Job Title: Corporal – Detention Center
Job Type: Full-time
Work Schedule: Sunday thru Saturday - 12 Hour Rotating Shifts; Rotating On-Call Shifts to include evenings & weekends
Pay: $53,000
Location: Kershaw County Detention Center, Camden SC
GENERAL STATEMENT OF JOB
WORK SCHEDULE:
- 12 Hour Rotating Shifts; Rotating On-Call Shifts to include evenings and weekends. Mandatory training as scheduled.
JOB FUNCTIONS:
- Performs inmate head counts and security checks on a regular basis, ensures security of facility, personnel and inmates at all times.
- Ensures that physical and personal needs of inmates are addressed, issues mail and personal items, and ensures cleanliness of inmate living areas. Issues linens and issued clothing, assists in serving meals to inmates, assists in dispensing medication, etc.
- Restrains inmates, forcibly if necessary, using handcuffs and other authorized restraints. Subdues resisting inmates by using appropriate maneuvers to gain control of the situation.
- Uses radio, intercom, and telephone communications systems to communicate effectively with detention center personnel and inmates.
- Conducts visual and audio surveillance of inmates for extended periods of time.
- Inspects for and confiscates contraband.
- Conducts booking procedures for newly admitted inmates, performs initial classification to properly house inmates, takes fingerprints, and photographs inmates as required. Releases inmates according to prescribed policies and procedures.
- Sets clear expectations for inmates using positive reinforcement techniques. Holds inmates accountable for their behavior, treats inmates with respect, and is fair and just when managing inmates. Provides appropriate disciplines for inmates who violate the facility’s rules and regulations.
- Prepares a variety of reports using appropriate grammar, spelling and punctuation as required.
- Performs crisis intervention to include inmate counseling, suicide prevention, recognizing abnormal behavior, and implementing appropriate intervention action.
- Performs searches of people, mail items, objects capable of concealing contraband, buildings, vehicles, and large outdoor areas.
- Responds to emergency situations as required.
- Transports and escorts inmates using handcuffs and other appropriate restraints.
- Must maintain and be current with firearm qualifications.
- Must maintain 40 hours of mandatory in-service training each year.
- Operates a variety of equipment such as computer, printer, copier, intercom, radios, telephone, vehicles, firearms, etc.
- Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned to maintain the safety and security of the Kershaw County Detention Center
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Must be physically able to operate a motor vehicle and a variety of equipment and machines including a two-way radio, pager, computer, telephone, cameras, etc.; utilizes an assortment of weapons and prisoner restraint devices, i.e., handcuffs, etc.
- Must be able to exert up to fifty pounds of force constantly to move objects. Must be able to physically separate two or more fighting inmates with the help of another officer. Must be able to physically restrain an inmate. Must be able to walk, stand, and sit for prolonged periods of time.
- Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural, or compositional characteristics of data, people or things. Must demonstrate good judgment and the ability to make decisions quickly.
- Requires the ability of speaking and/or signaling people to convey or exchange information. Includes giving work assignments, instructions and directions to subordinate personnel.
- Requires the ability to read a variety of informational documents and reports. Requires the ability to prepare admissions reports, inmate counts, investigative reports, suicide reports, court reports, letters of correspondence, applications, etc., using prescribed formats and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction and style. Must be able to speak with and before others with clarity, voice control and confidence.
- Must be capable of hearing conversational voice, with or without a hearing aid.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Must be 21 years of age or older.
- Requires high school diploma or equivalent Must have completed Basic Correctional Officers Certification and be certified as a Class II Officer or higher (or an equivalent combination of training and/or experience).
- Must complete a minimum of 40 hours of mandatory in-service training per year.
- Must be able to successfully pass the Test of Adult Basic Education (T.A.B.E.).
- Required to have and maintain a good driving record and a valid South Carolina driver’s license.
- Must pass credit and background checks, and polygraph and drug tests.
**Resumes are ONLY accepted as an attachment to a completed application**
Kershaw County Employment Applications are only accepted for positions that are posted.
Employment Applications should ONLY be submitted within the posting dates
and must be submitted by 5:00 pm on the closing date.
Applications should ONLY be submitted to:
Attn: Applications
Kershaw County Government Center
515 Walnut Street
Camden, SC 29020
OR
Any branch of the SC Department of Employment and Workforce
Kershaw County is an equal opportunity provider and employer. It is the policy of Kershaw County to recruit, hire, train, and promote employees on the basis of qualifications and without discrimination because of race, religion, color, political affiliation, physical disability, national origin, sex, age, or familial status. Kershaw County is a Drug-Free Workplace.
