Job Description

As a Senior Correctional Officer, you will be a shift lead worker primarily responsible for providing and maintaining institutional safety and security at the Adult Correction Facility (ACF). The ACF is for adult offenders committed by the courts to serve a maximum sentence of one year.

Location and hours:
This position is located at the Adult Correction Facility at 1145 Shenandoah Lane, Plymouth, MN 55447. There is no public transportation to this facility. Candidates must be available to work various shifts which include day, evening, overnight, holiday, and weekend hours. This position is subject to 12-hour shifts. Anyone indicating limited availability will not be considered.

A shift differential of $1.00 per hour for nights and weekends is paid, meals are provided, and a uniform allowance is given for qualifying positions.

About the position type:

This is a full-time benefit earning position. 
You must be a current regular or probationary employee   of the DOCCR to apply for this position. 
Limited duration employees not eligible.
This position is internally classified as a Correctional Officer, Senior.

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Applicants with convictions are not automatically disqualified. Each case is considered on its individual circumstances and the type of work.

In this position, you will:

• Assign daily schedule and coordinate work activities of correctional officers including:
  • Assign and supervise resident work crews and authorizing or issuing supplies.
  • Instructing officers and supervising residents in the safe and proper operation of equipment.
  • Defining and maintaining institutional cleaning and sanitation schedules.
  • Serve as a lead worker in the institution and could be assigned to an in-charge position in the absence of a supervisor.
• Enforce Minnesota laws and the DOCCR's rules (Chapter 2911) relating to the confinement of prisoners, security regulations, rules of conduct, and work rules.
• Understand, support, and promote DOCCR's vision and mission to implement evidence-based practices within the organization (i.e., cognitive skills, motivational interviewing, and reducing recidivism).
• Coordinate intake, discharge and transfer of residents, pursue residents attempting escape, transport residents to appointments using county vehicles, search visitors, and classify residents for outside status, work/study release, and home monitoring.
• Respond to safety and security incidents and other emergency situations, break up fights, physically restrain, control resisting and uncooperative residents, respond to medical emergencies, perform emergency first aid, operate emergency equipment, and report to medical staff.
• Write and maintain residents' disciplinary, incident, financial, and personal property reports and records; participate in administrative and disciplinary hearings; answer inquiries concerning resident status, provide directions, safety and security instructions, and program-related information to residents, employers, other agencies, and the public.

Need to have:

• One of the following:
  • Three years or more of full-time equivalent work experience as a correctional officer or juvenile correctional officer.
  • Two years or more of full-time equivalent college or vocational/technical coursework in the fields listed below and one year or more of experience as a correctional officer or juvenile correctional officer.
  • Bachelor's degree or higher in corrections, law enforcement, or related criminal justice or behavioral/social science field.
• A valid driver's license and the ability to obtain a Hennepin County Driver's Permit .

Nice to have:

• Experience coaching, mentoring, and/or developing others, and assigning, reviewing, and training others in varied work activities.
• Knowledge and ability to interpret and enforce data privacy and institutional, safety, and security rules and regulations.
• Ability to:
  • Establish and maintain effective working relationships with residents, staff, management, agencies, and the public.
  • Run, climb stairs, and quickly respond to medical, safety and security, and other emergency situations; lift and carry supplies and equipment.
  • Physically restrain, lift, carry, and control intractable or injured residents.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

About the department:
The Department of Community Corrections and Rehabilitation works to enhance community safety, promote community restoration, and reduce the risk of re-offense. Department staff and volunteers serve Hennepin County at more than 20 service locations ranging from correctional facilities to probation reporting offices and occupational training centers, delivering sustainable correctional services to more than 26,000 adult and juvenile clients. It is the largest community corrections organization in Minnesota. Learn more at  .  

About Hennepin County:  Hennepin is the largest county government organization in Minnesota. Our employees work every day to improve the health, safety and quality of life for our residents and communities. All of our jobs align with our mission to serve residents through transformative services that reduce disparities, eliminate inequities, and create opportunity for all and our vision of a community where all people are healthy, all people are valued, and all people thrive. 

Our employees receive a combination of competitive benefits and positive workplace culture not found at other organizations. This includes meaningful work that impacts our community, competitive pay, work-life balance, a variety of benefits and opportunities to grow. Learn more at The Bridge (login as Guest).

Hennepin County envisions an organization where our commitment to diversity and the reduction of disparities is fundamental in providing excellent service to our community.

Your future. Made here.

This posting may be used to fill current and future vacancies. 

Convictions for certain crimes will have an effect on your ability to be hired according to the disqualification schedule listed in Minnesota Statute 245C.15. Individuals convicted for any level of Criminal Sexual Conduct are disqualified from being hired into any position within the DOCCR under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA). Other past involvement with the criminal court system will not automatically disqualify you from working at the DOCCR; individual circumstances are reviewed and evaluated confidentially. If you do not know your exact conviction information, you can refer to your sentencing order or contact the county where you were convicted.

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Invitations to interview will be based on an assessment of education and experience. Job offer will be contingent on passing a pre-employment physical, drug test, employment history/reference check, criminal background check including fingerprinting, and driver's license check prior to employment.

If you have any questions, please contact: 

Talent Acquisition Division
Hennepin County Human Resources Department
HR.ServiceCenter@hennepin.us
612-348-7855

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