Security Officer – Re-Entry Specialist
Ohio Support Services
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Columbus • Ohio • United States
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Salary
💰 $0 - $20 per hour
About the role
- Oversee all individuals entering and exiting the facility
- Monitoring client whereabouts at all times to provide for the safety and security of the facility and the community.
- Engage with clients on a consistent basis.
- Utilize cognitive behavioral techniques in order to foster and promote health decision making and positive interpersonal skills.
- Facilitate client structured activities as needed.
- Maintain mandatory staffing levels by working overtime and filling in for absent workers as needed for a 24/7/365 operation
- Patrol the interior/exterior of the property on foot at regular and random intervals. (Minimum 4 hours per shift).
- Respond to emergencies, including medical, fire and weather-related emergencies as well as assaults, thefts and disputes between people.
- Render First aid and/or C.P.R. assistance to the extent of the officers’ training.
- Monitor fire and other life safety equipment located in the control center.
- Remain awake, alert and attentive while on duty.
- Monitor closed circuit television. Looking for suspicious and/or theft activity, horseplay, smoke/fire, etc.
- Monitor weather radio to alert management when weather threatens the facility.
- Control/limit access to the facility at entry points.
- Instruct visitors to sign in and issue them an identification badge, as appropriate.
- Answer, screen and route phone calls to the appropriate parties.
- Issue and account for keys assigned to the security department, if required.
- Be able to make building announcements using public address system during emergencies.
- Be courteous, polite and professional in dealing with our customers, and their employees, visitors and vendors.
- Follow and enforce client and company rules and regulations in a firm but courteous manner.
- Perform other security related duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Neat and well-groomed appearance.
- Provide a high level of courtesy and customer service.
- Commitment to safety at all times.
- Excellent customer service skills (e.g. courtesy, patience, understanding, etc.).
- Good computer skills, including the following: able to use a keyboard to correctly input information accurately and efficiently into software programs; able to navigate various software applications and the internet/intranet; able to write and send emails; able to restart/reboot computers and printers; possess a reasonable general working knowledge of computers.
- Previous Policing or Corrections experience (Preferred)
- Excellent English written and oral communication skills, including the proper use of grammar, punctuation and spelling.
- Able to collapse revolving doors and assist with evacuation.
- Able to operate Fire Panel to include acknowledging alarms, silence alarms, re-setting pane, bypassing floors and disarming individual points.
- Able to follow verbal and written directions from client personnel and OSS Supervisory/Management personnel.
- Have the ability learn to work with computer alarm monitoring systems.
- Be able to work outside in a variety of weather conditions.
- Able to walk, sit or stand for up to 8 hours at a time.
- Able to climb stairs and ladders.
- Must embody vigilance, diligence, and integrity.
- Able to work in a fast-paced environment and handle multiple simultaneous tasks/priorities alone. For example: Handling access control, phone calls and alarm situations at the same time.
- Selected candidates must submit a Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) background check.
Benefits
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- 401K, plus matching
- Vacation
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
courtesypatienceunderstandingcommunicationvigilancediligenceintegrityattention to detailability to multitaskprofessionalism