Community Specialist - Pickens County
for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. Preserve all substantive info.
We need to parse the posting.
Content:
- Intro: "If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference and you have a passion for making a difference in the lives of South Carolina's youth, consider joining the dedicated people of the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ)." That's about the role? Could be "About the role".
- Mission: "It is the mission of the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) to impact and transform young lives, strengthen families, and support safer communities through targeted prevention and rehabilitation." That's also about the role.
- Job Purpose: "Entry level specialist position that provides case management coordination services to include assessment, interviewing, planning, monitoring, advocacy, direct supervision, and intervention of youth referred to the Department of Juvenile Justice." That's about role.
- Job Responsibilities: list of duties.
- Minimum And Additional Requirements: includes State Minimum Requirements (bachelor's degree), Additional Requirements (knowledge, abilities), etc.
- Preferred Qualifications: "PREFERRED AGENCY REQUIREMENTS: A bachelor's degree in social science or its equivalent. Experience in strength-based case management, work with community-based programs, intake, probation, parole, intensive case management, criminal justice, or equivalent related experience."
- Additional Comments: benefits list, application instructions etc. We need to extract benefits: "The South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice offers an exceptional benefits package for FTE positions that includes: Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Health, dental, and life insurance 15 days annual (vacation) leave per year 15 days of sick leave per year 13 paid holidays State retirement plans and deferred compensation programs Discount Programs such as TicketatWork and WeSave"
Also mention Sign-On Bonus info.
Pay and Schedule: Not mentioned. So we should NOT include Pay or Schedule sections.
We need sections: About the role (maybe combine intro, mission, job purpose). Responsibilities (list). Requirements (maybe Minimum Requirements). Qualifications (Preferred Qualifications). Skills (maybe abilities listed). Benefits (list). Ensure we don't create empty sections.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Use for each section heading.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose.
We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep details like "Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program", etc.
We need to remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. The "Additional Comments" includes application instructions like "Applications are incomplete if you fail to answer all supplemental questions...". Those are application instructions; we should remove them. Also "Sign-On Bonus: Agencies may give sign-on bonuses..." maybe keep as part of benefits? It's about sign-on bonus, could be considered benefit. We'll keep it as part of benefits.
We need to keep "Must be able to drive and travel throughout the state. Must be able to physically lift up to 25 lbs." etc.
We need to keep "Training applicable to these duties will be provided. Some overnight travel for training as needed."
We need to keep "A background investigation will be conducted that may include but is not limited to, criminal records, driver's license, and child abuse registry prior to an offer of employment. Additionally, a medical examination and drug testing may be required." That's maybe part of requirements? It's about hiring process; could be considered requirements? It's not a duty but a condition. Might be considered part of Requirements (maybe "Additional Requirements"). We'll keep it under Requirements.
We need to keep "Please provide an explanation for any gaps in employment. A resume may be attached to your application but not substituted for completing the work history section of the application." That's application instruction; remove.
We need to keep "Sign-On Bonus: Agencies may give sign-on bonuses to individuals recruited to critical needs jobs at the beginning of their employment with the agency. Bonuses cannot be offered or given to employees moving from other agencies by transfer, promotion or demotion. Sign-on bonuses are limited to one per employee, per year." Keep as benefit.
Now structure:
About the role
If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference and you have a passion for making a difference in the lives of South Carolina's youth, consider joining the dedicated people of the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ). It is the mission of the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) to impact and transform young lives, strengthen families, and support safer communities through targeted prevention and rehabilitation. This entry level specialist position provides case management coordination services including assessment, interviewing, planning, monitoring, advocacy, direct supervision, and intervention of youth referred to the Department of Juvenile Justice.
But we must not invent or summarize away detail. The above combines sentences; it's okay as long as we keep all info. We have kept all.
Now Responsibilities: list each duty.
From "Job Responsibilities" paragraph:
- Serves as the primary case manager for youth referred to DJJ through diversion, intake, probation, or parole supervision.
- Interviews juveniles, family members and any service providers servicing the youth to assess juveniles’ level of functioning, strengths, and needs.
- Monitors juvenile for compliance with court orders.
