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Job Field: Office Jobs
Location: WALLA WALLA, WA
Salary: $15.38 - $20.03
Job Type: Part Time

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               <td align="left"><font style="font-size: 100%;">Corrections and Custody Officer 1 (CO1) On-Call<BR>Washington State Penitentiary (WSP)<BR><BR>The Washington State Department of Corrections is seeking highly motivated and talented individuals for the positions of on-call Correctional Officer 1 at the Washington State Penitentiary (WSP) in Walla Walla, WA. WSP is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  These are on-call/intermittent positions with no minimum hour guarantee.<BR><BR>The Washington State Penitentiary (WSP) is comprised of 2 complexes and 1 Minimum Security Unit. In all, WSP houses approximately 2,000 offenders and employs approximately 1,100 staff.<BR> <BR>Whether the work is inside a prison, in community corrections, or in an administrative office, the Washington State Department of Corrections professional staff experience a high degree of personal satisfaction knowing they are creating environments in which all offenders can learn to make choices that contribute to a safer society.  <BR> <BR>DUTIES: <BR>In an adult correctional facility, Correctional Officers provide safety and security, and assist in controlling, directing, and monitoring the activities and movement of adult offenders. This includes maintaining security of the institution and controlling movement into, out of and within the institution in accordance with established department methods and procedures.<BR> <BR>Correctional Officers are expected to be a positive role model for offenders and work to help them become productive members of society from the day they arrive under supervision. Correctional Officers use psychology and good communication skills to correct and counteract criminal thinking of offenders while maintaining safe confinement environments for offenders to pursue a successful re-entry into communities. The successful candidates for Correctional Officer 1 will posses creative thinking, self-confidence, strong role-modeling and good conditioning.<BR> <BR>Correctional Officers must successfully complete Correctional Worker Core (CWC), a six-week academy for all correctional workers employed in DOC prison facilities. We know that managing difficult people takes more than force. It takes observation, knowledge, skills and continual practice. Every DOC employee is provided with initial training designed to help assure safe working conditions. <BR> <BR>SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: <BR>'The mission of DOC is to improve public safety.'<BR> <BR>For additional information about the Department of Corrections, please visit www.doc.wa.gov. <BR> <BR>IMPORTANT NOTES:<BR>•             All Department of Corrections employees are fingerprinted for a criminal history background check.<BR>•             Employees work with offenders in a potentially hazardous setting. Please consider this when deciding whether to apply.<BR>•             Tuberculosis is a priority health issue for Department of Corrections' employees. The successful candidate may be required to provide valid proof of a baseline TB skin test within 60 days from the date of hire. When positive tests result, further information, testing and treatment may also be required. Employment is not contingent upon test results.<BR>•             If this position is included in a Union Shop, employees will be required to become members within thirty (30) days of employment.<BR> <BR> DOC is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity diversity, age, honorably discharged veteran, veteran status, genetic information, or the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability or the use of a trained guide dog or service animal by a person with a disability. <BR> For questions about this recruitment, or to request reasonable accommodation in the application process, please email charles.cooper@doc.wa.gov or call us at (509) 524-2401. For TTY service, please call the Washington Relay Service at 7-1-1 or 1-800-833-6388.</font></td>
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