Sergeant

Prairieland Detention Center•Alvarado, TX

About The Position

The Sergeant supervises, protects, instructs, trains, counsels, and evaluates employees. The role is responsible for the care, custody, and rule compliance of non-citizens assigned to specific housing and work areas. The Sergeant oversees searches for contraband, provides security, observes non-citizens during activities and work duties, and reviews records for information related to health, safety, and facility security. The position shares relevant information with personnel and supervises the preparation and maintenance of records, forms, and reports. The Sergeant promotes positive social skills by modeling appropriate behavior and intervening when inappropriate behavior occurs. The role provides staff with regular feedback on social skills, procedures, and intervention techniques, and maintains accountability for staff, non-citizens, and property while adhering to safety practices. Other duties may be assigned within the employee’s capabilities as determined by the Warden. The position requires prolonged standing and walking, frequent sitting, repeated stair climbing and work at heights, and a range of physical activities including bending, reaching, pushing, pulling, and occasional restraint of assaultive non-citizens. The role also involves responding rapidly to security or medical issues, transporting non-citizens in company vehicles, driving for continuous periods during a shift, remaining awake and alert while on duty, occasional lifting and carrying up to 50–100 pounds, possible exposure to OC spray, and exposure to outdoor elements and temperatures during shifts.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
Excellent time management skills and a proven ability to meet deadlines.
Ability to function well in a fast-paced and sometimes stressful environment.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
Ability to hear and understand verbal communication.
Ability to meet the physical demands described for the role, including prolonged standing and walking, stair climbing, vehicle operation, and occasional lifting and carrying up to 50–100 pounds.
Ability to respond rapidly to potential security and medical issues.
Ability to remain awake and alert while on duty.

Responsibilities

Supervise, protect, instruct, train, counsel, and evaluate employees.
Oversee the care, custody, and rule compliance of non-citizens in assigned housing and work areas.
Supervise and direct searches for contraband and provide security.
Observe non-citizens during activities and assigned work duties.
Review non-citizen records and add relevant information concerning health, safety, and facility security.
Provide appropriate information to other personnel.
Supervise preparation and maintenance of records, forms, and reports.
Promote positive social skills by modeling appropriate behavior and intervening when inappropriate behavior is observed.
Provide staff with regular feedback regarding social skills, procedures, and intervention techniques.
Maintain accountability of staff, non-citizens, and property, and adhere to safety practices.
Perform other duties as assigned within the employee’s capabilities, as determined by the Warden.
Respond to security or medical codes/issues and, when necessary, altercations involving non-citizens.
Transport non-citizens using company vehicles.