1057-CORPORAL

Job Description: CORPORAL - JAIL

CLASS NO. 1057EEOC CATEGORY: Service Workers ** **

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PAY GROUP: 213 FLSA: Non-exempt

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SUMMARY OF POSITION :

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Provides corrections services involving the health, safety, and security of inmates and the public in a corrections facility or program; monitors prisoners activities; and maintains necessary records.

ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:

1. Report to : Corrections Officer/Shift Supervisor or Jail Administrator.

2. Directs : Corrections Officers.

3. Other : Works closely with departmental employees, other law enforcement agencies and personnel, parole and probation officers, inmates, and the general public.

EXAMPLES OF WORK :

• Essential Duties **

• Provides intermediate supervision in the absence of the Corrections Officer/Shift Supervisor.
• Photographs and fingerprints new inmates;
• Conducts inspections, shakedowns, and inmate searches;
• Prepares arraignment sheets and issues court dates;
• Completes, checks, and processes official papers and documents;
• Ensures that all inmate information is entered into computer;
• Conducts safety inspections and inspections of fire exits and equipment
• Assists medical staff with distributing medications to inmates;
• Maintains and updates records on inmates, including personal history and medical records;
• Intervenes and resolves crisis situations such as fights and medical emergencies, including physical restraint of inmates;
• Conducts head counts of inmates;
• Maintains inventory of jail supplies;
• Serves or supervises the serving of meals to inmates;
• Ensures officers leave arrest reports and tickets;
• Supervises work performed by inmates;
• Collects fines for offenses committed;
• Assists with the personal needs of inmates, such as telephone calls, mail, laundry, visits, bedding, personal hygiene, and commissary;
• Receives and deposits money for commissary accounts;
• Monitors and assists visitors and maintains visitor lists;
• Conducts and supervises recreational programs for inmates, including overseeing religious services;
• Assists with warrants;
• Serves as Bailiff in Justice of the Peace Court when necessary;
• Assists dispatch with calls when necessary, including answering Crime Stoppers calls;
• Keeps records of incidents and activities during shift;
• Books, classifies, transfers, transports, and releases inmates with attention to the health, safety, and security of other officers, inmates, and the public.
• Trains new officers in procedural aspects of job;
• Confiscates, inventories, and stores property from new inmates and releases property to outgoing prisoners;
• Dresses out inmates and put them in their cells; and

Other Important Duties *

• May be assigned to train new officers in procedural aspects of job;
• May be assigned to transportation and court security dates;
• May assist with warrants and research records for Deputies and/or Detectives;
• Performs such other duties as may be assigned.

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REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• *Knowledge of: *laws, departmental policies, rules, regulations, instructions, and correctional literature regarding the custody of persons.
• Ability to: train, supervise, motivate, understand and follow oral instructions; write clear and concise reports; maintain complete records as required; establish and maintain effective working relationships with other county employees and officials, inmates, and the general public; and maintain appropriate necessary certifications.
• Other: may be required to translate between Spanish and English.

ACCEPTABLE EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING:

• High school graduation and one year of corrections experience;
• or any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES REQUIRED:

• Basic certification as a Corrections Officer from the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officers Standards and Education.
• Certification as a Peace Officer by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officers Standard and Education may be preferred for some positions.

Location : Livingston, TX 77351