Correctional Assistant

Weber County•Ogden, UT

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Under close supervision of an administrative superior, performs a variety of routine tasks in a support role assisting correctional officers or other staff in areas such as, processing the intake of offenders into the Weber County Correctional Facility, routine control room functions, limited data terminal entry. This position requires rotating shift work. The shifts are comprised of hour as required, days per week as required with each shift rotating every three months. This requires that you work weekends, holidays, etc. Any one position may not include all of the duties listed, nor do the listed examples include all duties which may be found in positions of this class. Applicants must be prepared to demonstrate the ability to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Two (2) years of increasingly responsible experience in Clerical Work.
Work experience must be appropriate to the position to be filled.
Must not have a criminal record.
Must pass extensive background examination.
Ability to complete simple reports and other paperwork
Ability to assist in monitoring inmate activities.
Ability to follow written and verbal instructions.
Ability to work in a stress related environment in proximity to offenders.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, other departments, and the general public.
Working knowledge of computer data entry
Working knowledge of specialized duties required by the position.

Nice To Haves

Corrections experience or Law Enforcement related training preferred.

Responsibilities

Accepts fees for payment, issues receipts, balances cash on hand against receipts, keeps simple records of transactions, and makes simple mathematical computations.
Obtains offender names, charges, sentences, and other booking information according to established methods and procedures.
Performs other routine activities in support of the booking process such as logging information, issuing clothing, answering routine questions, completing an inventory of needed supplies.
Maintains reports as directed, processes information, fills in data on standard facility forms.
Receives telephone and personal callers, handling any question or matters of a non-technical or routine nature and directs others to the appropriate staff member.
Assists correctional officers with electronic inmate housing control room functions, consistent with the correctional assistants' qualifications.