CORRECTIONAL OFFICER TRAINEE

JOB SUMMARY

A Correctional Officer Trainee will be responsible to assist with the maintenance of security and control of adult offenders in a correctional center in accordance with State and Federal standards.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Maintains security over inmates in cells and showers and observes inmates to detect or prevent disturbances, introduction of contraband or escape.
• Conducts cell count and inspects inmates for personal cleanliness. Ensures inmates comply with other rules of the Talbot County Department of Corrections
• Escorts inmates throughout the facility; provides security when necessary to enforce conduct rules.
• Assigns and oversees the work of inmates and trustees engaged in routine cleaning and laboring operations.
• Checks inmates into facility; records personal items received from inmates; pat and strip searches inmates; issues clothes to inmates.
• Patrols assigned area regularly, checking locks, windows, security, and lights.
• Provides security at doors, etc. to prevent escapes and to regulate the admission of visitors to the facility.
• Performs other related duties as required and/or as directed.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience:

• Have no criminal history, have no significant history of illicit drug use.
• Must possess a valid Maryland Driver’s License.
• Pre-employment drug screening and random employment drug testing are required. Newly hired officers must pass a physical examination, a psychological screening.
• Completion of the the Correctional Officer Academy and be certified as a correctional officer by the Maryland Correctional Training Commission. 
• Certification must be maintained throughout employment as a Correctional Officer. 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: 

• Ability to learn and enforce a variety of Departmental rules, regulations, and disciplinary measures.
• Ability to supervise the activities of inmates and trustees carrying out assigned tasks.
• Ability to act quickly, appropriately, and calmly in an emergency.
• Ability to carry out detailed orders.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with inmates and other staff.
• Ability to accomplish the responsibilities of the position.
• Ability to use force, as necessary, to enforce rules, quell disturbances, gain control, protect property, prevent injury to self and/or others.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were actually written out in this job description.