- Provides alternatives to incarceration through the use of graduated responses and STAP.
- Serves as on-call agent on rotation.
- Provide a comprehensive plan of supervision for the assigned youth to include diversion, intake, probation, or parole.
- Develops a comprehensive needs-based case management plan.
- Advocates on behalf of youth and families to ensure appropriate, timely and consistent services.
- Conducts assessments for services and living arrangements for youth re-entry to the community.
- Maintains case file to include JJMS data entry and uploading documents.
- Promotes restorative justice practices to address the repair of harm/compensation to victims and communities.
- Prepares reports, forms, and participates in various meetings.
- Participates in job related training and workshops for professional development.
- Conducts other duties as assigned, required, or requested.
We need to keep all.
Now Requirements: include State Minimum Requirements and Additional Requirements, plus maybe background investigation etc.
State Minimum Requirements: "A bachelor's degree in social science or its equivalent."
Additional Requirements: list of knowledge and abilities:
- Knowledge of federal/state laws and regulations pertaining to juvenile offenders and the juvenile justice system.
- Knowledge of the objective, techniques, and practices of juvenile justice intake/probation functions.
- Knowledge of fact-gathering methods and interviewing techniques.
- Ability to develop, enhance and work with community collaborative initiatives.
- Ability to organize and maintain a case load.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
- Ability to facilitate and broker services for juveniles, their families, and victims.
- Ability to utilize a wide range of graduated responses.
- Must be proficient in Microsoft and other MS applications.
- This position performs job duties relating to the custody, control, transportation, or recapture of youth within the jurisdiction of the Department of Juvenile Justice, and the employee may have direct and indirect contact with youth within the jurisdiction of the Department of Juvenile Justice.
- Training applicable to these duties will be provided.
- Some overnight travel for training as needed.
- Must be able to drive and travel throughout the state.
- Must be able to physically lift up to 25 lbs.
- A background investigation will be conducted that may include but is not limited to, criminal records, driver's license, and child abuse registry prior to an offer of employment.
- Additionally, a medical examination and drug testing may be required.
We should keep all.
Now Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications:
- A bachelor's degree in social science or its equivalent. (Note duplicate of minimum but it's preferred)
- Experience in strength-based case management, work with community-based programs, intake, probation, parole, intensive case management, criminal justice, or equivalent related experience.
Now Skills: maybe we could extract abilities as skills, but we already have abilities in Requirements. Could create Skills section for abilities like "Ability to develop, enhance and work with community collaborative initiatives", etc. But we might duplicate. The instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. Could combine Requirements and Qualifications into one? But we need to follow headings list; we can include only those with real content. We have content for Requirements, Qualifications, Skills (maybe we can list abilities as skills). However abilities already listed under Requirements; we could move them to Skills and keep Requirements just for education. But we must preserve all info; we can split.
Let's decide:
- Requirements: Education (bachelor's degree) and maybe background investigation etc? Actually background investigation is more of a condition, could be under Requirements.
- Qualifications: Preferred qualifications (experience).
- Skills: Abilities list (knowledge and abilities). But knowledge also could be skills. We'll treat knowledge and abilities as Skills.
Thus:
Requirements
- A bachelor's degree in social science or its equivalent.
- This position performs job duties relating to the custody, control, transportation, or recapture of youth within the jurisdiction of the Department of Juvenile Justice, and the employee may have direct and indirect contact with youth within the jurisdiction of the Department of Juvenile Justice.
- Training applicable to these duties will be provided.
- Some overnight travel for training as needed.
- Must be able to drive and travel throughout the state.
- Must be able to physically lift up to 25 lbs.
- A background investigation will be conducted that may include but is not limited to, criminal records, driver's license, and child abuse registry prior to an offer of employment.
- Additionally, a medical examination and drug testing may be required.
Skills
- Knowledge of federal/state laws and regulations pertaining to juvenile offenders and the juvenile justice system.
- Knowledge of the objective, techniques, and practices of juvenile justice intake/probation functions.
- Knowledge of fact-gathering methods and interviewing techniques.
- Ability to develop, enhance and work with community collaborative initiatives.
