Mobile Correctional Officer SCCC

About This Role

This Mobile Correctional Officer position with the Missouri Department of Corrections involves extensive statewide travel to facilities, maintaining security, supervising offenders, and conducting inspections. It requires dedication to transforming lives within the criminal justice system.

Responsibilities

• Maintain security in buildings, towers, and other posts of an adult correctional facility
• Intervene during emergencies or altercations and gain physical control of offenders
• Supervise movement of offenders inside and outside the correctional facility
• Conduct periodic counts of offenders
• Search offenders and their living quarters for contraband
• Escort and transport offenders to predetermined locations
• Supervise offenders in housing units, during work activities, and during recreational/religious activities
• Supervise visits with offenders, and search visitors, offenders, buildings, and grounds for contraband
• Conduct inspections for health and safety hazards
• Prepare and submit reports on offender violations, unusual behaviors, mechanical deficiencies, and security breaches
• Discuss minor adjustment problems with offenders and refer serious problems to proper staff
• Promote rehabilitation by attempting to modify offender’s social attitudes and encouraging worthwhile activities

Requirements

• Must be 18 years of age or older
• Ability to pass a background investigation administered by the Missouri Department of Corrections

Benefits

Certifications