Job description
Job description
Agency: Department of Corrections
Working Title: CORRECTIONAL OFFICER
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Salary: $41,600.00
Qualifications:
- Be at least 18 years of age (no maximum age restriction)
- Be a United States Citizen
- Possess a high school diploma or equivalent
- Possess a valid driver’s license
- Pass a drug test and physical examination
- Pass a background investigation and fingerprinting, which includes no felony convictions; no misdemeanor involving perjury or false statement; no misdemeanor conviction of domestic violence.
- Must demonstrate good moral character as determined by a thorough background investigation.
Benefits:
- Paid vacation, sick leave and holidays**
- Comprehensive health insurance and life insurance with accidental death and dismemberment benefits
- Supplemental Dental, Vision, Life, Disability and Hospitalization insurance
- Tuition-Free college courses
- 457 Tax Deferred Retirement Plan
Correctional Officers may also qualify for additional benefits:
- "Special Risk" Retirement benefits
- Criminal Justice Incentive Pay up to $1,560.00 annually ($130.00 per month)
- Annual uniform and shoe allowance of $325.00
- Annual salary additive of approximately $1,200 when employed in Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, or St. Lucie counties
- Annual salary additive of approximately $2,500 when employed in Palm Beach, Broward, Dade or Monroe counties.
Below are the next steps to becoming a Correctional Officer:
- Step 1 - Complete the State of Florida application. (Click “Apply Now” on this page.)
- Step 2 - Submit an FDC Correctional Officer Supplemental Application, DC2-854. (You will be emailed this form within one business day after completing Step 1.)
- Step 3 - Complete a behavioral assessment. (After completing your application you will be taken directly to the assessment.)
To be considered for the position, you must complete all three steps above.
Please visit www.fldcjobs.com for additional information about working for the Florida Department of Corrections. You may also contact the Region III Recruitment Center at (786) 514-7165 for assistance with your application process. The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.
Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.
The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $41,600.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Holidays
- Night shift
- Overnight shift
- Overtime
- Weekend availability
Supplemental pay types:
- Signing bonus
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Frostproof, FL: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
Education:
- High school or equivalent (Required)
Shift availability:
- Day Shift (Preferred)
- Night Shift (Preferred)
- Overnight Shift (Preferred)
Work Location: One location
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