Community Corrections: Correctional Officer

Community Corrections:
Correctional Officer Salary

$23.18 Hourly

Full-time

Vigo County offers full‑time employees competitive benefit plans. These include Medical, Dental, Vision, Retirement, paid holidays, Flexible Spending Account Plans, 457 Plans, Life Insurance, and others.

Incumbent serves as Correctional Officer for Vigo County Community Corrections, responsible for maintaining security and order within the Work Release facility.

• Enforces local, state, and federal laws by implementing effective policy to protect the lives and property of the people.
• Maintains interior security of facility, including monitoring surveillance cameras, door controls, meals, and visitors, conducting patrols and routine "shakedowns" of all cells/dormitories and searching residents for contraband.
  
  Maintains accurate accounting of all residents.
• Monitors resident activities and behaviors, ensuring compliance with facility rules and regulations, and reporting all unusual activity and/or inmate grievances to appropriate Department staff.
• Assists residents with modifying behavior by promoting and modeling positive social values, personal accountability, daily living skills, personal hygiene, and health care issues. Compiles and prepares reports and summaries of behavior/progress of residents for Courts and Department superiors.
• Maintains order in common areas, such as showers, dining hall, dorm and dayroom and oversees residents in the performance of allowable activities, including making commissary purchases and telephone calls. Intervenes as per policy in critical incidents, preventing escape, injury, and/or property damage.
• Distributes meals, supervises work details and other activities in and around facility, ensuring proper and timely completion.
• Regularly inspects facility, ensuring security and cleanliness of all areas, and monitoring general health and welfare conditions of detainees. Issues prescribed medications according to physicians’ orders and assists in administering emergency first‑aid measures as needed. Operates portable Alco sensor and collects drug screens as required.
• Verifies resident release from facility for work, counseling, and approved requests, and checks residents in/out following prescribed procedures. Escorts residents to/from treatment providers, Department of Corrections (DOC) facilities, Court, medical facilities, andother sites as directed.
• Answers telephone and greets facility visitors, providing information and assistance, taking messages and/or directing caller to appropriate individual or department. Responds to inquiries regarding individual residents and facility activities.
• Maintains current knowledge of rules, regulations, and laws concerning Community Corrections operations and ensures program is compliant with guidelines established by Vigo County Advisory Board.
• Attends in‑service training as required.
• Occasionally testifies in legal proceedings/court.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

• High school diploma or GED.
• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• Possession of or ability to obtain required certifications and training, including, but not limited to, First Responder/CPR certification, and conflict de‑escalation and defense tactics training.
• Thorough knowledge of and ability to make practical application of the customary practices, procedures, rules, and regulations of the Department, and take authoritative action as situations demand.
• Working knowledge of and ability to make practical application of basic street slang and security threat groups (STG), conflict resolution, crisis intervention techniques, and safety hazard precautions.
• Working knowledge of and ability to use all assigned Department equipment and weapons, including computer, calculator, copier, fax machine, printer, radio, breathalyzer, handcuffs, restraints, security panels, video monitoring, metal detector, medical blister packs, and fire suppression devices.
• Working knowledge of standard English grammar, spelling and punctuation, and ability to complete required forms and reports within established Department deadlines.
• Working knowledge of universal health…