Correctional Officer

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

12d•Onsite

About The Position

The Iowa Medical & Classification Center (IMCC) serves as the reception and classification center for all those entering the adult male institutional corrections system, processing an estimated 400-500 new commitments every month. IMCC is a multi-faceted facility employing a diversified professional workforce that provides comprehensive services to both offenders and patients. It includes a medium security general population unit and the state's only licensed forensic psychiatric hospital, offering inpatient psychiatric and evaluation services to non-adjudicated patients. An additional unit with 178 medical and psychiatric beds was added in 2007 to address increasing mental health and medical needs. IMCC offers a wide range of career opportunities in various departments including Security, Treatment, Medical, Administrative, Business, Records, Maintenance/Trades, Warehousing, Food Service, and other support areas.

Requirements

Graduation from high school, GED, or equivalency.
Must be able to successfully pass psychological tests.
Must be able to successfully pass a background investigation check.
Must be able to successfully pass a post-offer health screen administered by an institutional physician.
Must be able to successfully pass a urinalysis screen for drugs.
Must complete all new employee training during the probationary period, including local orientation, new employee orientation, and emergency preparedness training.

Nice To Haves

Applicants may be required to obtain a Commercial Driver's License and endorsements within a period of time as determined by the appointing authority at the time of hire for designated positions.

Responsibilities

Monitor keys, radios, and other security equipment, fire system alarms, distress calls, and control of interior and exterior door locks.
Operate electronic doors, telephone systems, two-way radios, intercoms, alarm systems, closed-circuit TV systems, personal data assistants, and computer terminals.
Use weapons and incarcerated individual control devices.
Patrol facilities and conduct security checks, rounds, and incarcerated individual counts.
Inspect all areas of the institution and grounds for safety/security deficiencies.
Conduct searches of incarcerated individuals, vehicles, packages, equipment, and incarcerated individuals’ cells and property for contraband items.
Patrol the perimeter periodically to ensure security, check fences, monitor vehicle traffic, and maintain radio communication with other staff.
Search vehicles entering or leaving the grounds.
Provide security, safety, and fire watch for all buildings on grounds.
Transport inmates on and off grounds.
Escort incarcerated individuals, visitors, and staff inside and outside of the institution.
Verify possession of appropriate passes or legal documents.
Interact with the general public, visitors, and victims in person or via phone in a professional and courteous manner.
Provide information, security, and assistance.
Demonstrate a basic knowledge and understanding and utilization of skills of core correctional practice.
Continuously interact with incarcerated individuals, utilizing behavioral techniques to assist in the development of problem-solving skills, facilitating behavior change, role-playing, effective disapproval, providing positive reinforcement when appropriate, and instituting corrective measures through the effective use of disapproval.
Serve as change agents through behavioral modeling and interactions when working with incarcerated individuals to prepare them for successful community reentry.