DETENTION SPECIALIST
SHERIFF’S OFFICE


Salary Rate: $13.46 per hour


 
 
Benefits: Eligible for health and dental coverage, mandatory retirement plan, life insurance, long term disability insurance, deferred compensation, ten paid 
holidays per year, ten days annual leave per year after twelve months, and thirteen days sick leave per year

Status: Non-Exempt (N) - Employees are eligible for overtime pay 

Schedule: Shift Work

Essential Functions:
· Maintain central control and tower controls in Detention Center
· Ask questions of arrestees to elicit information needed to complete forms and establish a security assessment, housing needs and victimization potential
· Prepare for and testify effectively in court proceedings
· Receive and take inventory of inmate personal property
· Use NCIC and GCIC computer system to check outstanding charges on inmates, send teletypes to law enforcement agencies; contact local agencies to check for outstanding warrants
· Receive logs and record various legal documents
· Interact with defendants, attorneys and other persons requesting information or documents
· Answer phone, operate switchboard system and respond to general inquiries
· Cross train to perform additional duties when necessary
· Format and types letters, memos, forms, flyers, newsletters and other correspondence 
· May collect money and perform basic accounting

Minimum Qualifications:
· High School Diploma or GED
· Date Entry skills (6,000 keystrokes per hour minimum) required

Physical Requirements: Moderate Demands

Please contact the Cobb County Sheriff's Office, Recruiting Unit
for the next available test date or to request further information.




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