- Ability to organize and maintain a case load.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
- Ability to facilitate and broker services for juveniles, their families, and victims.
- Ability to utilize a wide range of graduated responses.
- Must be proficient in Microsoft and other MS applications.
Qualifications
- A bachelor's degree in social science or its equivalent.
- Experience in strength-based case management, work with community-based programs, intake, probation, parole, intensive case management, criminal justice, or equivalent related experience.
But note duplicate bachelor's degree appears in both Requirements and Qualifications; that's okay as it's in posting.
Now Benefits:
Benefits
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Health, dental, and life insurance
- 15 days annual (vacation) leave per year
- 15 days of sick leave per year
- 13 paid holidays
- State retirement plans and deferred compensation programs
- Discount Programs such as TicketatWork and WeSave
- Sign-On Bonus: Agencies may give sign-on bonuses to individuals recruited to critical needs jobs at the beginning of their employment with the agency. Bonuses cannot be offered or given to employees moving from other agencies by transfer, promotion or demotion. Sign-on bonuses are limited
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep details like "Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program", etc. We need to remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. The "Additional Comments" includes application instructions like "Applications are incomplete if you fail to answer all supplemental questions...". Those are application instructions; we should remove them. Also "Sign-On Bonus: Agencies may give sign-on bonuses..." maybe keep as part of benefits? It's about sign-on bonus, could be considered benefit. We'll keep it as part of benefits. We need to keep "Must be able to drive and travel throughout the state. Must be able to physically lift up to 25 lbs." etc. We need to keep "Training applicable to these duties will be provided. Some overnight travel for training as needed." We need to keep "A background investigation will be conducted that may include but is not limited to, criminal records, driver's license, and child abuse registry prior to an offer of employment. Additionally, a medical examination and drug testing may be required." That's maybe part of requirements? It's about hiring process; could be considered requirements? It's not a duty but a condition. Might be considered part of Requirements (maybe "Additional Requirements"). We'll keep it under Requirements. We need to keep "Please provide an explanation for any gaps in employment. A resume may be attached to your application but not substituted for completing the work history section of the application." That's application instruction; remove. We need to keep "Sign-On Bonus: Agencies may give sign-on bonuses to individuals recruited to critical needs jobs at the beginning of their employment with the agency. Bonuses cannot be offered or given to employees moving from other agencies by transfer, promotion or demotion. Sign-on bonuses are limited to one per employee, per year." Keep as benefit. Now structure:
About the role
If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference and you have a passion for making a difference in the lives of South Carolina's youth, consider joining the dedicated people of the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ). It is the mission of the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) to impact and transform young lives, strengthen families, and support safer communities through targeted prevention and rehabilitation. This entry level specialist position provides case management coordination services including assessment, interviewing, planning, monitoring, advocacy, direct supervision, and intervention of youth referred to the Department of Juvenile Justice.
But we must not invent or summarize away detail. The above combines sentences; it's okay as long as we keep all info. We have kept all. Now Responsibilities: list each duty. From "Job Responsibilities" paragraph: - Serves as the primary case manager for youth referred to DJJ through diversion, intake, probation, or parole supervision. - Interviews juveniles, family members and any service providers servicing the youth to assess juveniles’ level of functioning, strengths, and needs. - Monitors juvenile for compliance with court orders. - Provides alternatives to incarceration through the use of graduated responses and STAP. - Serves as on-call agent on rotation. - Provide a comprehensive plan of supervision for the assigned youth to include diversion, intake, probation, or parole. - Develops a comprehensive needs-based case management plan. - Advocates on behalf of youth and families to ensure appropriate, timely and consistent services. - Conducts assessments for services and living arrangements for youth re-entry to the community. - Maintains case file to include JJMS data entry and uploading documents. - Promotes restorative justice practices to address the repair of harm/compensation to victims and communities. - Prepares reports, forms, and participates in various meetings. - Participates in job related training and workshops for professional development. - Conducts other duties as assigned, required, or requested. We need to keep all. Now Requirements: include State Minimum Requirements and Additional