs.

Applicants who meet the minimum (and selective) qualifications will be included in further evaluation. The evaluation may be a rating of your application based on your education, training and experience as they relate to the requirements of the position. Therefore, it is…