Corrections Deputy - ENTRY LEVEL Job Albany area,Oregon USA,Security

Overview

Keeping the peace with dignity, honesty and compassion

Linn County, located in the heart of the Willamette Valley, is surrounded by beautiful landscape year round and is just a short drive away from the mountains, beaches and waters of Oregon. If you enjoy the great outdoors and four seasons of change, this is the place for you. The Linn County Sheriff's Office offers meaningful work, unique professional challenges, endless learning opportunities, and excellent benefits.

Visit our Career Pages to learn more about our agency and join our team of professionals that make a difference in the lives of others.

Please, read the entire job announcement prior to submitting your application. There are specific instructions for applying with Linn County and you could be disqualified from consideration if you do not follow these instructions.

Testing and Lateral Information

Entry level applicants must successfully pass the REACT test with the National Testing Network (NTN) and pass the ORPAT (5:30 or less) prior to submitting an application. Out of state applicants may submit their application without an ORPAT but a passing time will be a condition of any final offer. Test scores from the National Testing Network are valid for one year.

If you have completed and passed the ORPAT with another agency within one year of your application date with our agency, you can have those results submitted via email to training.

Lateral applicants are not required to complete the testing (REACT and ORPAT) through the National Testing Network at this time. A "lateral" is defined as anyone who has been through the academy and holds (or has held) a certification in the discipline for which they are applying. If you qualify as a lateral, please apply under the Corrections Deputy - Lateral posting.

To schedule the REACT test and ORPAT, visit and select Corrections and choose the Linn County Sheriff's Office. Upon completion of the REACT exam and ORPAT testing, all candidate scores are automatically forwarded to the Linn County Sheriff's Office. A completed PHQ with NTN is not required. The application for testing is not an application for Linn County employment. After successfully testing with NTN, you must then submit a Linn County Application form by clicking the "Apply" button at the top of this job announcement in or visiting our Career Pages and selecting the Corrections Deputy - Entry Level position.

Linn County will only accept entry level employment applications from those candidates on the NTN eligibility list for the Linn County Sheriff's Office. Accepted applicants will be invited to continue to participate in other stages of the selection process. National Testing Network is a service provided to conduct entry level testing and ORPAT testing in a standardized, professional environment. NTN does not replace the Linn County Sheriff's Office responsibility and decision making in the testing and hiring process.

All candidate results are provided to Linn County Sheriff's Office where the final decisions are made.

This recruitment will remain open until filled. The Sheriff's Office may close this recruitment at any time, without further notice.

General Statement of Duties/Job Objectives

Performs correctional work in the care and custody of Adults in Custody in the Jail. Processes AIC intake and release.

Essential Functions

Maintain custody and surveillance of AIC confined in the Jail. Observe and report AIC behavior and physical condition; recommend AIC discipline and other actions; control AIC movement within the Jail; supervise and instruct AIC on work crews, AIC program assignments and during transports.

Inspect AIC quarters for cleanliness, safety, and contraband; implement AIC exercise activities; assist AIC and their families in contacting service agencies; provide routine information concerning AIC status and office policies and procedures; record Court directives on duration and location of confinement, future Court appearances and special orders pertaining to care and custody.

Control public movement within the Jail.

Prepare reports on AIC concerning incidents criminal in nature, population counts, misconduct while in the jail, performance reports, inspect incoming and outgoing mail; operate communications equipment.

Review and evaluate the work of AIC on work release assignments, assist AIC’s in resolving problems encountered on work release assignments.

Process AIC in and out of the Jail; fingerprint, photograph, search AIC being booked in; prepare necessary paperwork and reports; insure release of AIC in accordance with Court orders.

Perform the basic medical screening of each AIC entering the Jail; arrange for evaluation of AIC in medical facility as necessary; perform the distribution of prescribed medication.

Transport AIC to Courts and other locations.

Send teletype messages to other law enforcement agencies.

Develop and maintain effective, harmonious, and reasonable work relationships with others.

Maintain regular and…


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