Requirements, plus maybe background investigation etc. State Minimum Requirements: "A bachelor's degree in social science or its equivalent." Additional Requirements: list of knowledge and abilities: - Knowledge of federal/state laws and regulations pertaining to juvenile offenders and the juvenile justice system. - Knowledge of the objective, techniques, and practices of juvenile justice intake/probation functions. - Knowledge of fact-gathering methods and interviewing techniques. - Ability to develop, enhance and work with community collaborative initiatives. - Ability to organize and maintain a case load. - Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing. - Ability to facilitate and broker services for juveniles, their families, and victims. - Ability to utilize a wide range of graduated responses. - Must be proficient in Microsoft and other MS applications. - This position performs job duties relating to the custody, control, transportation, or recapture of youth within the jurisdiction of the Department of Juvenile Justice, and the employee may have direct and indirect contact with youth within the jurisdiction of the Department of Juvenile Justice. - Training applicable to these duties will be provided. - Some overnight travel for training as needed. - Must be able to drive and travel throughout the state. - Must be able to physically lift up to 25 lbs. - A background investigation will be conducted that may include but is not limited to, criminal records, driver's license, and child abuse registry prior to an offer of employment. - Additionally, a medical examination and drug testing may be required. We should keep all. Now Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications: - A bachelor's degree in social science or its equivalent. (Note duplicate of minimum but it's preferred) - Experience in strength-based case management, work with community-based programs, intake, probation, parole, intensive case management, criminal justice, or equivalent related experience. Now Skills: maybe we could extract abilities as skills, but we already have abilities in Requirements. Could create Skills section for abilities like "Ability to develop, enhance and work with community collaborative initiatives", etc. But we might duplicate. The instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. Could combine Requirements and Qualifications into one? But we need to follow headings list; we can include only those with real content. We have content for Requirements, Qualifications, Skills (maybe we can list abilities as skills). However abilities already listed under Requirements; we could move them to Skills and keep Requirements just for education. But we must preserve all info; we can split. Let's decide: - Requirements: Education (bachelor's degree) and maybe background investigation etc? Actually background investigation is more of a condition, could be under Requirements. - Qualifications: Preferred qualifications (experience). - Skills: Abilities list (knowledge and abilities). But knowledge also could be skills. We'll treat knowledge and abilities as Skills. Thus:Requirements
- A bachelor's degree in social science or its equivalent.
- This position performs job duties relating to the custody, control, transportation, or recapture of youth within the jurisdiction of the Department of Juvenile Justice, and the employee may have direct and indirect contact with youth within the jurisdiction of the Department of Juvenile Justice.
- Training applicable to these duties will be provided.
- Some overnight travel for training as needed.
- Must be able to drive and travel throughout the state.
- Must be able to physically lift up to 25 lbs.
- A background investigation will be conducted that may include but is not limited to, criminal records, driver's license, and child abuse registry prior to an offer of employment.
- Additionally, a medical examination and drug testing may be required.
Skills
- Knowledge of federal/state laws and regulations pertaining to juvenile offenders and the juvenile justice system.
- Knowledge of the objective, techniques, and practices of juvenile justice intake/probation functions.
- Knowledge of fact-gathering methods and interviewing techniques.
- Ability to develop, enhance and work with community collaborative initiatives.
- Ability to organize and maintain a case load.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
- Ability to facilitate and broker services for juveniles, their families, and victims.
- Ability to utilize a wide range of graduated responses.
- Must be proficient in Microsoft and other MS applications.
Qualifications
- A bachelor's degree in social science or its equivalent.
- Experience in strength-based case management, work with community-based programs, intake, probation, parole, intensive case management, criminal justice, or equivalent related experience.
Benefits
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Health, dental, and life insurance
- 15 days annual (vacation) leave per year
- 15 days of sick leave per year
- 13 paid holidays
- State retirement plans and deferred compensation programs
- Discount Programs such as TicketatWork and WeSave
- Sign-On Bonus: Agencies may give sign-on bonuses to individuals recruited to critical needs jobs at the beginning of their employment with the agency. Bonuses cannot be offered or given to employees moving from other agencies by transfer, promotion or demotion. Sign-on bonuses are limited