Bartholomew County Court Services

07/26/2022

Bartholomew County Court Services currently has openings for Fulltime and Part-Time Residential Officer Positions.

To perform this position successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed in this document are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Bartholomew County provides reasonable accommodation to qualified employees and applicants with known disabilities who require accommodation to complete the application process or perform essential functions of the job, unless the accommodation would cause an undue hardship.
Incumbent serves as Residential Work Release Officer for Bartholomew County Court Services/Community Corrections, responsible for maintaining security and order in Residential Programs.
DUTIES:
• Provides security and behavioral management and ensures the well being of all residents of Community Corrections Center.
• Evaluates residents, recording all behavior changes and incidents as required for court reports, and conducts and logs periodic observations. Observes residents for inappropriate behaviors, logging release to and return of residents from employment and work crew details, supervising visitation and various functions, overseeing provision of meals, medication, and cleanliness of individual living quarters and pods.
• Receives and processes new residents, logging personal property, assisting with showers and personal hygiene, providing orientation to the Center, and explaining rules and regulations, and documents any clothing exchanges.
• Maintains control center, including monitoring various surveillance cameras, entering and receiving data from computer, opening and closing security doors, monitoring home detention/electronic monitoring alerts, and answering telephone calls.
• Provides residents with daily meals, assuring all trays and cups are properly removed from pods. Supervises residential commissary program.
• Issues prescribed medications according to standing physicians orders and follows appropriate procedures to accuse proper medical attention to residents.
• Receives, sorts, and logs incoming and outgoing mail and personal items for residents as required.
• Conducts routine “shakedowns” and searches of living quarters and pods for contraband, and prepares written report of findings.
• Ensures compliance with facility rules and regulations, and reports unusual and/or unruly activity to appropriate department staff. Properly secures and/or physically restrains violent and uncontrollable residents as situations demand.
• Responds to resident grievances following established chain of command procedures.
• Assists with transportation of residents to and from outside employment, appointments, and court hearings as assigned.
• Supervises and assists residents with performing regular cleaning and custodial duties.
• Develops and delivers selected topics in classroom situations and leads the residents in group problem solving.
• Communicates with staff and personnel regarding information pertinent to the care and evaluation of residents, in order to maintain progress and resolve problems as they arise.
• Attends seminars and in-service training as required.
• May testify in legal proceeding/court as required.
• Performs related duties as assigned and/or required by law.
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
• High school diploma or GED.
• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• Ability to meet all employer and department hiring requirements, including passage of a drug test.
• Ability to effectively resolve emergency/crisis situations and take appropriate action as required.
• Ability to remain alert and respond to problems, emergencies, and safety or security violations, such as rule infractions, conflicts between residents, employment conflicts, attempted escapes and walk-away, irrational or inappropriate behavior and illnesses, and takes appropriate action and/or disciplines residents as appropriate.
• Ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing, including being sensitive to professional ethics, gender, cultural diversities and disabilities.
• Ability to comply with all employer and department policies and work rules, including, but not limited to, attendance, safety, drug-free workplace, and personal conduct.
• Ability to occasionally work irregular and/or extended hours.
• Possession of a valid Indiana drivers license and a demonstrated safe driving record.
PHYSICAL EFFORT AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Incumbent performs duties in a correctional facility with no unusual physical demands. Incumbent has regular contact with emotionally distraught, chemically dependent and potentially dangerous and/or violent clients. Incumbent occasionally works irregular and/or extended hours.

01/05/2022

08/24/2021

Incumbent serves as Secretary for the Bartholomew County Community Corrections Department, responsible for completing a variety of typing, financial and secretarial duties.

DUTIES:
Monitors and assists at window/counter, informing Officers of scheduled appointment arrivals, providing direction and assistance when needed.

Answers telephone, determining nature of call, providing information and assistance, and referring caller to appropriate personnel/department.

Enters fees collected and contact information into appropriate computer program, creates orientation folders for each individual participant.

Maintains list of individuals ordered to attend orientation, collecting and entering appropriate information collected from attendee.

Responds to transfer request from other Counties, including setting up orientation to explain requirements and provide information regarding specific times.

Performs related duties as assigned.

JOB REQUIREMENTS AND DIFFICULTY OF WORK:

High school diploma or GED.

Must be at least 21 years of age.

Ability to meet all employer and department hiring requirements, including passage of a drug test.

Working knowledge of legal requirements and accepted practices and procedures of Department, with ability to apply appropriate procedures to regular and re-occurring duties.

Knowledge of the Bartholomew County legal and court system, including legal terminology, official court policies, practices and standard procedures; working knowledge of related social, government, and law-enforcement agencies.

