Job Opportunities in United States

Position Description

• Baldwin County Corrections Center
• Baldwin County Courthouse and other Public Courthouses
• Other Detention Centers for transport and extraction

Essential Job Functions

• Monitor conduct of inmates according to established policies, regulations, and procedures, to prevent escape or violence.
• Inspect conditions of locks, window bars, grills, doors, gates, and perimeters to ensure that they will prevent escapes.
• Search inmates, cells, and vehicles for weapons, valuables, or drugs.
• Guard facility entrances to screen visitors.
• Search for and recapture escapees.
• Inspect mail for the presence of contraband.
• Take inmates into custody and escort to locations within and outside of facility, such as visiting room, courtroom, or hospital.
• Record information, such as inmate identification, charges, and incidences of inmate disturbance.
• Use weapons, handcuffs, and physical force to maintain discipline and order among inmates.
• Conduct fire, safety, and sanitation inspections.
• Provide information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail or in person.
• Observe, receive, and obtain information from all relevant sources.
• Enter, transcribe, record, store, or maintain information in written or electronic form.
• Identify information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
• Handle complaints, settle disputes, and resolve grievances and conflicts.
• Use relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
• Develop constructive and cooperative working relationships with others and maintaining them over time.
• Inspect equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
• Work includes rotating shifts including nights, weekends, holidays, and may require unforeseen overtime.

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  Must possess the ability to restrain and/or detain an inmate for an undisclosed amount of time
• Crouching: Bending the body downwards and forward by bending leg and spine
• Dexterity: Primarily with fingers and in picking, pinching or typing
• Grasping: Applying pressure with the whole hand
• Handling: Picking, holding or otherwise working with the whole hand
• Lifting: Ability to lift and move objects
• Reaching: Ability to frequently extend hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Mental Acuity: Ability to make rational decisions
• Repetitive Motion: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands and/or fingers
• Speaking/Talking: Ability to communicate clearly, accurately, and concisely though speech
• Hearing: Ability to hear and understand at normal speaking levels with our without correction
• Visual Acuity: Ability to perform activates such a: preparing and analyzing data and figures, transcribing, viewing a computer screen/terminal; and /or extensive reading, with or without correction
• Walking: Ability to move about to on foot accomplish tasks or move from one work site to another
• Climb Stairs: Ability to ascend/descend stairs to move between floors of the Corrections Center

Education and Experience

• Required: Minimum age of 18; Must have High School Diploma or GED
• Preferred: At least 1 year of Corrections Experience; Experience with Microsoft Office,

• For a position requiring driving as an essential function, must possess a current valid driver’s license and be insurable.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property and institutions.
• Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules and the democratic political process.
• Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
• Knowledge of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar.
• Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as words processing, managing files and records, and other office procedures and terminology.
• Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
• Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
• Ability to adjust actions in relation to others’ actions.
• Ability to learn the SOPs and follow all policies.
• Ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• Ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
• Ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Ability to see details at a distance.
• Ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
• Ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that will make sense.