Sheriff Deputy SRO

Salary: $20.04-$30.55

Position Summary:

The purpose of this job is to ensure the safety and well being of the school administrators, faculty, staff, students, and parents.

This class works independently, under limited supervision, reporting major activities through periodic meetings.

Essential Functions:

• Communicates daily with students, faculty, administration, and parents.
• Counsels students through problems at home, school, and in their personal relationships on topics including abuse, anger, and management, law education, search and seizure, and drug abuse; counsels students on crime and disorder, gangs, and drug activities.
• Escorts the school to their extracurricular activities at the school’s request.
• Monitors and manages behavior of the students in the schools.
• Performs security functions for the school’s athletic events.
• Makes presentations to the school, local organizations, and churches to educate groups about crime prevention.
• Attends explosion hearings, arbitration hearings, PTO meetings, and school board meetings.
• Conduct Gang Awareness and Prevention Classes.
• Performs other duties and related work as instructed and assigned.

Requirements:

• Requires High School graduation or GED equivalent supplemented by specialized courses/training equivalent to completion of one year of college in Criminal Justice or related field.
• South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy Basic Law Enforcement Certification.
  Must possess and maintain a valid state Driver’s License.