Correctional Officer

This is general duty correctional work maintaining security and discipline in a City correctional institution or police detention facility on an assigned shift. Work includes responsibility for guarding inmates at a work location, in cell blocks, transporting them from institutions to and from courts and between institutions, and in the performance of general laboring tasks as required. Work is performed under the close supervision of higher level correctional or police personnel.

Work involves regular exposure to unpredictable conditions and occasionally requires the expenditure of physical effort in the restraining and subduing of prisoners.

• Guard inmates at a work location, in cell blocks, and during transportation to and from courts and between institutions.
• Perform general labour tasks as required.
• Restrain and subdue prisoners when necessary.
• Work under the close supervision of higher level correctional or police personnel.

• Education:
  
  completion of the twelfth school grade (High School or equivalent).
• Age: must be at least 20 years old at the time of hire.
• Physical & Medical: must be able to physically perform the duties and work in the environmental conditions required by the position.
• License: possession of a valid proper Class motor vehicle operator’s license issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania prior to appointment and during the tenure of appointment as a Correctional Officer if required by work assignment.

• Starting salary $52,047 during the training academy (8‑hour shift).
• Upon graduation from the academy, the salary increases to $63,758, with potential to reach up to $75,562 based on a 12‑hour shift.
• Hiring bonus: 20% of starting salary (10% upon graduation from academy and 10% after 12 months satisfactory employment).