Correctional Officer Woodland, CA

Correctional Officer I job at County of Yolo, CA. Woodland, CA. Salary: $66,144.00 - $80,392.00 Annually.

Location:

Woodland, CA. Job Type: Full Time. Job Number: 2025-. Department:
Sheriff-Coroner. Opening Date: 02/04/2025. Closing Date:
Continuous.

Selected candidates will be assigned to work at the Monroe Detention Center in Woodland, CA. Under direct supervision, to assist in the guarding, control, and supervision of inmates at an adult detention facility; and to do other related work as required. This is the entry level class into the Correctional Officer series. Incumbents are expected to perform a variety of duties in inmate intake, processing, and custody;

in a training capacity learn to perform the full range of correctional duties characteristic of the class of Correctional Officer II. Incumbents are expected to fully qualify for Correctional Officer II at the end of one year in this position.

This recruitment will be open until the positions are filled. Interested applicants are highly encouraged to submit an online County of Yolo Employment Application and responses to supplemental questions at their earliest opportunity. For more important and detailed information regarding the application and selection process for this recruitment, please see the APPLICATION AND SELECTION PROCESS section of this job announcement below.

If you have taken the exam within the last twelve months and wish to transfer your T‑Score received from the exam in lieu of re‑taking the exam, please attach verification of your T‑Score to your online application. Documentation must include the following information: date of exam, title of exam, T‑Score received, and must be on agency letterhead.

• Receives, books and processes incoming inmates; prepares related paperwork; photographs inmates, and takes fingerprints.
• Maintains security through key, door, tool, and equipment control.
• Receives visitors; processes correspondence, phone calls and request slips.
• Controls contraband through routine facility and inmate searches; supervises the conduct and security of inmates in cells and in movement during meals, visitation, and institutional activities.
• Supervises inmates in the performance of assigned duties; is responsible for the discipline and control of inmates; assists medical and psychiatric staff in the management of inmates.
• Promotes positive attitudes among inmates through instruction and discipline.
• Watches for changes in moods or attitudes among the inmates that might indicate a security or safety risk.
• Investigates non‑criminal incidents within the facility.
• Performs monetary transactions, data terminal operations, and processing of booking, bail, warrants and court paperwork.
• Prepares prisoners for and assists in their transportation; processes inmate discharges and release.
• Arranges for medical care of sick and/or injured inmates.

• Education:
  
  Graduation from high school or possession of G.E.D.
• Age:
  Applicants must be minimum 21 years of age at time of appointment.
• Background Requirements:
  Shall not have been convicted of a felony in this state or any other state or in any Federal jurisdiction; or convicted of any offense in any other state or in any Federal jurisdiction, which would have been a felony if committed in this state. Shall have good moral character and integrity as determined by a thorough background investigation according to specifications of the State of California Board of Corrections.
• License:
  Positions in this classification require incumbents to possess and maintain a valid California driver's license, Class C or higher, to carry out job related duties.
• Knowledge of: criminal attitudes and behavior patterns; purposes and methods of discipline as applied to persons under criminal confinement.
• Ability to: interpret and enforce institutional rules, regulations and policies with firmness, tact, and impartiality; effectively control, direct and instruct inmates individually and in groups; understand and follow rules, oral and written instructions; promote acceptable attitudes and behavior of inmates; make quick, effective and reasonable decisions…