Correction Officer

Salary: $60,000.00 – $75,000.00 Annually

Position Summary:

Correctional Officers are responsible for overseeing individuals who have been arrested and are awaiting trial or who have been sentenced to serve time in the Detention Center. They are responsible for the safety and security of incarcerated people in the Detention Center.

Essential Functions:

• Must complete required pre-service training at Horry County Human Resources Department and J. Reuben Long Detention Center.
• Must satisfactorily complete the JRLDC Field Training Program.
• Must attend and satisfactorily complete required training at the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy within the first twelve months of employment.
• Completes annual in-service training programs as required by the department and the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy in order to maintain their required certifications.
• Supervises inmates in direct and in-direct supervision housing units, conducts searches for contraband, conducts inmate counts, supervises meal servings, conducts watch tours, maintains housing unit logbook, and maintains an orderly housing unit operation.
• Provides custody and security of offenders including observing actions of offenders, squatting and bending to conduct “pat” and “strip” searches of offenders, restraining and securing sometimes assaultive offenders, and transferring and transporting offenders by walking or riding in various vehicles such as trailers, vans, buses, and other forms of transportation.
• Supervises and provides security of inmates performing skills such as construction, maintenance, laundry, food service, lawn maintenance and general cleaning task.
• Responds to emergencies, including climbing stairs while searching for escaped offenders, hearing calls for and calling for help, giving first aid at the emergency site, carrying an injured or unconscious offender or employee various distances to safety up or down. Uses force including the use of chemical agents and lethal and non-lethal weapons, to control offenders.
• Reads, reviews, and properly applies information found in offender records which is related to the offender’s health and safety and to the security of the facility; provides leadership and technical guidance to other staff; complies with policies, procedures, rules, and regulations; enforces offender disciplinary rules; and prepares and maintains records, forms, and reports.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• 18 years of age.
• Graduation from an accredited senior high school or equivalent or GED.
• Continued employment is contingent upon satisfactorily completing pre-service, Field Training and the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy Basic Jail Program.