Correctional Captain - WSP

State of Washington•Walla Walla County - Walla Walla, WA

15h•Onsite

About The Position

The Washington State Penitentiary (WSP) is seeking a detail-focused and proactive problem solver to join their team as a Correctional Captain. The Correctional Captain is tasked with providing leadership for all uniformed staff, administering and coordinating security-related activities at a correctional facility level. WSP houses 2,100 male incarcerated individuals and employs approximately 1,100 staff. Under the direction of the Associate Superintendent, this role involves assuming responsibility for the interpretation of policy in the daily operations of a correctional facility with all levels of custody. Responsibilities include administering essential staff and support services, reviewing activity reports, conducting personal conferences, and ensuring the successful operations of assigned activities. Correctional Captains review the work of first and second-level supervisors through conferences and management analysis. They evaluate and make decisions regarding requests from Lieutenants and Correctional Sergeants concerning operational areas, staff, and incarcerated individuals. This position administers and coordinates all security-related activities of a principal organizational segment, such as a Close Custody, Medium, and Minimum-security correctional facility, or serves in an administrative capacity. As an Incident Commander, the Correctional Captain coordinates operational procedures with the Shift Commander during emergency responses. The ideal candidate is adaptable, dependable, and possesses excellent written and verbal communication skills to ensure WSP operates in support of the agency's mission, vision, and strategic plan.

Requirements

Six (6) years’ professional corrections/criminal justice experience with three (3) years’ progressive supervisory responsibilities and/or managerial responsibilities, including one (1) year supervising personnel in a criminal justice arena.
Professional experience and application of administering the principles and practices of correctional administration and rehabilitation, attitudes, problems, and behavior of incarcerated individuals, work requirements of the facility, institution sanitation, health and safety standards, roster management, and recordkeeping.
Demonstrated working knowledge of the Incident Command System (ICS), the DOC Emergency Response Plan, personnel practices, policy directives, operational memorandums, RCWs, WACs, and collective bargaining agreements.
Ability to control and direct incarcerated individuals individually and in groups.
Ability to enforce regulations with firmness, tact and impartiality.
Ability to promote socially acceptable attitudes and behavior among incarcerated individuals.
Ability to think and act quickly in emergencies.
Ability to direct use of firearms, gas, restraints, and other weapons.
Ability to communicate effectively, including public speaking.
Understanding of risk assessment, evidence-based practices, incarcerated individual classification, facility plans, disciplinary systems, incarcerated individual grievance procedures, incarcerated individual programs, and management of high security incarcerated individuals.

Nice To Haves

Associate’s degree in criminology or a closely allied field from an accredited college/university whose accreditation is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) or foreign equivalent.
Professional experience managing a budget.
Demonstrated working knowledge of DOC Strategic Plan, Prisons Division, security, safety policies and procedures, incarcerated individual classification, and incarcerated individual re-entry programs and concepts.
Professional interpretation and application of DOC policies and applicable CBAs, Civil Service Rules, RCWs, WACs, and judicial procedures.
Professional experience in the areas of Leadership, Public Relations, and Management principles.
Ability to supervise and train Correctional Lieutenant(s), Correctional Sergeants, Correctional Officers, and support staff.

Responsibilities

Supporting the principles of the Department’s Diversity Goals.
Directing the custody program at a Close custody, Medium and Maximum-security correctional facility.
Planning, assigning, and directing shift responsibilities consistent with security and safety needs.
Completing critical incident investigations for the Superintendent on situations affecting the safety or security of the facility, i.e. escapes, serious assaults, etc.
Conducting audits and investigations, as required.
Manage all aspects of security for the entire facility to include the perimeter, weapons storage and use, access/egress areas, air space, vehicle use, movement schedules of incarcerated individuals.
Manage the following Special Teams, ensuring compliance with training and deployments: Emergency Response Team, Special Emergency Response Team, Inmate Recovery Team, and Sniper Team.
Serve as Subject Matter Expert on all aspects of emergency response to include the ICS model of crisis management.
Manage all aspects of roster management.
Make recommendations to the Associate Superintendent and the Superintendent regarding the best use of Human Resources concerning roster management and shift operations.
Make recommendations for additional staff when necessary.
Act as one of nine (9) rotating Duty Officers, making major institutional decisions after normal working hours and on weekends, including initiation of Emergency Response, HQ notifications and follow-up reporting.
Represent the Associate Superintendent and the institution at Department meetings.
Perform the functions of the Associate Superintendent in their absence.
Developing and mentoring staff by training, feedback and continuous dialogue.
Completing performance evaluations on employees directly supervised and sign as reviewer on second level supervisor evaluation.
Participate as a member of the Institution Management Team, advising the Superintendent on all aspects of the institution, including budget, programming, personnel, treatment and classification issues.
Developing Operational Memorandums governing custody and security related functions such as: Security inspections of the facility, Post order requirements, Staff accountability, Emergency response plan, Mutual aid agreements with other state and local agencies, Assigned shift duties, First response to emergencies.