DOC Joliet Treatment Center Security Unit Corrections Treatment Officer Trainee

Agency :
Department of Corrections - Joliet Treatment Center

Closing Date/Time: 12/31/2025

Salary: Anticipated Starting Salary $5,211 a month;
Full Range $5,211 - $7,392 a month.

Job Type: Salaried

County: Will

Number of Vacancies: 1

Plan/BU: RC006 Corrections Employees, AFSCME

This position is a union position; therefore, provisions of the relevant collective bargaining agreement/labor contract apply to the filling of this position.

All applicants who want to be considered for this position MUST apply electronically through the Illinois Department of Corrections Website: Become a Correctional Treatment Officer

Applications submitted via email or any paper manner (mail, fax, hand delivery)
will not be considered
.

Posting Identification Number 39864

• Receives classroom and on-the-job training in methods designed to provide role-modeling behavior, facilitate appropriate communications and develop suitable problem solving and conflict resolution skills for assigned individuals in custody.
• Receives classroom and on-the-job training in the methods used to motivate and encourage individuals in order to promote their habilitation and treatment and to participate in the implementation of established treatment and habilitation programs.
• Learns skills necessary to stand guard in a tower armed with firearms, to patrol yards, grounds, cell house or corridors, dormitories and work areas and to assist in searching for fugitives, and their capture and return to the institution.
• Receives instruction in working with counselors and other professional and direct support staff in order to provide additional assistance and support services to individuals in custody, through individualized interaction and group program facilitation.
• Assists in ensuring individuals in custody have access to necessary and appropriate medical services.
• Escorts individuals or groups to and from destinations inside and/or outside the facility grounds including but not limited to, correctional centers, courts and hospitals.
• Assists in conducting searches of visitors, individuals in custody, cells, cell houses and/or work locations for contraband.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

• Requires proof of possession of a bachelor's degree from a college or university accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Secretary of Education.

• Requires completion of a pre-service security training course during trainee period.
• Requires successful completion of a firearms training course and learn the proper use of firearms during trainee period.
• Requires a valid appropriate driver’s license and the ability to travel statewide.
• Requires ability to pass the IDOC/IDJJ background check.
• Requires ability to pass a drug screen. The use of unauthorized drugs by an employee, regardless of the position held, is prohibited.
• Applicants are required to abide by all vaccine and/or other medical standards as set out by the employer.
• The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.

The Illinois Department of Corrections is a multicultural agency deeply committed to ensuring diversity, equity, and inclusion. This commitment is at the forefront of our operations, hiring, policies and procedures, and training. We recognize the benefit of workplace empowerment, the importance of diversity and fully support an environment where ALL employees are treated fairly, respectfully, and have equal access to opportunities and resources necessary to thrive and contribute to the agency’s success.

IDOC genuinely values the differences of individuals in our custody and is committed to ensuring a healthy living environment where they feel valued, respected, and included. Through our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), we shall establish and uphold agency policies and practices conducive to eliminating all forms of exclusion including, but not limited to, racism, ageism, ableism, sexism, discrimination based on sexual orientation…