Correctional Officer

State of Iowa • Coralville - 52241 - Johnson County, IA

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About The Position

The Correctional Officer works at the Iowa Medical and Classification Center (IMCC), a reception and classification center for people entering Iowa’s adult male institutional corrections system. The facility includes a medium-security general population unit and the state’s only licensed forensic psychiatric hospital, as well as medical and psychiatric beds. IMCC employs professionals across security, treatment, medical, administrative, business, records, maintenance, warehousing, food service, and support areas.

This position performs security control center operations, patrols facility and perimeter areas, conducts searches, transports and escorts incarcerated individuals, and interacts with incarcerated individuals, visitors, staff, victims, and the public. The officer applies core correctional practices and behavioral techniques to support problem-solving, behavior change, and successful community reentry. This is a weapons post.

Requirements

• Graduation from high school, GED, or equivalent.
• Successfully pass psychological tests.
• Successfully pass a background investigation check.
• Successfully pass a post-offer health screen administered by an institutional physician.
• Successfully pass a drug urinalysis screen.
• Complete all new-employee training during the probationary period, including local orientation, new-employee orientation, and emergency preparedness training.
• Applicants for designated positions in this job class must obtain a Commercial Driver's License and endorsements within the timeframe determined by the appointing authority at hire.

Responsibilities

• Monitor keys, radios, security equipment, fire system alarms, distress calls, and interior and exterior door locks.
• Operate electronic doors, telephone systems, two-way radios, intercoms, alarm systems, closed-circuit television systems, personal data assistants, computer terminals, weapons, and incarcerated-individual control devices.
• Patrol facilities, conduct security checks and rounds, perform incarcerated-individual counts, and inspect institutional areas and grounds for safety and security deficiencies.
• Search incarcerated individuals, vehicles, packages, equipment, cells, and property for contraband.
• Periodically patrol the perimeter, check fence security, monitor vehicle traffic, and communicate by radio with other staff.
• Search vehicles entering or leaving the grounds and provide security, safety, and fire watch for buildings on the grounds.
• Transport incarcerated individuals on and off the grounds.
• Escort incarcerated individuals, visitors, and staff inside and outside the institution, and verify that they have appropriate passes or legal documents.
• Interact professionally and courteously with the public, visitors, and victims in person or by phone, providing information, security, and assistance.
• Demonstrate and use core correctional practice skills in interactions with incarcerated individuals.
• Use behavioral techniques to support problem-solving and behavior change, including role modeling, role playing, effective disapproval, positive reinforcement, and corrective measures.
• Serve as a change agent through behavioral modeling and interactions to help prepare incarcerated individuals for successful community reentry.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED