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DOC Lincoln Security - Correctional Officer Trainee

Lincoln, IL, US, 62656

Agency: Department of CorrectionsClosing Date/Time:12/31/2025Salary:Anticipated Starting Salary: $4,169month; CBA Applies; Full Range: $4,169 - $5,751/month.Job Type:SalariedCounty:LoganNumber of Vacancies:100Plan/BU:RC006 Corrections Employees, AFSCME

This position is a union position; therefore, provisions of the relevant collective bargaining agreement/labor contract apply to the filling of this position.

All applicants who want to be considered for this positionMUSTapply electronically through the Illinois Department of Corrections Website:Become a Correctional Officer

Applications submitted via email or any paper manner (mail, fax, hand delivery)will not be considered.

Posting Identification Number36412

Mission Statement: The Correctional Officer Trainee position, for a period not to exceed three months, will receive formalized and on-the-job training in security and custodial duties for IDOC. Interested candidates are strongly encouraged to be physically fit at the level required at screening prior to arrival at the Training Academy. Upon successful completion of Pre-service Security Training, IDOC cadets will participate in a formal ceremony at the academy and cadets are awarded certificates and badges and sworn to the Oath of Office.

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Job Responsibilities

  • Receives on-the-job training under immediate supervision of a qualified correctional employee.
    • Assigned each work week to another correctional employee to assist in running lines, yard, dining room, housing units, facility buildings, writs, observing individuals in custody, perimeter patrol, armory, counting, shakedowns, movement, etc.
    • Travels by using a state issued vehicle to complete assignments.
  • Receives one week orientation at facility.
    • Given formal training in housing unit work, report writing, out-count work, yard work, running lines, individuals in custody at this institution and their assignments, chain-of-command, security buildings, disciplinary procedures, and any other training deemed necessary.
    • Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

Requires elementary knowledge of resident behavior problems.

Conditions of Employment

  • Requires completion of a pre-service security training course during trainee period.
  • Requires a valid appropriate driver’s license and the ability to travel statewide.
  • Requires ability to pass the IDOC/IDJJ background check.

About the Agency:

Work Hours:7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m., 11:00 p.m. - 7:00 a.m.; shift and days off will varyWork Location:1098 1350th St, Lincoln, Illinois, 62656Agency Contact:

Mitzi Minton - Central Screening

Mitzi.Minton@illinois.gov

Posting Group:Public Safety

This position [DOES NOT] contain “Specialized Skills” (as that term is used in CBAs).

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