Detention Deputy​/Emergency Response Team

Overview

Description Emergency Response Team operators are assigned to a rotational schedule with options for a permanent shift assignment. The team is on duty twenty-four hours a day seven days a week.

Salary Range: $20.80 - $24.63 per hour.
Open Until Filled – Application review begins immediately.

• Perform security, safety, and custodial care of inmates.
• Respond to all emergencies and disturbances within the facility.
• Conduct high visibility patrols and inmate escorts in a safe and effective manner.
• Exhibit reliability and thrive in a team environment; maintain excellent communication and verbal de-escalation skills; make professional decisions in stressful situations.

Attributes

• Complete a basic Emergency Response Team training program.
• Complete training in Housing Units to include Behavioral Management and Special Management.
• Obtain certifications in Firearms, Taser, Oleoresin Capsicum, and Less Lethal Munitions within 90 days of hire.
• Receive over 100 hours of Emergency Response Team training annually.
• Opportunity to train and learn specialized facets of the detention profession.
• Opportunity to become a South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy Certified Instructor.
• Opportunity to become an agency Field Training Instructor.
• Opportunity to participate in a physical fitness regimen while on duty.
• Opportunity to participate in agency collateral duty programs.
• Opportunity for advancement in rank and responsibility.

Requirements

• Twelve months of experience and active certification from the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy as a Class 2 law enforcement officer is preferred but may be waived with prior military, law enforcement or corrections tactical experience.
• Applicants meeting the minimum criteria must submit to and successfully complete all phases of the hiring process including a physical abilities test.

• Health, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
• Optional Life and Disability Insurance
• Optional Medical and Dependent Care Spending Accounts
• Annual and Sick Leave
• Fourteen (14) recognized Holidays
• South Carolina Retirement System (SCRS) State Retirement Plan
• Police Officers Retirement System (PORS – as applicable)
• Optional Deferred Compensation Program
• Longevity and Merit Pay Increases
• Leadership, Professional and Skill Development Training
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Well-being Program

For more information about benefits, visit the benefits page.