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Security Officer Jobs in Rapid City, SD at South Dakota State Government
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Job ID: 27056
Agency: Department of Corrections – Rapid City Minimum Center
Location: Rapid City, SD
Salary: $30.00 to $33.00 per hour, depending on experience
Pay Grade: GI
Closing Date: Open until filled
This is a full-time position with the Department of Corrections. For more information on the Department of Corrections, please visit http://doc.sd.gov.
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This position will be the Disciplinary Hearing Officer responsible for disciplinary hearings and supervising the Control Point Sergeants.
This position enforces Department of Corrections policies and correctional institution implementation adjustments (IA’s) and procedures by scheduling and supervising correctional personnel and controlling and monitoring inmate activities to maintain security and safety for offenders and employees.
Corrections Lieutenants supervise an assigned area of a correctional institution and the correctional personnel and offender assigned to that area. This position makes determinations on immediate disciplinary actions on offenders for policy, operational post orders, and procedure infractions affecting the security of the institution and serves as the institution’s ranking officer on the night shift and weekends.
The Ideal Candidate Will Have:
Three (3) years of progressively responsible corrections experience working directly with offenders including at least one (1) year in a supervisory role (Sergeant or higher) supervising correctional staff.
– OR –
A combination of education (Criminal Justice, Social Work, Sociology, Psychology, or similarly related field) and experience as defined above equal to three (3) years.
Corrections-related experience is defined as experience in which the employee provided a direct service to/with clients detained against their will such as custody/control, teaching, social work, nursing, food service, and general maintenance; or supervised offenders in the implementation of a program such as correctional industries. This experience is not typically earned in clerical support programs.
NOTE: Entry-level officers and clerical support experience do not have the authority outlined in the minimum qualifications to perform components of offender management as it relates to classification hearings, ICC, Multi-disciplinary staffing, vetting responses to offender grievances, etc. Therefore, experience as an entry-level officer and clerical support does not meet the definition of offender management as outlined in the minimum qualifications.
Knowledge of:
Department of Correction’s policies and institutional operations and procedures;
English grammar, spelling, and punctuation;
the attitudes, problems, and behavior of incarcerated individuals;
the methods, procedures, and practices of controlling and supervising inmates confined to a correctional institution;
extensive knowledge in the use of physical force continuum and Use of Force Policy; and
effective methods of supervision.
Ability to:
interpret and apply department policies and institutional post orders and procedures;
plan, assign, and direct the work of others;
promote teamwork;
be a positive role model to staff and offenders;
establish and maintain effective working relationships with offenders, correctional personnel, subordinate employees, and representatives of …
Title: Security Officer
Company: South Dakota State Government
Location: Rapid City, SD
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