DOC Canine Supervisor CSTS ; Sterling

Position Information

Location:

Sterling, Colorado (resident or non‑resident of Colorado). A residency waiver has been granted for this announcement. Applications will be considered from residents and non‑residents of Colorado. This posting may be used to fill future vacancies at this location.

We are a team of dynamic and diverse professionals building a safer Colorado by cultivating transformative opportunities for those under our supervision.

"Building a safer Colorado for today and tomorrow".

• Community Safety
• Dignity, Diversity and Respect
• Opportunity
• Collaborative partnerships

• Distinctive career advancement opportunities throughout the state system
• Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits including PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan plus 401K and 457 plans
• Medical and dental health plans
• Short and long term disability coverage
• Paid life insurance
• 11 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave
• Wellness program, tuition reimbursement, training opportunities and more

Canine Correctional Support Trades Supervisor I (CSTS I). This position ensures the safety and security of the general public, staff and inmates, and prepares inmates for community re‑entry by promoting the Department’s Mission, Vision and Values while adhering to a high level of integrity and commitment.

• Deliver the program to adult inmates and contribute to the safety and security of the facility through effective inmate management.
• Oversee instruction of inmate workers involved in canine behavior modification training program and ensure the use of proper training methods.
• Interact with housing staff to resolve issues hampering the functioning of the program at the facility.
• Ensure existence and maintenance of all appropriate records both current and historical.
• Provide essential commercial/professional knowledge of the canine industry for the purpose of canine behavior modification training and transportation of dogs.
• Supervise veterinary care, instruction of health care, maintenance of dog and veterinary records.
• Locate and acquire prospective dogs suitable for companion, assistance, detection, search and rescue, therapy or any other specialty work currently offered or requested in the program.
• Market trained dogs to consumers.
• Implement preventative maintenance programs for the canine operation.
• Schedule work assignments and coordinate training schedules, supervision of offenders.
• Maintain proper tool control procedures.
• Enforce DOC Administrative Regulations, Code of Penal Discipline (COPD), Operational Memoranda, Post Orders and comply with American Correctional Association (ACA) standards.
• Ensure the safety and security of the public, facility staff and offenders by evaluating work conditions; instructing staff and offenders in proper safety methods.
• Provide custody, surveillance, supervisory, transport, shakedown and count duties; ensure proper key, tool, equipment and chemical control; enforce safety/security procedures by conducting inspections, work site searches and monitoring the work environment.

Four (4) years of work experience in commercial/professional experience in the canine industry, including behavior modification training, canine management and nutrition, and canine health care.
** Your experience must be clearly described within the work experience section of your application to be counted toward the minimum qualifications. Experience must be described in detail on your application to receive credit. Any work experience less than full time will be prorated.**

OR a minimum of two (2) years of employment experience as described above may be combined with (2) years of correctional experience that includes monitoring and controlling inmate movement, preventing contraband, responding to emergencies, key/tool/chemical/equipment control, and advising inmates in matters concerning work, programs, appropriate behavior and decision making to prepare them for successful community re‑entry.

• Sixty (60) semester hours in the fields of Canine Science or…