DOC Southwestern Security - Correctional Officer Trainee

at  State of Illinois

Agency:Department of Corrections - South Western Correctional Center
Closing Date/Time: 12/31/2024
Salary: Anticipated Starting Salary: $4,169 month; CBA Applies; Full Range: $4,169 - $5,751/month.
Job Type: Salaried
County: St. Clair
Number of Vacancies: 100
Plan/BU: RC006

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of four years of high school.
• Requires elementary knowledge of resident behavior problems.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Receives eight weeks of formalized pre-service security training at the Illinois Corrections Training Academy including firearms training due to requirements mandating qualification.
• Receives on-the-job training under immediate supervision of a qualified correctional employee.
• Assigned each work week to another correctional employee to assist in running lines, yard, dining room, housing units, facility buildings, writs, observing individuals in custody, perimeter patrol, armory, counting, shakedowns, movement, etc.
• Travels by using a state issued vehicle to complete assignments.
• Receives one week orientation at facility.
• Given formal training in housing unit work, report writing, out-count work, yard work, running lines, individuals in custody at this institution and their assignments, chain-of-command, security buildings, disciplinary procedures, and any other training deemed necessary.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.