Job Description
Job Description
Job Description
Salary: DOE
Currently, we are looking for FIFTY (50) FULL-TIME DETENTION OFFICERS IN TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS!
YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO UNDERGO A FINGERPRINT-BASED CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SERVICES (CJIS) BACKGROUND CHECK, A HUMAN RESOURCES CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK, OR A SHERIFF'S CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK.YOU WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE YOUR DATE OF BIRTH, A CLEAR COPY OF YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE, AND A COPY OF YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY CARD.
YOU MUST ALSO BE ABLE TO PASS A DRUG TEST, AND REMAIN DRUG-FREE.
Position Description:
Detention Officers supervise inmates who are confined twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week in the Tarrant County Jail system to ensure the safekeeping of all inmate property and maintain care for all persons in the custody of the TCSO. This position may also perform basic administrative duties to arrange and coordinate the surrender and transfer to Tarrant County, Texas, of individuals accused or convicted of offenses outside the territory of the asylum state and within the territorial jurisdiction of Texas.
Jails are staffed 24/7, including holidays. Tarrant County observes the following holidays each year:
- New Years Day
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- Presidents Day
- Cesar Chavez Day
- Good Friday
- Memorial Day
- Juneteenth
- Independence Day
- Labor Day
- Thanksgiving Day
- Day after Thanksgiving
- Christmas Eve
- Christmas Day
Essential Functions (Essential duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to):
- Performs required duties in all areas of assigned responsibilities
- Maintains physical fitness required to perform essential job duties
- Must immediately respond to emergencies and routine drills
- Must use reasonable force when necessary to prevent a direct threat to the health and safety of individuals in jail facilities
- Supervises inmate meals and monitors those with special dietary needs
- Supervises the cleaning of the jail housing area
- Supervises inmate movement within the facility
- Distributes mail, hygiene items, and approved items to inmates
- Supervises inmate recreational activities
- Must be able to effectively utilize emergency equipment, including all fire and emergency medical equipment (e.g., air packs, fire extinguishers, fire hoses, medical back boards, etc.)
- Must work the assigned shift
- Enforces all applied rules and regulations of the given position
- Remains current on all TCSO policies and procedures. Ensures that these policies are followed and applied
- Handles volatile situations quickly, responsively, and professionally
- Maintains control and custody of inmates during tour of duty
- Maintains the safety and security of the facilities assigned
- Completes mandatory paperwork relating to the custody and care of inmates
- Produces legal documents required in the daily performance of duties
- Conducts security checks as required
- Must have and continually maintain a TCOLE Jailers License
- Performs all other related duties assigned.
Skills - the following skills must be demonstrated by a level of proficiency or achieved within a normal period:
- Must have good interpersonal and public relations skills
- Must be able to understand, interpret, and properly apply court orders, relevant State statutes and administrative rules, including Jail Standards, and other policies and procedures required to perform essential job duties of the position assigned
- Must be able to prepare official documents required to perform assigned functions, including but not limited to forms, affidavits, incident reports, and inmate processing documents
- Must be proficient in the use of defensive tactics requiring physical force, including the use of intermediate impact weapons and firearms, if required
- A TCOLE Jailers Firearm Certification is required to qualify for this job duty.
Abilities the following demonstrated abilities are required to effectively perform essential job functions:
- Ability to control emotions and focus on professional duties and obligations in all circumstances, regardless of provocations or stresses encountered
- Ability to communicate necessary information to others in a calm, clear, dispassionate, and purposeful speaking voice in all circumstances
- Ability to create accurate, clear, concise, comprehensive, relevant, and grammatically correct reports
- Ability to work with employees and citizens from diverse population groups to meet TCSOs mission and serve the public interest
- Ability to focus personal efforts and participate in team efforts toward continuous performance improvement
- Ability to proactively seek opportunities to increase and improve knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to improve personal performance
- Ability to actively listen by aggressively practicing good listening techniques
- Ability to use interpersonal skills to foster positive working relationships with team members (peers, supervisors, and other providers) is required to provide superior services in the public interest
- Ability to take appropriate action to accomplish assigned duties and accept accountability for outcomes
- Ability to use appropriate physical force when imminently necessary to prevent death or serious bodily injury to others or self
Knowledge the following knowledge is required to perform essential job functions relevant to assigned positions:
- A working knowledge of the Jail Standards and other State statutes is required for the performance of duties
- Obtain a working knowledge of applicable policies, including but not limited to TCSD Civil Service Rules, Tarrant County Employee Handbook, TCSO policies, and Confinement Standard Operating Procedures
- Obtain a working knowledge of department organization and functions
- Working knowledge needed to use basic word processing software and Count and Jail information systems
Required Qualifications:
- Basic Texas Jailer License (TCOLE) required. A temporary Jailer's license is not acceptable
- High school diploma or GED required
- US Citizen
- Valid Drivers License
- 18 years of age and older
Work Conditions:
- In jails and correctional centers within Tarrant County
Job Tags
Full time, Temporary work, Immediate start, Shift work,