Correctional Officer

6 days ago

Halifax, Canada Province of Nova Scotia Full time

**Department**:Justice

**Location**:Multiple Locations

**Type of Employment**:Relief

**Union Status**:Exclusion - Non Union - NSPG

**Closing Date**:22-Jul-25 (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)

**About Us**:
The Correctional Services division of the Department of Justice is responsible for the administration and operation of community and custody-based programs and services for adults and young persons. Within the Correctional Services core business area there are two programs: community corrections & correctional facilities. Each of these program areas is broken down into closely related activities that have a specific impact on the program’s target group.

Four (4) adult correctional facilities and one (1) youth centre provide the safety and security of person in custody while providing programs that address dynamic criminogenic factors to assist with their successful, reintegration back into the community.

Nova Scotia Correctional Services utilizes an evidence-based approach in both Community Corrections and custodial facilities. Core Correctional Practices (CCP) is the foundational practice that drives reintegration and rehabilitation practices deployed within Correctional Services. Utilizing CCP, Correctional Services staff can effectively interact, manage behavior, and help facilitate change, within target populations.

For more information on the Department of Justice Correctional Services please visit our website.

**About Our Opportunity**:
As a Correctional Officer, you are responsible for the safe secure custody, control and supervision of sentence and remand persons in custody in an adult correctional facility on a rotating shift basis. Our Correctional Officer undertakes duties associated with your shift assignment in various areas of the facility. These areas include persons in custody Living Units, Admission and Discharge, Reception/Visitation, Recreation, Laundry, and Canteen Services. In this role, you will have regular and ongoing interaction with persons in custody, while encouraging pro-social behaviour. You are also responsible for administrative functions related to the case management database (JEIN) and the Offender Behavioural Management System. Correctional Officers work with a diverse person in custody population and are accountable for promoting and adhering to policy and procedures, standard operating procedures, post orders and directives.

As part of this role, you will be involved with conducting persons in custody counts and searches, writing reports, ensuring persons in custody security and safety, and compiling tasks related to physical plant cleanliness and maintenance requirements.

**Primary Accountabilities**:
**Facility Security**
Provides dynamic supervision of persons in custody and safe secure custody, control, and supervision of the persons in custody

**Persons in Custody Supervision**
Includes, but not limited to participate in the case management of persons in custody; approve and arrange professional and personal visits and professional persons in custody phone calls, and escort persons in custody within the facility; respond to persons in custody complaints and requests; assist in the completion of forms (e.g. requests, complaints); supervise persons in custody work activity inside and outside the facility

**Physical Plant Maintenance**
Supervise facility cleaning by persons in custody, supervise persons in custody trustees on outside work detail, submit maintenance work orders when required

**Programs**
Advise persons in custody of available programs and referring and adhering to the posted program schedule and support persons in custody program work in the living units

**Administration & Communication**
Communicate in a timely, transparent, and effective manner and participate in workplace wellness initiatives by promoting teamwork, leadership, diversity, and a healthy workplace

**Qualifications and Experience**:
You possess a High School diploma and 2 years of related experience. An equivalent combination of training and experience will be considered. Typical equivalencies include: a certificate/diploma from an accredited Correctional Officer program or a university degree in a related field of study (Criminology, Psychology or other Social Science programs).

Your experience and knowledge in the following areas are considered assets in this role:

- Previous employment as a Correctional Officer, or within Adult/Youth Custody
- Experience in law enforcement (Police, Sheriffs, Border Services, Military Police)
- Experience in the following areas may also be given consideration towards an equivalency: Security, Military (other than Military Police), Firefighting, Social Workers, Residential Counsellors/Caseworkers/Support Workers, Occupational Health & Safety.
- Knowledge or experience in a computerized/automated environment
- Leadership experience (i.e. leading youth programs, groups, or committees, working with vulnerable pop

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