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Detention Officer
LaSalle Corrections —Jonesboro, LA
- $19.86 an hour
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- High school diploma or GED
- Communication skills
- On-the-job training
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Detention Officer

LaSalle Corrections -
Jonesboro, LA

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Job Details

$19.86 an hour

Benefits

On-the-job training

Qualifications

High school diploma or GED

Full Job Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Supervises non-citizens in living areas and recreational activities. Supervises non-citizens and visitors in visitation areas.
Serves as control center officer, coordinates and monitors non-citizen movements, conducts counts, and provides emergency response.
Serves as mailroom, field tower, medical security, perimeter security, and/or gate officer as required.
Provides security in treatment activities and supervises labor crews in the kitchen and other specialized areas.
Ensures prompt and appropriate assistance to non-citizens in the event of injury, illness, and emotional trauma.
Prepares reports and maintains daily logs as required.
Initiates disciplinary reports.
Conduct shakedown for contraband materials, either individually or as part of a specialized team.
Promotes facility cleanliness and reports need for maintenance and/or repairs.
Serves as a member of special teams to respond.
Successful completion of training courses and on-the-job training as required by facility training standards.
Performs a variety of marginal duties not listed, to be determined and assigned as needed.
Successful completion of TOPS training and background screening where applicable

Required Knowledge Skills/Abilities:

Must be representative of worthwhile qualities to which a non-citizen can identify

Must be emotionally stable, understanding, and philosophically attuned to the objective of the facility.
Language skills and reasoning ability are crucial to success in this position.
Interacts daily with non-citizens and staff members while providing security for the facility.

Education and Experience:

High school diploma or equivalent
Experience in correctional setting is highly desirable

Physical Requirements:

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to satisfactorily perform these essential functions without causing an undue hardship for the employer.

Long periods of continuous standing and walking per shift.
Frequent periods of sitting per shift.
Repetitive climbing of stairs to reach the assigned areas and working at heights.
Occasional kneeling, squatting, and bending to perform “pat” or “strip” searches.
Frequent grasping, reaching, pushing, pulling, bending, twisting.

Occasionally responding to altercations and occasional restraining and securing assaultive offenders.

Ability to respond rapidly to potential security and/or medical codes/issues.
Frequent transferrers and transporting non-citizens by walking or riding in various vehicles such as vans, buses, and other forms of transportation.
Continuous periods of operating/driving company vehicles to pick up and transport non-citizens per shift.
Remaining awake and alert while on duty per shift.
Occasional lifting and carrying up to 50-100 lbs.

Ability to occasionally withstand direct or indirect exposure to OC spray.

Ability to hear and understand verbal communication.

Pay: $19.86 per hour

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor.

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