PROMOTIONAL - Corrections Sergeant

Corrections Officer

MUST BE A CURRENT LMDC CORRECTIONS OFFICER WITH TWO YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. Summary Objective The purpose of this position is to supervise employees on an assigned shift within specific units or floors of a correctional facility, prepares unit shift reports, conducts roll call meetings, and responds to emergency situations or significant occurrences. Conduct home or work site visits, employee training sessions, and other specialized corrections support duties.

Duties may vary dependent upon assigned unit. This class works under general supervision, independently developing work methods and sequences.

The essential functions listed below are those that represent the majority of the time spent working in this class. Management may assign additional functions related to the type of work of the class as necessary.

• Supervises, directs, and evaluates assigned staff, processing employee concerns and problems, directing work, counseling, disciplining, and completing employee performance appraisals.
• Coordinates, assigns and reviews work and establishes work schedules; maintains standards; monitors status of work in progress; inspects completed work assignments; answers questions; gives advice and direction as needed.

CUSTODY & SECURITY AND COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS CENTER

• Conducts employee roll call meetings, assigns employees to work areas; and relays information concerning planned inmate activities, shift operations, and procedure changes.
• Patrols an assigned area to supervise and observe employee performance, inmate behavior and security operations.
• Monitors security operations to assure the safety of inmates and employees.
• Coordinates inmate movement, meals, visitation, living quarters operations, bar taps, shakedowns, inmate count, booking, and officer response to inmate disturbances and emergency situations.
• Provides technical assistance and instruction to subordinates concerning county jail facility operations and procedures, crowd control and crisis intervention tactics, and evaluates their performance
• Prepares reports and discusses shift operations and activities with supervisor.

HOME INCARCERATION

• Monitors program functions and activities of participants assigned to the home incarceration program and operates two-way radio to communicate with officers in the field.
• Conducts home and work site visits to assist subordinates in unusual or emergency situations, to assure the quality of services provided, and to supervise and evaluate their performance.
• Answer questions from participants concerning program guidelines and equipment operation and resolves minor complaints.

TRAINING UNIT

• Develops and schedules training programs, coordinates instructors, maintains training records and inventory of training equipment
• Conducts employee classroom training sessions, weapons field training, defensive tactics, riot training, and physical conditioning training
• Performs related work as assigned.

• High School Graduation or GED equivalent.
• Two (2) years of Louisville Metro Department of Corrections (LMDC) Corrections Officer experience.

EQUIVALENCY:
An equivalent combination of education, training, and experience may be substituted.

OTHER

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Must wear personal protective equipment as mandated by OSHA.
• Must wear safety equipment as mandated by OSHA.
• Must be vaccinated for hepatitis B, have provided evidence of immunity, or have signed a declination form within ten days of initial assignment.
• Must pass an annual tuberculin test.
• Must complete forty (40) hours of annual in-service training.
• Must work a varied schedule.
• Must lift and restrain individuals.
• Must be eligible for certification as a State Peace Officer.
• Must possess and maintain a valid state driver's license with an acceptable driving history.
• Applicants and employees in positions which perform job duties that may require contact with offenders in the custody or supervision of the Department of Juvenile Justice or with youth in the care, custody or supervision of Youth Development must meet qualifications pursuant to the federal Prison Rape Elimination Act, 28 CFR 115.17 and 115.317, to include periodic post-employment criminal background checks.
• Applicants who have illegally bought, sold, or trafficked, as defined in KRS 218A.010 and KRS 218A.1431, controlled substances, other than marijuana, within six years of application will be disqualified.
• Applicants who have used an illegal controlled substance other than marijuana within the last…