Job DescriptionJob Description Benefits Information
VACATION TIME:
80 Hours - One (1) year but less than five (5) years
120 Hours - Five (5) years but less than ten (10) years
160 Hours - Ten (10) years but less than fifteen (15) years
200 Hours - Fifteen (15) years and above
SICK TIME: Up to seven (7) days annually
Full-time employees will enjoy a competitive benefits package with options for you and your family including:
* 401 (k) + 401(k) Matching
* Vision Insurance
* Health Savings Account
* Employee Discounts
* Dental Insurance
* Jury Duty
* Flexible Spending Account
* Eleven (11) Paid Holidays
* Health Insurance
* Life Insurance
* Tuition Reimbursement
* Reduced Tuition Rates
* Employee Assistance Program
* Pet Insurance
* Paid Training
* Farmers Auto Insurance
* Employee Stock Purchase Plan
* Legal Shield services
* Short- and Long-term Disability Insurance
* Bereavement Leave
* Norton LifeLock benefits
* Critical Illness and Accident Insurance
The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Overview
Are you skilled at ensuring security and managing operations in a challenging environment? If you're also looking for an organization that offers advancement opportunities and you believe that investing in your community is essential, we have the role for you! As the industry's global leader in evidence-based rehabilitation, we are looking for people like you to add to our growing team.
Join a Community That Cares
Joining GEO means contributing to our mission to provide the best rehabilitation and community reintegration programs and services to those in our care. GEO is a place for professional growth, exploration, creativity, and valuable interpersonal relationships. Interested in achieving extraordinary things? Send in your application. Every one of our employees makes us who we are.
Responsibilities
Role and Responsibilities
As Captain, you will act as the shift commander, directing all security and control operations during a shift. This also means overseeing staff and providing maximum facility coordination, inmate supervision and safety as well as preparing records and reports. In this role, you will:
Assist in the development and implementation of policies, procedures (including emergency procedures) and regulations for custody, security, and treatment of inmates.
Conduct inspections to ensure compliance with all security, safety, sanitation, contraband, fire, and other facility regulations.
Review disciplinary matters concerning both staff and inmates.
Coordinate staffing requirements for security supervisors and officers and assess staff effectiveness.
Respond to all unusual occurrences.
Provide direct line supervision over correctional officers; make assignments, review post orders, and assure that staff is trained in implementation of all procedures.
Promote an atmosphere conducive to character development (encourage favorable behavior patterns, arrangement of facilities and influencing relationships among inmates).
Facilitate prompt assistance to inmates in the event of injury, illness, or emotional trauma.
Give primary guidance when issues arise; make referrals for more complex problems.
Support, clarify and help inmates relate to all facility programs.
Write various documents, including policies, courtroom defenses and contract negotiations.
Implement facility goals.
Monitor daily logs.
We're looking for individuals from different backgrounds
Building an inclusive culture where every employee can perform to their maximum potential is the center of GEO's employee value proposition. Our success is based on diversity in our workforce and the inclusion of eclectic perspectives, ideas, and backgrounds. Everyone is encouraged to apply. Here's to unlimited ideas, increased productivity, and innovative solutions!
Qualifications
Competencies Required
Excellent leadership skills, flexibility, team spirit and the ability to work with a diverse group of people are among this job's top requirements. Apply if you are qualified as a Corrections Officer, have worthwhile qualities with which an inmate can identify.
Minimum Requirements
Must meet same basic qualifications as a Corrections Officer.
Minimum high school graduate or equivalent; related college courses highly desirable.
Minimum of three (3) years of experience working in a correctional setting, one of which was in a position requiring supervisory capabilities.
Must be representative of worthwhile qualities with which an inmate can identify. Must be emotionally stable and understanding. Must be flexible, cooperative, and empathetic to the total needs of the inmates.
Working knowledge of laws relating to corrections.
Working knowledge of all applicable court orders.
Ability to communicate and interact with a variety of personalities.
Ability to interpret complex written/oral communication, documents, and instructions.
Ability to make and implement decisions without assistance.
Ability to give instructions and have them carried out.
Ability to coordinate staffing requirement for security supervisors and officers.
Ability to write communication documents, policies, courtroom defenses, contract negotiations, and other required written correspondence.
Physical Requirements
Frequently: sit.
Occasionally: lift or carry up to 10 lbs.; push or pull up to 40 lbs.; bend or stoop; reach above shoulder level; work with machinery; walk; stand.
GEO Secured Services
The GEO Group is an equal opportunity employer. Geo will recruit, hire, train, promote, and ensure that all other personnel actions are administered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetics, protected veteran status, and disability, or other category protected by law, and we will ensure that all employment decisions are based only on valid job requirements. As a federal government contractor, it is GEO's policy to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment minorities, females, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. GEO will also provide reasonable accommodation to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified employee or applicant for employment, unless the accommodation would impose undue hardship on the operation of our business.