Disease Intervention Specialist

Summary Of Job Duties Assists the Detention staff and contributes to the effective operation of the City's detention facility in the Municipal Court.

We currently have two vacancies and plan to establish an eligibility list for future vacancies.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities Assists the detention staff by obtaining, entering, and extracting detainee data from a computer data base; questioning of detainees; observing detainee behavior; operating the detention facility system control panel; maintaining the detention facility's computerized book-in system; monitors video equipment of all jail areas; processes records and legal documents to facilitate information access; and performing additional duties as assigned related to the operation of the City's detention facility.

Minimum Qualifications Education: High School Diploma or GED.

Experience: At least 1 year corrections/law enforcement experience. P.O.S.T certified may be accepted in lieu of experience. An equivalent combination of education, training, and experience that demonstrates required knowledge, skills, and abilities may be considered.

Licenses, Equipment or Certificates Required: First Aid, CPR, and NCIC/CCIC certifications required within 6 months of employment.This position may require the incumbent to occasionally use personal equipment (e.g. vehicle, cell phone, tools, etc.) in the course of their employment.

Knowledge: Knowledge of standard clerical/administrative practices.

Abilities: Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees and citizens; handle sensitive or difficult situations with tact and diplomacy; communicate effectively both orally and in writing; operate various types of office equipment; perform difficult or unpleasant housekeeping tasks.

Skills: Skill in the operation of a personal computer and related software; keyboarding skills.

This position is eligible for veteran's points. To claim veteran's points please submit a copy of your DD214 to our office by mail or dropping it off.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Physical Demands: May perform moderate to heavy physical work requiring ability to lift a maximum of 50 pounds; occasionally lifting and carrying objects weighing up to 25 pounds; considerable sitting to operate a control panel and enter data into a personal computer; occasional pushing, pulling, bending, and twisting requiring full range of body movement; frequent hand/eye coordination to operate control panel and other equipment as well as assisting in controlling prisoners; speech communication, hearing, and listening to maintain communication with other employees and prisoners; vision to monitor controls, video equipment, and prisoner activities.

Work Environment: Works indoors in a detention/jail facility; some exposure to noise and dust; regular exposure to prisoners, some combative. Shift work to include rotating shifts, working weekends and holidays.

Equipment Used: Operates a personal computer; kitchen and laundry equipment and control panels.

Leave Benefits Holidays The city provides the following 10 paid holidays to all regular and introductory employees:

• New Year's Day
• Martin Luther King Day
• Presidents' Day
• Memorial Day
• Independence Day
• Labor Day
• Veterans Day
• Thanksgiving Day
• Thanksgiving Holiday (day after Thanksgiving)
• Christmas Day

Personal Leave The city provides twenty-four (24) hours of personal leave to full-time employees each January 1 following the completion of one year of continuous service and 2080 worked hours (excluding over-time). A pro-rated portion of personal leave is provided after the first six (6) months of continuous service and again at twelve (12) months continuous service.

Annual Leave Employees Accrue Annual Leave After The Successful Completion Of Their Introductory Period. Accruals For Annual Leave For Full-time Regular Employees Are

0-2 years of service 12 days

2-4 years of service 13 days

4 years of service 14 days

6 years of service 15 days

8 years of service 16 days

10 years of service 17 days

12 years of service 18 days

14 years of service 20 days

15 years of service 23 days

Part-time and full-time employees working less than forty hours per week shall accrue annual leave on a pro rated basis according to the number of hours worked.

Sick Leave All regular employees excluding elected officials accrue Sick Leave upon their date of hire. All regular Career Service employees accrue 104 hours of Sick Leave for each 2080 hours of work. There is no maximum on the amount of sick leave that can be accrued.

Employee Leave Sharing Program The City offers an Employee Leave Sharing Program in order to assist with income protection for full-time and part-time regular employees when an employee must be absent from work due to catastrophic medical hardship to the employee, spouse or child(ren).

City employees may voluntarily donate Annual, Personal and Sick Leave hours to a qualified employee.

Emergency Leave Any regular or introductory employee may be allowed, at the discretion of the Department Director, up to 5 working days or 40 hours paid time off in the case of a death involving an employee's immediate family or in the case of a natural disaster involving the employee.

Civil Leave Any regular or introductory employee who is summoned for jury duty or is subpoenaed in an official capacity during a regularly schedule work day will be given paid time off.

Military Leave Any regular or introductory full-time employee who is a member of the National Guard or the Reserves will receive a maximum of 15 (eight-hour) paid days per calendar year.

BENEFIT PLANS AND PROGRAMS Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage The city offers four (4) medical plans; two (2) dental plans; and one (1) vision plan to regular employees (and their eligible dependents) to choose from. Medical, dental and vision coverage is effective the first day of the month following date of hire.

Life Insurance Life insurance is provided to regular employees in the event of death at no cost. In addition, regular employees are covered by the Accidental Death and Dismemberment benefit, which provides for additional benefits in the event of accidental death or serious accidental injury. Eligibility for life insurance begins on the employee's date of hire.

Employees may elect additional life insurance coverage on themselves through the city’s voluntary life insurance plan. Life insurance coverage is also available for dependents.

Flexible Spending Accounts Regular employees may participate in the City's flexible spending accounts program. This program allows employees to increase their tax savings by making pre-tax deposits to a Health or Dependent Care Spending Account to pay for work-related dependent care expenses and certain unreimbursed health expenses.

Retirement All regular Career Service employees participate in the General Employees Retirement Plan (“GERP”) which is a defined benefit pension plan. For 2013 participants will contribute 6% of their pre-tax earnings each pay period. The City of Aurora matches each employee's contributions. GERP credits interest on contributions while they remain with the Plan.

When employment with the City ends, participants may be eligible for a monthly retirement benefit, depending on their age and length of service. Alternatively, terminating participants may elect to receive a lump sum distribution of their contributions, interest and vested City contributions instead of a monthly benefit.

Long Term Disability When a regular employee cannot work for a prolonged time because of serious injury or illness, you need help with more than your medical bills. Long Term Disability Insurance (LTD) can replace a portion of your salary while you are unable to work. Full-time regular Career Service employees are eligible for LTD after completing 6 months of continuous service. After a period of 90 days, you may receive up to 60% of your current base pay.

Deferred Compensation (IRS Section 457) At an employee's option, participation in a Deferred Compensation program through the City of Aurora is available. Deferred Compensation provides pre-tax savings to employees who participate through automatic payroll deduction. It is a program that assists you in saving additional monies for your retirement. There are many investment choices offered by each of our Deferred Compensation providers. Your pre-tax dollar investment(s) grow each payday while interest accumulates.

01

Complete and thorough responses to the following questions are necessary in order to be considered for this vacancy and move to the next step in the recruitment process. Do you have at least 1 year of corrections/law enforcement experience?

• Yes
• No

02

Please describe your experience in security/corrections, including dates of employment, name of employer, title and contact information.

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Are you P.O.S.T cerified?

• Yes
• No

04

This position requires the ability to work shift, holidays and weekends including days, swings and graveyard shifts. Employees with the least amount of seniority are more likely to be required to work swings or graves and most holidays. Do you have the ability to work holidays, weekends, days, swings and/or graveyard shifts?

• Yes
• No

05

This position requires that the selected candidate undergo a complete and thorough employment verification, background check, including a criminal background check. Are you still interested in competing for this position?

• Yes
• No

06

The starting wage for this position will be up to $14.04 per hour. Are you still interested in competing for this position?

• Yes
• No
• Required Question