Cadet Corrections Officer – Sheriff’s Office – J1515 - 37200

Base Pay: $16.98 Hourly

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Required: Please insure you attaching your High School Diploma/GED and Driver's License/State Identification Card before submitting your application.

Required Test: All applicants will be required to take The Law Enforcement Civil Service Exam (LECSE) implemented August 2017.

The LE Exam is conducted every - Wednesday and Friday, at 8:30am. Please contact Nueces County Sheriff Office, Recruiter Jeremy Tamez at (361) 887-2235 for scheduling details.

SUMMARY: The primary purpose of the Corrections Officer position is to guard, observe and transport inmates.  

Officer enforces the rules and policies of the facility and insures that the safety and welfare of inmates and staff are safeguarded.

This is a trainee position that involves required completion of academy and field training including closely supervised performance of corrections officer duties.

The employee is required to be on duty before, during, and after natural disasters and emergencies, as directed by the supervisor.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Attends Training Academy to become a Certified Jailer.

May, under close supervision, perform Corrections Officer duties, including: 

Booking, classifying, observing, transferring, transporting and releasing inmates with attention to the health, safety and security of other officers, inmates and the public.

Conducts inspections, shakedowns, inmate searches and makes key checks.

Conducts head counts of inmates.

Completes, checks and processes official papers and documents.

Intervenes and resolves crisis situations such as fights, fires and medical emergencies.

Restrains combative inmates.

Serves or supervises the serving of meals to inmates.

Supervises inmates while they are performing their cleaning duties.

Provides informal counseling to inmates.

Conducts safety inspections and inspections of fire exits.

Assists with the personal needs of inmates, such as telephone calls, mail, laundry, visits and commissary.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: Does not supervise any employees directly.  

However, is involved in the direct supervision of the activities of from one to 58 inmates at a time.

Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.

Responsibilities include addressing complaints and resolving problems.

QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  

Any employee who drives a vehicle on official business must have a driving record which meets standards set by the County and the County’s insurance carrier.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: High school diploma or general education degree (GED); eighteen years of age and a citizen of the United States.  

All successful candidates must consent to a criminal background check and are required to achieve TCOLE certification as a Corrections Officer within twelve months of appointment.

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.

Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.

Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.

REASONING ABILITY: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:  None

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Ability to maintain control in highly stressful situations.

Ability to communicate with individuals from all socio-economic groups.

Ability to learn laws, departmental policies, rules, regulations, instructions and correctional literature regard