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Do you like excitement and challenge in your work where every day is always a little bit different? Do you want to be part of a collaborative team working with adults to help them make changes in their lives? If so, then a Correctional Officer may be the career for you!

The Ministry of Corrections and Policing is accepting applications for Permanent Part Time Correctional Officers across the province. Correctional Officers are positive, motivated and energetic role models that are non-judgmental and have excellent communication, interpersonal and problem solving skills. Correctional Officers are responsible and accountable, exhibit leadership, embrace diversity and equality, and treat everyone with dignity and respect.

A Correctional Officer will: work closely with adult offenders who may have special needs, gender differences and various cultural and spiritual belief systems, manage a caseload of adult offenders, applying various counseling methodologies including addressing criminogenic factors and their relationship to human behaviour; establish, build and maintain work relationships with effective interpersonal communication (both written and verbal); appropriately apply policy, procedures and legislation; be responsible for the security of adult inmates in different correctional settings; maintain a level of fitness to meet the requirements of a physically demanding work environment; accurately input, update, and format information using a variety of computer software and electronic systems; and be available for shift work.

Typically, a university degree in the Social Sciences or closely related discipline, a diploma in Correctional Studies, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience is required.