Job description

SHIFT LIEUTENANT

Irwin County Detention Center— Ocilla, GA under the management of LaSalle Corrections is seeking to hire an experienced, professional, detail and task-oriented Shift Lieutenant with proven supervisory and leadership skills.

JOB SUMMARY:

Perform supervisory functions in the facility as it pertains to the security and administrative control of the facility. Work involves scheduling, training, and supervising staff, as well as maintaining order and discipline among inmates, detainees, and offenders. Work under general supervision with moderate latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Ø Organize and conduct inspections and searches of inmates, detainees, and offenders and their living and work areas.

Ø Prepare records and reports as assigned.

Ø Maintain log and verify inmate counts.

Ø Foster a team effort among correctional officers providing support, motivation, training, and assistance to them as required.

Ø Report and investigate all unusual occurrences.

Ø Direct the work of employees to ensure effectiveness.

Ø Supervise daily routine of the security section.

Ø Enforce post orders and ensure that correctional officers are familiar with shift assignments.

Ø Handle disciplinary reports and prepare reports of disturbances and shift activities.

Ø Function as shift supervisor: supervise, instruct, train, and ensure the safety of assigned employees, inmates, detainees, and offenders; schedule employees, inmates, detainees, and offenders work and off-duty time; and assist in formulating security and work procedures.

Ø Supervise and direct searches for contraband and provide security; court, feed, and supervise inmates, detainees, and offenders in housing, work and other areas accessed by stairs, steps, and ladders; and perform security of various assigned areas involving long periods of sitting and standing, and climbing stairs, steps, and ladders to reach the assigned areas.

Ø Supervise and provide custody and security of inmates, detainees, and offenders including observing actions of inmates, detainees, and offenders, squatting and bending to perform “pat” and “strip” searches of inmates, detainees, and offenders; restraining and securing sometimes assaultive inmates, detainees, and offenders; and transferring and transporting inmates, detainees, and offenders by walking or riding in various vehicles such as trailers, vans, buses, etc.

Ø Supervise and provide security of inmates, detainees, and offenders performing technical skills such as construction, maintenance, laundry, food service, and in varied industrial and agricultural operations which involve climbing stairs, steps, and ladders, and climbing around the inside and outside of buildings; work outdoors and indoors without air conditioning; work around motorized or moving equipment and machinery; subject to all types of weather.

Ø Respond to emergencies including climbing stairs, steps and ladders while searching for escaped inmates, detainees, and offenders; hearing calls for and calling for help; giving first aid at the emergency site; carrying an injured or unconscious inmate, detainee, offender or employee various distances to safety up or down stairs, steps, and ladders; use force and deadly force to include the use of chemical agents and firearms to control inmates, detainees, and offenders.

Ø Read, review, and properly apply information found in inmate, detainee, and offender records which is related to said individual’s health and safety and to the security of the facility; provide appropriate information to other personnel; comply with all policies, procedures, rules, and regulations; enforce inmate, detainee, and offender disciplinary rules; and supervise the preparation and maintenance of records, forms and reports.

Ø Perform a variety of marginal duties not listed, to be determined and assigned as needed.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED:

Ø Must be Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council (POST) certified as a Jail Officer (JO) or Corrections Officer (CO).

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Ø At least three years of experience in a correctional institution strongly preferred.

Ø At least 2 years of experience in a correctional setting plus 1 year experience in a supervisory position strongly preferred.

Ø Must be mature and able to command the respect of both staff and inmates.

REQUIRED INTERACTION:

Ø Mid-management level in a Security Department.

Ø Provide guidance for Sergeants and assist Captains.

Physical Demands

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to satisfactorily perform these essential functions without causing an undue hardship for the employer.

• Long periods of continuous standing and walking for 4 hours or more per shift
• Frequent periods of sitting for 30 minutes or more
• Repetitive climbing of stairs to reach the assigned areas and working at heights
• Occasional kneeling, squatting, and bending to perform "pat" or "strip" searches
• Frequent grasping, reaching, pushing, pulling, bending, twisting
• Occasionally responding to altercations and occasional restraining and securing assaultive offenders
• Ability to respond rapidly to potential security and/or medical codes/issues
• Frequent transferring and transporting offenders by walking or riding in various vehicles such as vans, buses, and other forms of transportation
• Continuous periods of operating/driving company vehicles to pick up and transport offenders for 4 hours or more per shift
• Remaining awake and alert while on duty for 12 or more hours per shift
• Occasional lifting and carrying up to 50-100 lbs
• Ability to occasionally withstand direct or indirect exposure to OC spray
• Exposure for up to 12 hours or more per shift of outdoor elements and temperatures
• Ability to hear and understand verbal communication\

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Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $41,500.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 12 hour shift
• Night shift
• Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Ocilla, GA 31774: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Preferred)

Experience:

• correctional setting: 2 years (Required)
• supervisory corrections setting: 1 year (Required)

License/Certification:

• GA Peace Officer Stdrds and Training Council Certification (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

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