Working knowledge of general Department operations, with ability to effectively receive office visitors, route callers, and respond to inquiries as needed.

Knowledge of basic bookkeeping practices and principles, and ability to perform arithmetic calculations to enter collected fees into appropriate computer program.

Knowledge of standard English grammar, spelling, and punctuation and ability to type with speed and accuracy.

Knowledge of basic filing systems and ability to create and maintain accurate and complete department files and records.

Ability to operate standard office equipment, such as computer, calculator, fax machine, vehicle, copier, and telephone.

Ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing with professional and non-professional co-workers, other County department, other County Community Corrections departments, various Jail facilities, participants, and the general public, including being sensitive to professional ethics, gender, cultural diversities, and disabilities..

Ability to provide public access to or maintain confidentiality of department information and records according to State requirements.

Ability to comply with all employer and department policies and work rules, including, but not limited to, attendance, safety, drug-free workplace, and personal conduct.

Ability to understand, memorize, retain, and carry out written and oral instructions and present findings in oral or written form.

Ability to compare or observe similarities and differences in data, people, and/or things, compile, collate or classify data, analyze and evaluate, and make determinations based on data analyses.

Ability to work alone with minimum supervision and with others in a team environment.

Ability to work on several tasks at the same time and work rapidly for long periods, often under time pressure.

Ability to plan and layout assigned work projects and occasionally apply knowledge of people and/or locations.

08/24/2021

To perform this position successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed in this document are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Bartholomew County provides reasonable accommodation to qualified employees and applicants with known disabilities who require accommodation to complete the application process or perform essential functions of the job, unless the accommodation would cause an undue hardship.

Incumbent serves as Residential Work Release Officer for Bartholomew County Court Services/Community Corrections, responsible for maintaining security and order in Residential Programs.

DUTIES:
• Provides security and behavioral management and ensures the well being of all residents of Community Corrections Center.
• Evaluates residents, recording all behavior changes and incidents as required for court reports, and conducts and logs periodic observations. Observes residents for inappropriate behaviors, logging release to and return of residents from employment and work crew details, supervising visitation and various functions, overseeing provision of meals, medication, and cleanliness of individual living quarters and pods.
• Receives and processes new residents, logging personal property, assisting with showers and personal hygiene, providing orientation to the Center, and explaining rules and regulations, and documents any clothing exchanges.
• Maintains control center, including monitoring various surveillance cameras, entering and receiving data from computer, opening and closing security doors, monitoring home detention/electronic monitoring alerts, and answering telephone calls.
• Provides residents with daily meals, assuring all trays and cups are properly removed from pods. Supervises residential commissary program.
• Issues prescribed medications according to standing physicians orders and follows appropriate procedures to accuse proper medical attention to residents.
• Receives, sorts, and logs incoming and outgoing mail and personal items for residents as required.
• Conducts routine “shakedowns” and searches of living quarters and pods for contraband, and prepares written report of findings.
• Ensures compliance with facility rules and regulations, and reports unusual and/or unruly activity to appropriate department staff. Properly secures and/or physically restrains violent and uncontrollable residents as situations demand.
• Responds to resident grievances following established chain of command procedures.
• Assists with transportation of residents to and from outside employment, appointments, and court hearings as assigned.
• Supervises and assists residents with performing regular cleaning and custodial duties.
• Develops and delivers selected topics in classroom situations and leads the residents in group problem solving.
• Communicates with staff and personnel regarding information pertinent to the care and evaluation of residents, in order to maintain progress and resolve problems as they arise.
• Attends seminars and in-service training as required.
• May testify in legal proceeding/court as required.
• Performs related duties as assigned and/or required by law.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:
• High school diploma or GED.
• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• Ability to meet all employer and department hiring requirements, including passage of a drug test.
• Ability to effectively resolve emergency/crisis situations and take appropriate action as required.
• Ability to remain alert and respond to problems, emergencies, and safety or security violations, such as rule infractions, conflicts between residents, employment conflicts, attempted escapes and walk-away, irrational or inappropriate behavior and illnesses, and takes appropriate action and/or disciplines residents as appropriate.
• Ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing, including being sensitive to professional ethics, gender, cultural diversities and disabilities.
• Ability to comply with all employer and department policies and work rules, including, but not limited to, attendance, safety, drug-free workplace, and personal conduct.
• Ability to occasionally work irregular and/or extended hours.
• Possession of a valid Indiana drivers license and a demonstrated safe driving record.

PHYSICAL EFFORT AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Incumbent performs duties in a correctional facility with no unusual physical demands. Incumbent has regular contact with emotionally distraught, chemically dependent and potentially dangerous and/or violent clients. Incumbent occasionally works irregular and/or extended hours.