Security Response Officer

If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference and you have a passion for making a difference in the lives of South Carolina's youth, consider joining the dedicated people of the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ).

It is the mission of the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) to impact and transform young lives, strengthen families, and support safer communities through targeted prevention and rehabilitation.

The Security Response Team (SRT) Officer works under the direct supervision of the Department of Public Safety or other supervisors. The SRT member is to contain and control the immediate crisis area and regains control of the incident by non‑lethal force. The SRT Correctional Officer will play a vital role in all announced and requested contraband interdiction efforts, including but not limited to random/routine searches and shakedowns, searches and frisk of youth and visitors, and the gathering of intelligence information as it relates to contraband control on institution grounds.

The SRT Correctional Officer will be the primary layer of support to the frontline Juvenile Correctional Officer when transporting and providing supervision to potentially volatile/aggressive youth.

• Physically respond appropriately to emergency situations to isolate, control, and quell disturbances/incidents that are beyond the control of an institutional response.
• Assist directly with any crisis intervention disputes amongst the youth.
• Assist in controlling disruptive behavior and refer acute problems to appropriate staff.
• Play a proactive role in all agency institutional contraband interdiction efforts.
• Conduct routine and/or pre‑scheduled searches and shakedowns of youth and visitors within the confines of correctional institution living areas or grounds.
• Include routine institutional searches, shakedowns, unannounced strip (for cause), frisk searches of youth, and maintaining presence and support at institutional entry gates.
• Provide security assistance for normal activities and special programs.
• Assist in the movement, transportation, and supervision of potentially volatile/aggressive youth.
• Prepare written reports regarding actions taken.
• Provide written and/or oral communication concerning institutional matters for briefing or advising other officers, supervisors, or other agency officials.
• Draft, write, and/or dictate clear, concise, and comprehensive reports of contraband findings and prepare shift reports for dissemination.
• Be available for recall in emergency and non‑emergency situations that require additional support personnel.
• Maintain flexibility with schedule to work various time frames and remain thoroughly familiar with all policies governing contraband control, searches, property, visitation, etc.
• Attend training and maintain certification required by the Continuing Law Enforcement Education (CLEE) and Agency policy.
• Perform other duties deemed necessary by the Director of Public Safety and/or the Inspector General that support the mission and needs of the agency.

A high school diploma and relevant experience. A bachelor’s degree in a related field may substitute for the required experience.

• Ability to meet and maintain certification by the Continuing Law Enforce Education (CLEE).
• Ability to learn state laws/institutional rules/regulations/requirements for the control of youth/Child Abuse Statutes.
• Knowledge of purpose/methods/practices of secure facilities.
• Ability to learn various methods of instructing/handling/supervising youth in various activities.
• Ability to exercise good judgment/initiative in a variety of situations.
• Ability to establish/maintain satisfactory working relationships with youth/fellow employees/families/general public.
• Must perform restraints on youth without restrictions.
• Willing to work any shift and stay over if necessary.
• Work in locked quarters, be able to bend over, lift 50+ lbs., must be mobile, no sedentary duties, must be able to work around youth without restrictions.
• This position performs job duties relating to the custody, control, transportation or…