Correctional Officer 1 CO2 , Clallam Bay and Olympic Correction Centers

Salary: $5,710. 00 - $6,623. 00 Monthly

Location : Clallam County - Clallam Bay, WA

Job Type: Full Time - Permanent

Job Number: 2024-12326

Department: Dept. of Corrections

Opening Date: 11/01/2024

Closing Date: 11/27/2024 11:59 PM Pacific

Salary Information: The high end of the salary range, Step M is typically a longevity step

DescriptionCorrections and Custody Officer 1 (CO1) Or Corrections and Custody Officer 2 (CO2) FULL TIME Permanent Positions Clallam Bay Corrections Center (CBCC), and the Olympic Corrections Center (OCC)On-Call CO1 positions are paid hourly with a salary range of $32. 82- $38. 06 Full-Time CO1 Salary Range $5710. 00 - $6150. 00 Monthly Full-Time CO2 Salary Range $5855. 00 - $6623. 00 Monthly SAVE THE DATE! Qualified candidates will be invited to a Microsoft Teams Interview held 11/5, 11/12, and 11/26! *Successful candidates for this recruitment would attend the earliest Training Academy available. To qualify at the Corrections and Custody Officer 2 (CO2) level you must have: * One year of experience as a Department of Corrections (DOC) Corrections and Custody Officer, which includes successful completion of the CORE (Academy) and the Correctional Officer Field Training Program.

* One year of experience as a Correctional Officer in adult or juvenile corrections where security functions equivalent to a DOC Corrections and Security Officer 2 were performed.

The Washington State Department of Corrections is seeking highly motivated and talented individuals for the positions of Correctional Officer 1 at the Clallam Bay Corrections Center (CBCC) in Clallam Bay, WA. , and the Olympic Corrections Center (OCC) in Forks, WA. Both CBCC and OCC are staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The Clallam Bay Corrections Center (CBCC) is a 900 bed male facility located on the point of the Olympic Peninsula. It is 50 miles west of Port Angeles and looks out over the Strait of Juan de Fuca at Vancouver Island. This facility houses medium and close custody offenders. CBCC also operates an Intensive Management Unit.

The Olympic Corrections Center (OCC) is a 381 bed male facility located near the Hoh Rainforest. This facility houses minimum security offenders and offers treatment, work, and vocational programs to help ready offenders to transition back into the community. OCC also has outside work crews to serve the community as well as fire crews that work alongside Department of Natural Resource employees.

*On-Call Positions*

On-call staff may have the opportunity to work an average of 32-40 hours per week, although the positions have no minimum hour guarantee. Incumbents will be required to attend 6 weeks of full time paid training immediately upon hire and will be considered for full time permanent and/or temporary vacancies as they occur. All correctional officers, including those in on-call positions, are provided with a benefits package including medical, dental, vision and retirement as well as paid sick leave, holiday pay and paid vacation; provided they work at least 20 hours or more each week.

Whether the work is inside a prison, in community corrections, or in an administrative office, the Washington State Department of Corrections professional staff experience a high degree of personal satisfaction knowing they are creating environments in which all offenders can learn to make choices that contribute to a safer society.

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Duties

This job class is designated as in-training. The employee will advance to CO2 after satisfactory completion of the CO1 training requirements.

In an adult correctional facility, Correctional Officers provide safety and security, and assist in controlling, directing, and monitoring the activities and movement of incarcerated individuals. This includes maintaining security of the institution and controlling movement into, out of and within the institution in accordance with established department methods and procedures.

Correctional Officers are expected to be a positive role model and work with the incarcerated individuals to help them become productive members of society from the day they arrive under supervision. Correctional Officers use interpersonal skills and good communication skills to correct and counteract criminal thinking while maintaining safe confinement environments for the individuals to pursue a successful re-entry into communities. The successful candidates for Correctional Officer 1 will possess creative thinking, self-confidence, strong role-modeling and good physical and mental conditioning.

Overtime is an essential function of this position.

Correctional Officers must successfully complete Correctional Worker Core (CWC), a six-week academy for all correctional workers employed in DOC prison facilities. We know that managing difficult people takes more than force. It takes observation, knowledge, skills and continual practice. Every DOC employee is provided with initial training designed to help assure safe working conditions and will continue to get on-the-job training throughout their employment.

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Qualifications

• Graduation from high school or GED
• Valid Driver's license

• The work of a Correctional Officer, and the required training, can be physically demanding at times. to review a description of the training you'll receive, and the associated requirements.
• Please include a minimum of three professional references with your application. A professional reference is defined as an individual who has been paid to supervise your work and can attest to your work performance, technical skills, and job competencies. If you do not have any or sufficient professional references, .