Manci Correction Officer

Organization

Rehabilitation & Correction – Mansfield Correctional Institution

Ongoing

Mansfield Correctional Inst, 1150 North Main Street, Mansfield, 44905, Ohio

United States of America – Ohio – Richland County – Mansfield

Compensation: $24.16 per hour

Full-time

OCSEA

Corrections

Communications, Corrections, Criminology/Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement, Security

Ethics and Values, Listening, Situational Awareness, Teamwork, Observation

Guided by a single mission “To reduce recidivism among those we touch,” the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction believes that everyone is capable of positive change.

The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction has been tasked with front line crime reduction through rehabilitative treatment and programming efforts provided in a safe, secure and humane correctional environment and effective community supervision. Our goal is to protect the public through helping individuals turn away from crime and become productive, contributing members of our communities, ensuring a safer Ohio for all Ohioans now and in the future.

The Correction Officer responsibilities include:

• Maintaining control of the institution to provide for safety and security of the facility, inmates, staff, and general public by enforcing rules, regulations, policies and procedures
• Supervise and direct inmate activity in assigned areas of the facility
• Assuring assigned area is clean, safe, and secure
• Monitoring and operating security controls, equipment, and computers
• Operating automotive vehicles in perimeter security and transporting inmates
• Conducting inmate counts, security rounds, and searches
• Completing required reports and serving on committees
• Preventing escapes or incidents which threaten security
• When necessary, using physical force, unarmed self‑defense, firearms, or other force to detain or secure inmates

Newly hired Correction Officer will be hired at step 1 ($24.16) and will move to step 2 ($24.86) after 6 months of employment.

Earn an additional $0.60 per hour working 2nd or 3rd shift.

We provide a variety of quality, competitive benefits to eligible full‑time and part‑time employees. Benefits include:

• Medical coverage
• Free dental, vision and basic life insurance premiums after the completion of the eligibility period
• Paid time off, including vacation, personal, sick leave and 11 paid holidays per year
• Childbirth, adoption, and foster care leave
• Education and development opportunities (employee development funds, public service loan forgiveness, and more)
• Public retirement systems (OPERS, STRS, SERS, HPRS) and optional deferred compensation (Ohio Deferred Compensation)

* Benefits eligibility is dependent on a number of factors. The agency contact listed above will provide specific benefits information for this position.

High‑school diploma or GED; must have a valid driver’s license for positions assigned to transportation section and/or a commercial driver’s license for commercial vehicles. Applicants for positions in the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction must also successfully pass the correction officer assessment or have completed the assessment within the past 24 months; or be current employees with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction who have previously been certified as a correction officer.

Probationary period is 365 days.

Job

Skills:

Corrections, Communications, Criminology/Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement, Security, Ethics and Values, Listening, Observation, Situational Awareness, Teamwork.

The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction is a tobacco‑free workplace.

The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction prohibits hiring individuals under a federal or state weapons disability, individuals who have engaged in sexual abuse in a prison or other confinement facility, individuals convicted of soliciting or providing support for terrorism, and individuals convicted of a felony where a direct correlation exists between the position and prior…