Corrections Deputy

The Hocking County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) is opening a female-only jail and treatment center in Nelsonville, Ohio. HCSO is currently accepting applications for the position of Deputy in Corrections. Females are strongly encouraged to apply.

Position Description

The Hocking County Sheriff’s Office Correction Division's operating philosophy is Strategic Inmate Management (SIM). Deputies assigned to Corrections fulfill their role, complete their duties, and perform assigned tasks according to the elements, principles, and behavioral requirements of Inmate Behavior Management and Direct Supervision.

Expectations of deputies assigned to Corrections include, but are not limited to, the following Direct Supervision tasks and behavioral requirements:

Task 1: Assessing Risks and Needs. Conduct safety and security inspections. Conduct searches of the housing unit's common areas to identify and address safety and security issues.

Task 2: Maintain supervisory authority in the housing unit. Serve as the sole authority in the unit. Primary decision-maker on matters concerning inmates and activities in the unit.

Establish and maintain a positive supervisory relationship with inmates. Provide direction and coaching to inmates. Supervise all unit activities. Monitor all inmate behavior to ensure inmates are not exerting control over other inmates.

Task 3: Provide information and respond to requests and concerns. Use all available resources to answer inmate requests. If a deputy is unable to answer a request, a written response will be provided.

Task 4: Continuously interact with inmates throughout the shift. Actively listen, demonstrate interest and concern, and respond to inmate requests while interacting with inmates in the unit.

Task 5: Establish familiarity with all inmates under his/her supervision. Be able to describe patterns of inmate behavior and recognize changes.

Task 6: Identify and address problems in the early stages. Identify potential conflict among inmates through verbal and non-verbal cues and take appropriate action to determine and address the root cause.

Task 7: Motivate inmates to comply with facility rules and behavioral expectations. Ensure inmates understand facility rules and expectations for their behavior. Serve as a positive role model for inmate behavior in the unit. Use positive motivation techniques to encourage inmates to comply with facility rules and behavioral expectations.

Consistently and fairly hold inmates accountable for complying with rules and behavioral expectations. Convey changes to housing unit rules and behavior expectations during unit town hall meetings.

Task 8: Engage inmates in positive activities. Understand and be knowledgeable of all available jail programs and encourage inmates to participate in programming.

Task 9: Work as part of a team with fellow housing-unit deputies and other staff. Collaborate with support staff and peer professionals (food service, medical, mental health, classification, re-entry services, etc.) on inmate management issues and strategies.

Responds to emergency situations. Other tasks as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED
• Must be 18 years old or above

Additional Requirements

• Must successfully complete the approved corrections officers' course within one year from the date of hire.
• Add, subtract, multiply, and divide whole numbers.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Remain calm during stressful situations. Engage in effective interpersonal communication and interaction with different types of people. Use reasoned, independent judgment within established policy, procedure, and the principles of Inmate Behavior Management and Direct Supervision. Prepare clear, concise, and effective reports and other written materials. Maintain current, accurate records and files. Establish and maintain effective professional relationships with those encountered in the course of the work. Work cooperatively and effectively within a team and the larger organizational setting. Possess a basic understanding of technology, computer applications, and software. Perform tasks requiring physical endurance and agility under episodic and stressful adverse conditions. This list is not all-inclusive.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Developed after employment: Knowledge of supervision of inmates in a controlled environment, and related safety practices; Sheriff's Office rules and regulations; the ability to apply Sheriff's Office core competencies to solve practical everyday problems; and develop good professional rapport with inmates.

Unusual Working Conditions

Run, walk, stand, or sit for extended or intermittent periods of time, remain alert and watchful during assigned duty hours. Strenuous physical activity for relatively short periods of time.

Sheriff's Office Core Competencies:

1. Commitment to Organizational Culture: Works with the intention to support and promote organizational culture, and transform operational philosophy into action. Emphasizes service, collaboration, and integrity.

2. Emotional Intelligence: Self-awareness, expressiveness, empathy, authenticity, sympathy, and emotional connection with others to create trust.

3. Integrity and Credibility: Doing what is right even in tough situations. Words and actions always align. Effectively applies values and principles in all situations. Encourages others to behave with integrity.

4. Teamwork and Cooperation: Respectfully crossing boundaries, coordinating groups, and making effective use of all available talent, focused on serving the public together.

Corrections Specific Core Competencies:

1. Analytic Thinking / Problem Solving: Problem solving, on-the-spot decision making, investigations, evaluating reports and statistics, assessing threats, crime pattern analysis, information seeking, and assessing people's skills and abilities.

2. Attention to Quality & Order: Maintains or increases order in the environment, values accuracy and quality, and seeks clarity in roles and functions.

3. Conflict Management: Respectful, facilitates rather than driving, forcefully compelling or manipulating, focuses on solutions, focuses on people, and seeks long-lasting outcomes.

4. Impact and Influence: Effective communication that gains others' support, constant interpretation to others, educating others, persuading others who have fixed ways.

5. Initiative and Time Management: Self-directed, perseverance, persistence, and sets own goals. Sees the job through.

6. Interpersonal Skills / Active Listening: Communicates effectively with others, respectfully crosses boundaries, initiates professional relationships, and is focused on serving the public together.

The Hocking County Sheriff’s Office is an equal opportunity employer.

Pay: From $23.44 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Military leave
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Uniform allowance
• Vision insurance

Application Question(s):

• Do you have Military Service with an honorable discharge? This includes an active full-time military branch or reserves in a recognized reserve branch of service?
• If you have military service, have you even been convicted or charged with an Article 15 or received any other discipline warning?
• PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT (PREA) of 2003: This question has four (4) parts, (A) through (D) to answer. An answer is required for all four (4) parts.

The Hocking County Sheriff's Office shall neither hire nor promote anyone who may have had contact with inmates who: (A) Has engaged in sexual abuse in a prison, jail, lockup, community confinement facility, juvenile facility or other institution.

Have you engaged in sexual abuse as described in (A) above?

• PREA of 2003 (B) Has been convicted of engaging or attempting to engage in sexual activity in the community facilitated by force, overt or implied threats, or coercion, or if the victim did not consent or was unable to consent or refuse.

Have you been convicted of engaging or attempting to engage in sexual activity as described in (B) above?

• PREA of 2003 (C) Have you been civilly or administratively adjudicated to have engaged in activity as described in (B) above?
• PREA of 2003 (D) Have you been the subject of a substantiated allegation of sexual abuse or sexual harassment, or resigned during a pending investigation of alleged sexual abuse or sexual harassment?
• The information in your application must support your selected answers in this supplemental questionnaire. The information that you provide will be verified, and documentation may be required to support your answer. Please be as honest and accurate as possible. You may be asked to demonstrate your knowledge and skills in a work sample or during an interview. Please note that as part of your screening process, your responses will be reviewed in conjunction with your general application materials. By completing this supplemental questionnaire, you are attesting that the information you have provided is accurate. Any misstatements, omissions, or falsification of information may eliminate you from consideration or result in dismissal. "See resume" or "See attached" is NOT an acceptable answer to the questions.

Do you understand and agree?

• Do you have at least two (2) years of recent law enforcement or correctional experience in good standing? Have you been recently employed by a County/Parish/Borough Sheriff's Office or State/Municipal/Village/Township Police Department.

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $23