There is a place for you at Highland Rivers Behavioral Health!

Highland Rivers provides treatment and recovery services to individuals impacted by mental illness; substance use disorders and intellectual developmental disabilities.

Job Summary: The Security Officer for the Behavioral Health Crisis Center is responsible for performing a variety of safety and security functions related to the safeguarding of our employees, individuals, visitors and property.

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Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Continuously monitor environment for hazards and safety conditions.
• Intervene, stabilize and manage acute crisis situations as needed.
• Document report of activities such as equipment or property damage, theft, presence of unauthorized persons, or unusual occurrences.
• Monitor hallways and corridors via CCTV to control traffic and unauthorized movement.
• Scan identification cards to ensure authorized persons entering building premises.
• Maintain organization's stability and reputation by complying with legal requirements.
• Patrol and monitor hallways, stairwells, restroom facilities, outside facilities, and other public and unsupervised places of the individuals and staff and the security of the facility.
• Detect suspicious activities and watch for criminal acts or individual rule infractions at or near assigned post which may be a threat at the sites.
• Respond to emergencies, such as medical and bomb threats; and to alarms, such as fire and intrusion by following emergency response procedures.
• Observes conduct and behavior of individuals to prevent disturbances.
• Inspect locks, window bars, grills, doors, and gates for tampering
• Other duties as assigned.