SOP_NUMBER: 502.01-att-2
TITLE: Recreation Aide Job Description & Responsibilities
DIVISION: Inmate Services
TOPIC_AREA: 502 Policy-Recreation Services
EFFECTIVE_DATE: 2022-04-07
WORD_COUNT: 300
POWERDMS_URL: https://public.powerdms.com/GADOC/documents/178937
URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/502.01-att-2/

SUMMARY:
This document establishes the qualifications and screening criteria for assigning incarcerated individuals to Recreation Aide positions within GDC facilities. Recreation Aides assist in operating recreation programs and must meet specific behavioral, work history, and skill requirements including good social skills, clean disciplinary records for one year, prior work experience with good ratings, knowledge of leisure activities and exercise equipment, and willingness to work flexible schedules including evenings and weekends.

KEY_TOPICS: Recreation Aide, inmate job assignment, recreation services, job qualifications, disciplinary requirements, work assignment, recreation department, leisure activities, exercise equipment, facility operations, offender employment, job screening criteria

ATTACHMENTS:
  1. Georgia Department of Corrections Recreation Equipment Master Inventory Sheet
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/502.01-att-1/
  2. Recreation Aide Job Description & Responsibilities
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/502.01-att-2/
  3. Attachment 3 - Monthly Recreation Report
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/502.01-att-3/
  4. Recreation Aide Work Sign-In Sheet
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/502.01-att-4/
  5. Recreation Services - Orientation Presentation Template
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/502.01-att-5/
  6. Leisure Activity Survey
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/502.01-att-6/
  7. Weekly Safety and Sanitation Inspection Form
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/502.01-att-7/
  8. Recreation Maintenance Work Request
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/502.01-att-8/
  9. Georgia Department of Corrections Recreation Program Visiting Volunteer Waiver of Liability
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/502.01-att-9/

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SOP 502.01
Attachment 2
4/7//22

# Georgia Department of Corrections Recreation Aide Job Description & Responsibilities


Facilities shall ensure that qualified offenders are assigned as Recreation Aides when possible. The
Recreation Aide job assignment should contribute to the personal development of the offender and
the efficient operation of the facility. This job assignment shall approximate the same qualifications
of a Recreation Assistant position in the community.

The following is a list of the criteria to be taken into consideration when screening an offender for
the position of a Recreation Aide:

- Must have good social skills and the ability to work with a diverse group of people

- Must be free from major disciplinary infractions (High & Greatest disciplinary violations)
for one (1) year

- Must have worked in other job assignments at the facility for the last three months with a
good rating from previous work assignment supervisors as it pertains to:


a. Completion of job duties as instructed

b.  Ability to work independently and willingness to assist as needed

c. Showing up for work on time;

d. Good attitude

e. Ability to lift 5-10 pounds as it pertains to the Recreation Department


- Must have some knowledge of leisure activity and possess the ability to share the health
benefits of good nutrition and exercise; be able to organize activities.

- Should have some knowledge of exercise equipment and its operation for maximum
benefits to the user, and be able to explain and demonstrate such knowledge; maintain
equipment logs and equipment

- Must be willing to work a flexible schedule to include evenings, weekends, and/or a
staggered schedule; be able to explain and enforce rules; be able to train others

- Must be willing to learn other areas of the Recreation Department as needed


Retention Schedule: These guidelines shall be maintained until revised and replaced .