SECURITY OFFICER (UMP)
Alton, IL, US, 62002
Job Requisition ID: 48607
Opening Date: 07/29/2025
Closing Date: 08/11/2025
Agency: Department of Human Services
Class Title: SECURITY OFFICER - 39870
Skill Option: UMP Certificate
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Salary: $4,924 - $7,044 per month ($59,088 - $84,528 per year)
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time
County: Madison
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: RC029
Merit Comp Code:
This position is a union position; therefore, provisions of the relevant collective bargaining agreement/labor contract apply to the filling of this position.
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Applications submitted via email or any paper manner (mail, fax, hand delivery) will not be considered.
Why Work for Illinois?
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No matter what state career you’re looking for, we offer jobs that fit your life and your schedule—flexible jobs that provide the gold standard of benefits. Our employees can take advantage of various avenues to advance their careers and realize their dreams. Our top-tier benefits and great retirement packages can help you build a rewarding career and lasting future with the State of Illinois.
Position Overview
The Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery is seeking to hire a Security Officer for the Alton Mental Health Center located in Alton, Illinois to provide security to all areas of the Center on an assigned shift. Responds to disturbance calls, conducts fire drills and responds to fire alarms. Searches for missing patients and reports unsafe and hazardous conditions. Responds to other types of emergencies. Secures patients around the hospital and in the community. Assists with investigations of alleged events. Gathers witness statements and evidence. Prepares written reports for the Office of Inspector General (OIG). Escorts and transports patients to different locations. Verifies the safety of patients and staff.
Essential Functions
- Provides security to all areas of the Alton Mental Health Center on an assigned shift.
- Responds to disturbance calls and breaks-up disturbances caused by patients, visitors, or staff.
- Assists law enforcement and other state investigative agency’s/entities/bodies with investigations of alleged events.
- Escorts and transports patients to different locations of the hospital and in the community.
- Conducts regularly scheduled emergency drills (e.g., fire, tornado, bomb).
- Participates in Crisis Prevention and Intervention (CPI) training for the non-violent physical control of combative patients.
- As part of the Intake assignment, verifies the safety of patients and staff.
- Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.
Minimum Qualifications
- Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to the completion of high school.
* Qualifying state employees in the Upward Mobility Program shall have the stated requirements of this classification waived by successful completion of specific proficiency tests and training programs.
Preferred Qualifications
- Two (2) years of experience working with security requirements and regulations for a public or private organization.
- Two (2) years of experience in the use of security enforcement practices and techniques.
- Two (2) years of experience working with emergency response procedures including fire safety and controls for a public or private organization.
- Two (2) years of experience providing initial responses to security breeches and safety hazards.
- Two (2) years of experience communicating effectively both orally and in writing.
- One (1) year of experience utilizing Microsoft Office with basic computer skills.
Conditions of Employment
- Requires the ability to become OIG rule 50.3 certified within 90 days of employment.
- Requires the ability to climb stairs, chase runaways and physically restrain patients as necessary to prevent injury to patient or others.
- Requires the ability to work after business hours, weekends, and holidays.
- Requires the ability to travel in the performance of job duties.
- Requires a valid driver’s license.
- Requires the ability obtain and maintain Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certificate.
- Requires the ability to pass CPI (Crisis Prevention and Intervention) training.
- Requires ability to pass the IDHS background check.
- Requires ability to pass a drug screen for drugs prohibited from recreational use under Illinois Law.
* All conditions of employment listed are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.
Work Hours: 3:30pm - 11:30pm Sunday - Thursday; 30-minute paid lunch
Security Dept.
Work Location: 4500 College Ave, Alton, Illinois, 62002-5012
Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery
Alton Mental Health Center
Security Office
Agency Contact: DHS.HiringUnit@illinois.gov
Posting Group: Public Safety; Social Services
About the Agency:
The Illinois Department of Human Services uplifts individuals and communities across Illinois. Our mission is to respond to the needs of all people in Illinois so they can lead healthy, safe, and enriched lives. Our vision is the future we are shaping with dignity and the well-being for everyone in Illinois. Our values are the principles that guide us as we work to remove systemic barriers and create lasting opportunities with Compassion, Accessibility, Responsibility, and Equity.
As a State of Illinois Employee, you will receive a robust benefit package that includes the following:
- A Pension Program
- Competitive Group Insurance Benefits including Health, Life, Dental and Vision Insurance
- 3 Paid Personal Business Days annually
- 12 Paid Sick Days annually (Sick days carry over from year to year)
- 10-25 Days of Paid Vacation time annually - (10 days in year one of employment)
- Personal, Sick, & Vacation rates modified for 12-hour & part-time work schedules (as applicable)
- 13 Paid Holidays annually, 14 on even numbered years
- Flexible Work Schedules (when available dependent upon position)
- 12 Weeks Paid Parental Leave
- Deferred Compensation Program - A supplemental retirement plan
- Optional Pre-Tax Programs such as Medical Care Assistance Plan (MCAP), Dependent Care Assistance Plan (DCAP)
- Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program eligibility
- GI Bill® Training/Apprenticeship Benefits eligibility for qualifying Veterans
- 5% Salary Differential for Bilingual Positions
- Commuter Savings Program (Chicago only)
For more information about our benefits please follow this link: https://cms.illinois.gov/benefits/stateemployee.html
This title is within the Upward Mobility Program (UMP). General Program information can be found by clicking on the Upward Mobility Program link or for specific title information at UMP Title Descriptions. To utilize upward mobility contractual rights for this position, employee must apply internally and upload a copy of the UMP grade notice to their application documents prior to submission. UMP grades can be uploaded to the Additional Documents OR Grade Documentation section of the application.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
Use the “Apply” button at the top right or bottom right of this posting to begin the application process.
If you are not already signed in, you will be prompted to do so.
State employees should sign in to the career portal for State of Illinois employees – a link is available at the top left of the Illinois.jobs2web.com homepage in the blue ribbon.
Non-State employees should log in on the using the “View Profile” link in the top right of the Illinois.jobs2web.com homepage in the blue ribbon. If you have never before signed in, you will be prompted to create an account.
If you have questions about how to apply, please see the following resources:
State employees: Log in to the career portal for State employees and review the Internal Candidate Application Job Aid
Non-State employees: on Illinois.jobs2web.com – click “Application Procedures” in the footer of every page of the website.
State employees should include temporary assignment in the application profile. Temporary assignment verification forms can be uploaded to the Additional Documents section.
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