INSTITUTIONAL SECURITY SPECIALIST I - 67072384 DDDP CHATTAHOOCHEE, FL

Requisition No: 881922 

Agency: Agency for Persons with Disabilities

Working Title: INSTITUTIONAL SECURITY SPECIALIST I - 67072384 DDDP CHATTAHOOCHEE, FL

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 67072384 

Salary:  $1,680.00 BIWEEKLY, $43,680.00 ANNUALLY 

Posting Closing Date: 02/17/2027 

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AGENCY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

 POSITION: Institutional Security Specialist I - Career Service

Advertisement will fill multiple vacancies on all shifts

POSITION NUMBER: 67072384

OPEN COMPETITIVE OPPORTUNITY

SALARY: $1,680.00 BIWEEKLY, $43,680.00 ANNUALLY

 

CANDIDATE POOL: Future vacancies may be filled from this advertisement for a period of up to six months.

 

The Benefits of Working for the State of Florida

Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State’s total compensation package for eligible employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits, including:

• Annual and Sick Leave benefits.
• Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year.
• State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options.
• Retirement plan options, including employer contributions (For more information, please click www.myfrs.com).
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Tuition waivers.
• And more! For a more complete list of benefits, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com.
• Paid Maternity and Parental Leave.

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The Agency seeks team members who demonstrate the qualities of being humble, hungry, and smart and lead others to embody the same. This entails lacking excessive ego, sharing credit, being self-motivated, and exercising good judgment and intuition regarding the subtleties of group dynamics. 

This position with APD will serve staff and management across the Agency. Your work will impact on the workplace culture, our community, and the population we serve as we continuously strive to achieve the Agency’s mission.

 

*Responses to the qualifying questions are required and must be verifiable based on your submitted application.

 

Program Overview

The Developmental Disabilities Defendant Program operates on the campus of Florida State Hospital in Chattahoochee and at Sunland in Marianna under the auspices of the State of Florida Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD). The Developmental Disabilities Defendant Program (DDDP) is dedicated to empowering people with developmental disabilities charged with a felony crime to:

1.         Acquire the skills and support that will prepare them for success in their future environments.

2.         Acquire the skills needed to become competent to stand trial.

 

Position Summary

Officers will provide and ensure the safety and security of the residents and staff by monitoring the ingress and egress of people, vehicles, and objects within the secure area which may include pat-down searches and observation of Forensic residents outside and inside the Forensic facilities to deter inappropriate actions by routinely making mobile patrols of the institutional campus and surrounding areas, as well as walking patrols throughout the buildings and grounds of the campus.

 

The Work You Will Do 

DDDP is a forensic facility working with individuals with disabilities in a secure setting.  These individuals have been adjudicated by the courts as incompetent to proceed to trial and have significant behavioral and psychiatric issues.  DDDP provid