Arianna Ribalta-Ramirez
York County Prison
Hanover,PA
21
years of professional experience
Experienced with maintaining security and control within correctional facilities. Utilizes conflict resolution and de-escalation techniques to manage inmate behavior effectively. Strong understanding of legal and ethical standards, ensuring compliance and safety.
Work History
Correctional Officer/ Acting Sergeant
3 Years 3 Months- Manage daily operations, oversee correctional officers, enforce institutional rules, and maintain facility security.
- Ensures that inmates remain in custody. Transports and escorts inmates within secured areas according to policies, and procedures. Performs searches on inmates and visitors. Checks mail for contraband, such as weapons or drugs.
- Prepares incident reports and other documentation.
- Enforces rules and regulations governing facility security, inmate conduct, and inmate accountability.
- Conducts accurate headcounts.
Milieu Management Specialist
1 Year- Responds to emergency situations such as accidents, injuries, violent behavior or outbursts and safety hazards. Provides assistance, summons proper authorities and polices area to maintain order, safety and to protect patients, employees and visitors.
- Manages behavioral crises including 1:1 observation, redirection, physical restraint and team crisis interventions.
- Monitors conduct of patients and visitors on the unit; reports problems to the RN in charge.
- Participates in room and safety checks
- Awareness of behavioral management plans for acute patients in cooperation with treatment team recommendations.
- Provides one-on-one intervention with patients who have a high risk for violence.
- Reports safety and/or fire hazards or security violations.
- Coordinates with outside law enforcement agencies and the legal system as necessary.
Security Officer II
2 Months- Patrolling and securing the area.
- Investigate disturbances.
- Crisis response.
- Report suspicious activities and persons.
- Safety management.
Lead Psychiatric Technician
3 Years 4 Months- Working with high risk adult and youth. To provide hands-on care with varying degrees of mental illnesses and/or developmental disabilities. Performs vital, front-line function in all healthcare settings as observe, treat and interact with patients. As a lead I make sure staff and patients are safe. Prepare the schedule and make room changes. Encourage patients to develop work skills and to participate in social, recreational, and other therapeutic activities that enhance interpersonal skills and develop social relationships.
- Collaborate with and assist doctors, psychologists, and rehabilitation therapists working with mentally ill, emotionally disturbed, or developmentally disabled patients in order to treat, rehabilitate, and return patients to the community.
- Restrain violent, potentially violent, or suicidal patients by verbal or physical means as required.
- Demonstrated proactive, appropriate, and effective approaches with patients while maintaining self-control during crisis interventions with behavior management techniques.
- Coping skills, group counseling, individual sessions, and regulatory compliance.
Residential Counselor
3 Years 6 Months- Help residents in recovering from mental and physical trauma.
- Taught residents skills to perform daily-living activities independently.
- Coordinated several educational and recreational events for residents.
- Organized social activities in groups. Ensure safe environment for residents, control behavior and redirect youths.
- Maintain and order needed supplies for the facility offer personalized care for residents with special needs crisis intervention, medication monitoring, documentation, and development of individual rehabilitation plans.
Administrative Assistant
2 Years 11 Months- Assume receptionist duties, greet public and refer them to appropriate staff members, answer phone, route calls, and take messages, radio check, monitor the airwaves and complete end of shift reports.
- Assist staff with administrative duties as requested assist with completion of necessary statistical reports as requested.
- Update and maintain mailing lists input new hire in the system update and check security licenses, maintains human resources records by recording transfers, terminations, changes in job classifications, merit increases; tracking vacation, sick, and personal time.
- Documents human resources actions by completing forms, reports, logs, and records.
Security Officer
3 Years 11 Months- Monitor and authorize entrance and departure of employees, visitors, and other persons to guard against theft and maintain security of premises.
- Write reports of daily activities and irregularities such as equipment or property damage, theft, presence of unauthorized persons, or unusual occurrences.
- Call police or fire departments in cases of emergency, such as fire or presence of unauthorized persons.
- Answer alarms and investigate disturbances.
- Circulate among visitors, patrons, or employees to preserve order and protect property. Maintains specialized records of the department to which assigned.
- Maintain radio communication with security officer.
- Inputs data entry for registration of vehicles. Provides information to visitors, students and staff regarding operations of the department in person or over the telephone.
- Operates a computer, calculator, data entry machine and other office equipment.
- Prepares reports, statistics and other information relating to the operation of the unit to which assigned.
- Maintains files, records and statistics of the unit.
- Performs related duties as required.
Supervisor
1 Year- Responsible for the day-to-day performance of a small group of officers on duty, see that all members of the team are productive, and resolve problems as they arise.
Juvenile Care Custody Officer
1 Year- Responsibilities are intake booking, screening questionnaire, mugshot, and fingerprinting.
Juvenile Correctional/Detention Officer
1 Year- Maintain safety and security supervision on youth in custody
- Conducting security walks and headcounts preparing logbook entries and writing reports, communicating over radio channels while initiating and responding to radio communications.
- Selecting and operating appropriate buttons, switches and knobs used to control doors, sliders, and communication systems also I was the lead staff for mentally challenged youth perform random check suicide watch every 30 minutes and or one on one watch.
Youth Care Worker
1 Year- Care custody and control, be a role model, create a safe and supportive environment.
Education
High School Diploma
Skills
First aid training
Emergency response
De-escalation techniques
Conflict resolution skills
Inmate supervision
Mental health awareness
Stress tolerance
Relationship building and management
Crisis management
CCTV monitoring
Firearm operations trained
Emergency management
File and record maintenance
Strong communication skills
File management expertise
Data entry
Microsoft office expertise
Administrative support
Numeric data entry
Document scanning
Timeline
Correctional Officer/ Acting Sergeant
York County Prison
03.2023 - CurrentRead More
Milieu Management Specialist
WellSpan Health
03.2022 - 03.2023Read More
Security Officer II
WellSpan Health
01.2022 - 03.2022Read More
Lead Psychiatric Technician
Wellspan Philhaven Behavioral Health
09.2018 - 01.2022Read More
Residential Counselor
Wellspan/Philhaven
03.2015 - 09.2018Read More
Administrative Assistant
Dispatch
01.2012 - 12.2014Read More
Security Officer
Dispatch
01.2011 - 12.2014Read More
Supervisor
Allied Barton Security
01.2010 - 01.2011Read More
Juvenile Care Custody Officer
Allied Barton Security
01.2009 - 01.2010Read More
Juvenile Correctional/Detention Officer
DJJ
01.2008 - 01.2009Read More
Youth Care Worker
Miami River of Life
01.2005 - 01.2006Read More
John I Leonard
High School Diploma
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