Role OverviewThe Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction has been tasked with front line crime reduction through rehabilitative treatment and programming efforts provided in a safe, secure and humane correctional environment and effective community supervision.
What You Will Do
Maintain control of the institution to provide for safety and security of the facility, inmates, staff, and general public by enforcing rules/regulations/policies and procedures. Supervise and direct inmate activity in assigned areas of the facility/institution.
Why It Might Be a Fit
This role requires corrections, communications, criminology/criminal justice, law enforcement, and security skills. The ideal candidate will have strong ethics and values, listening, observation, situational awareness, and teamwork skills.
Requirements
- High school diploma or G.E.D.
- Valid driver's license for positions assigned to transportation section
- Commercial driver's license to drive vehicles qualifying as commercial
- Correction officer assessment or have successfully completed assessment within past 24 months
- Firearms certification/recertification
Benefits
- Medical Coverage
- Free Dental, Vision and Basic Life Insurance premiums after completion of eligibility period
- Paid time off, including vacation, personal, sick leave and 11 paid holidays per year
- Childbirth, Adoption, and Foster Care leave
- Education and Development Opportunities
- Public Retirement Systems (such as OPERS, STRS, SERS, and HPRS) & Optional Deferred Compensation (Ohio Deferred Compensation)
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