WHATCOM COUNTY JOB DESCRIPTION
POSITION: Corrections Deputy
DEPARTMENT: Sheriff’s Office, Corrections Division
REPORTS TO: Shift Sergeant
SUMMARY:
Corrections Deputies participate in the day-to-day operations
of the jail. Deputy participation involves, but is not limited
to; booking and releasing offenders, maintaining security
of the facility, escorting offenders within and /or outside
the secure confines of the jail. In addition, Corrections
Deputies will supervise offender work crews, dispense medications,
effectively manage volatile and violent offenders, operate
a master control center and fulfill a number of clerical
duties.
ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES:
Corrections Deputies must communicate effectively with a varied population
of offenders, including individuals from diverse ethnic,
racial, cultural and economic backgrounds. This may include
persons for whom English is not a primary language, persons
with developmental and learning disorders, or individuals
with a wide variety of psychiatric and physical disorders.
Corrections Deputies will provide direct supervision of offenders within
the housing areas of the jail. This will include direct supervision
during meal service, security checks, medication distribution,
and random or scheduled housing and cell searches. They will
also be responsible for the general offender behavior in
areas assigned as their duty station, and directly supervise
and escort offenders within the secure perimeter of the jail
as assigned.
Corrections Deputies will accurately dispense prescription medications
to offenders during medication delivery, are responsible
for checking the accuracy of medical orders listed on medication
sheets and packets. Correction Deputies will remove the correct medication
dose, observe the offender taking the medication, and record
the medication dose taken on the medication report sheet.
Correction Deputies will efficiently and accurately complete Corrections
paperwork including but not limited to: Booking, medication,
release records, reports; logs, requests, memos and rosters.
Furthermore, Correction Deputies will assist in some clerical and reception
work to support facility programs when clerical staff is
unavailable.
Correction Deputies will tactfully and courteously establish and maintain
effective working relationships with the following: Supervisors,
co-workers, outside law enforcement agencies, other county
departments or agencies, and members of the public.
Correction Deputies will appropriately respond to emergencies in the
jail, which may include the following: Offender assaults,
fires, riots, offender disturbances, explosions, natural
disasters, and hostage conditions. The Correction Deputies will immediately
and appropriately respond to control these circumstances.
This may involve the use of appropriate levels of force through
physical management of combative, volatile, hostile and assaultive
offenders.
Correction Deputies will accurately operate a variety of equipment,
including computers, printers, FAX and fingerprint machines,
digital imaging computers, physical restraint devices, firearms,
radios, fire extinguishers, intercom systems, telephones,
and equipment found in the central control booth.
Correction Deputies work a variety of rotating shifts, as well as rotation
of positions, and may perform other duties as assigned or
required. Correction Deputies may additionally be required to work up
to 16 hours on mandatory overtime.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Correction Deputies must be a minimum of 21 years of age
and possess a high school diploma or its equivalent.
- Correction Deputies must possess, or have the ability to obtain prior
to employment, a valid Washington State Driver’s License.
- Correction Deputies must successfully complete the WSCJTC
Corrections Officer Academy during their probationary period.
- Correction Deputies must complete a 15-month probationary
period.
- Correction Deputies must have United States citizenship
- Correction Deputies must satisfactorily pass a Civil Service
approved physical agility test, written examination,
oral board
interview, polygraph examination, psychological examination, and physical
examination, as well as a background check.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Correction Deputies must have the ability to smoothly and
rapidly shift between dissimilar tasks. They must also
possess the skills necessary to communicate well both verbally
and
in writing, and exhibit a willingness and ability to
learn computer operations on a variety of different systems.
- Correction Deputies must react quickly and calmly to emergency
situations; make effective decisions while in stressful
situations and
circumstances; and after training, be able to manage
disruptive, explosive, violent and potentially assaultive
offenders,
through the use of both verbal and physical control practices
- Correction Deputies must acquire and maintain throughout employment
all requisite First Aid, CPR, Defensive Tactic, Firearm,
and Bloodborne / Airborne pathogen qualifications or
certifications during the normal training cycles.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
The primary working location for this position is the Whatcom
County Jail. Depending upon future work assignments, Correction Deputies
may also work at the following locations: the Whatcom County
courthouse, Whatcom County courtrooms, the Alternative Program
Center, the Northwest Washington Fairground, and a variety
of other venues as needed or assigned.
This position mandates rotating shift assignments, operating
on a 24 hour a day, 7 days a week schedule where Correction Deputies
are subject to both voluntary and mandatory overtime.
Correction Deputies will be exposed to a physically challenging environment,
which may include; exposure to Bloodborne and Airborne pathogens,
physical assault, verbal assault, loud noises, prolonged
sitting, and restricted movement outside of the facility.
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