Safety and Security Technician-Transportation

Minimum Qualifications Valid Virginia Driver’s License

Title: Safety and Security Technician-Transportation

State Role

Title:

49053

Hiring Range: $43,99.00 - $55,812.00

Pay Band: 3

Agency: Dept Behavioral Health/Develop

Location: Central State Hospital

Agency Website: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties
*** Any and all qualifications that you have must be represented in your application/resume as verifiable work experience.**
* * You must be willing to work any shift.
* Central State Hospital (CSH) is a 277 bed Joint Commission accredited psychiatric inpatient facility located in Petersburg, Virginia. CSH has proudly been serving citizens of the Commonwealth since 1870, when we opened our doors as the first psychiatric hospital in the country dedicated to the treatment of African Americans. A new and modern CSH is currently under construction on the same property, with a scheduled completion date of 2027.

CSH maintains the only maximum-security treatment facility in the state (111 beds). We also have 166 beds available for individuals in the community who need inpatient care, as well as individuals in the criminal justice system. We believe that treatment should be holistic and focused on the person’s individual needs, recognizing that recovery is not linear or the same for every person.

Treatment modalities may include medication, evidence-based group and individual therapy, peer support, psychosocial rehabilitation, vocational training, preparation for court, and treatment for substance use. The facility is currently recruiting for a Safety and Security Technician to transport patients housed in the Maximum Security Unit safely and securely to various destinations on and off campus and to provide therapeutic and physical interventions when needed.

Transport and escort patients safely and securely to destinations both on and off campus.

• Maintain a professional demeanor at all times while transporting patients.
• Ensures all vehicles and clients are properly searched before transport.
• Properly apply metal transport restraints and or flex cuff restraints as needed.
• Ensure that patients are properly restrained while out of the unit.
• Maintain proper coverage with patients while out of the unit.
• Report any and all problems immediately to the shift supervisor.
• Ensures that only authorized persons enter and exit your areas of control.
• Ability to drive long distances, on highways, narrow roadways, tunnels, bridges and areas of high altitude and low altitude.

• Operates electrically controlled doors to allow access into and out of secure areas.
• Screen all staff and visitors by metal detector before entering the unit.
• Properly check all bags, purses, brief cases, etc. that all persons bring into the unit.
• Supervise and observe patients at assigned posts.
• Follow key control policy.
• Ensure that all vehicles are properly scanned and searched prior to allowing access into the gates.
• Work various security posts as needed while following post orders

Valid Virginia Driver’s License

Security Experience and Mental Health experience

Security Experience and Mental Health experience in an inpatient hospital setting

• 37.2-314 and 37.2-408.1, the Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Services (DBHDS) cannot employ or utilize as volunteers, individuals convicted of specific ("barrier") crimes or those with pending "barrier" charges.

Reasonable Accommodations:
Reasonable accommodations are available to individuals with disabilities during the application and/or interview process in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you require assistance or accommodation, please…