Detention Deputy Job

Essential Duties and responsibilities
• Controls, secures and manages inmates at the Adult Detention Center and Jail Annex
• Supervises inmates assigned to work detail such as serving meals, preparing laundry, and performing routine maintenance in the jail facility
• Books and classifies inmates
• Transfers and transport inmates
• Performs inmate inspections, shakedowns and room searches
• Responds to and resolves crisis situations such as fights, fires and medical emergencies and restraining physically violent inmates
• Assists with inmates personal needs such as telephone calls, mail, laundry, visits and commissary
• Completes and processes required paperwork on inmates and events occurring within the jail facilities
• Performs related duties as required

Minimum Qualifications
• Graduation from High School or a General Education Development (GED) certificate
• Knowledge of jail environment work; knowledge of basic safety standards and procedures
• Skill in communicating effectively, both verbally and in writing; skill in defending self
• Ability to read and comprehend narrative hand-written materials, including pass-on logs, round sheets, caution tags, cell search logs, etc
• Ability to read and comprehend printed materials, such as Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), fire procedures, and the Inmate Handbook
• Ability to read and comprehend computer screen information and data when booking individuals
• Ability to prepare hand-written activity logs, and narrative incident and offense reports in a legible and grammatically acceptable manner to permit comprehension by the receiving party

Health/Dental Benefits, Retirement Benefits, Paid Holidays, Vacations, and Sick Leave, Life and/or Disability Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement