CSM Correctional Officer 1

TITLE CSM Correctional Officer 1 Entry Salary: ------------- $50,386.00 ------------- Pay Grade Max: ------------- $58,119.80 ------------- Minimum Qualification: +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | High school diploma/GED, and any combination of training and | | experience which would enable the applicant to meet the minimum | | standards of the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council | | (P.O.S.T.). | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | | | Preferred | | Qualification: | | | | | | | | | | | | Preference will be given to applicants who are 21 years of age or | | older. | | Preference will be given to applicants who, in addition to meeting | | the minimum qualifications, possess one or more of the following: | | 1. One year of full-time experience as a uniformed officer in a | | correctional setting. | | 2. Completion of at least an associate's degree in criminal justice, | | psychology, sociology, or a directly related field. | | | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | | | Note: | | | | | | | | | | | | This Correctional Officer 1 (CSM) position is assigned to work at a | | Close or Special Mission Prison. | | | | A Correctional Officer often must do things that many people would | | find unpleasant either physically or mentally. In the past, many | | people have taken the job of Correctional Officer without considering | | the requirements of the job. | | | | Below is a list of requirements that Correctional Officers must be | | willing to do on the job. CAREFULLY consider whether YOU are willing | | to do EVERYTHING listed, if offered a job as a Correctional Officer. | | For each job requirement on the list, please make a note of the tasks | | you are willing to do and a note of the ones you are not willing to | | do. | | | | Are you willing to: | | 1. Work any shift(s) to include nights, days, weekends and holidays? | | 2. Work every weekend, with your regular off days during the week? | | 3. Work all holidays (Christmas, MLK. Jr. Day, etc.) which are not on | | your regular off day? | | 4. Work more than scheduled hours to include extra shifts? | | 5. Wear a uniform to work each day? | | 6. Follow a dress code, which includes restrictions on hair length | | and facial hair? | | 7. Be fingerprinted and have your background checked through the FBI | | and other law enforcement agencies during pre-employment screening | | and at any time during employment? | | 8. Provide a Driver's History for the past seven years at your own | | expense? | | 9. Have a urine test to screen for use of illegal drugs both before | | and after being hired, with the understanding that any positive | | findings will result in adverse action? | | 10. Have a physical examination by a physician, at your own expense, | | if offered employment? | | 11. Work in areas where you are in close contact with prisoners who | | are sick and may have contagious diseases? | | 12. Work in a locked area with prisoners who are guilty of violent | | crimes (murder, rape, etc.) and/or who may be mentally ill? | | 13. Give first aid, including CPR, to prisoners who injured or | | seriously ill (HIV, AIDS, Hepatitis, etc.)? | | 14. Work in a situation where you are cursed and/or physically | | threatened by prisoners? | | 15. Maintain your professional composure if bodily fluids were thrown | | on you? | | 16. Search (pat frisk) people, regardless of their sex, for things | | they are not allowed to have; and visually search (strip search) the | | body cavities of prisoners the same sex as you for prohibited items? | | 17. Live for five (5) weeks, away from home, paid by the state, while | | attending training, returning home only on weekends? | | 18. Use firearms, including shooting an escaping prisoner (possibly | | to death), if necessary? | | 19. Risk your personal safety to rescue a fellow Correctional Officer | | or a prisoner from attack? | | 20. Report a fellow law enforcement officer who is breaking rules and | | regulations? | | | | IF YOU ANSWERED "NO" TO ANY QUESTION, YOU CANNOT BE CONSIDERED FOR | | A JOB AS A CORRECTIONAL OFFICER AND THE SELECTION PROCESS WILL NOT | | CONTINUE. | | | | A CORRECTIONAL OFFICER MUST BE WILLING TO DO ALL OF THE ABOVE | | REQUIREMENTS OF THE JOB. | | | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Location Name: ----------------------- -- -- Phillips State Prison ----------------------- -- --