Correction Officer
Salary: ($55,454.36 – $68,113.50).
Position Summary:
Correction Officer shall follow the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office chain of command and work under the supervision of the assigned sergeant and/or respective zone lieutenant.
Directly works with the assistant superintendents/ads of the ash street jail and the dartmouth jail and corrections to assure security for all inmate related programs and services. In this position, he/she shall ensure direct contact between inmates and him/herself. In supervision of staff, he/she maintains that staff under his/her maintain care and custody of inmates detained in housing units, and assists other officers in providing support through effective observation and communication.
Essential Functions:
- Responsible for the supervision of staff in performing post assignments within the respective correctional facility, ensuring areas of responsibility are maintained in a clean, secure and sanitary manner.
- Shall be responsible for observing the daily activities of all inmates/detainees committed to the custody of the bristol county sheriff’s office.
- Shall initiate and direct searching of various sections of the respective units for contraband in accord with b.c.s.o procedures.
- Shall directly communicate with other officers assigned to the same unit rotation about unit climate issues, maintenance requests, inmate unit worker assignments, activity schedules, release or other pertinent problems.
- Shall prepare incident reports confirming unusual happenings, by recording a chronology of the incidents and actions taken to followup and resolve the events.
- Shall be familiar with and assure compliance with all emergency contingency plans, including but not limited to emergency code responses, inmate disorder, medical and fire emergency plans and evacuation procedures.
- Shall assign inmates/detainees to, and supervise inmates/detainees in unit work assignments assuring that the unit is maintained in a clean, safe and secure manner.
- When required, shall assist in the secure transport of inmate/detainees to courts, hospitals and other correctional institutions of the commonwealth.
- Shall assist and perform any other duties as assigned by the sergeant, lieutenant and/or respective facility watch commander or other superior officer.
Requirements:
- Valid Driver’s License.
- High School Diploma or GED.
- Birth Certificate or Certificate of Naturalization.