Correctional Youth Security Officer II - Committed Services.

About the role

This position is a direct care/essential role that provides direct and engaging supervision of Youth in DYS State Operated Secure Facilities. Specific duties and expectations are:

Responsibilities

• Safety/Security - Work involves providing direct care, safety, security, and supervision of adjudicated and/or pre-adjudicated youth in a secure setting.
• Youth Center Programming - Actively and with positive engagement, implement and follow the Youth Center’s behavioral management program, teach, coach, and redirect youth within the program.
• Documentation/Recording and Reporting - Document observations of youth behavior and response to program(s) and document all unit activities and required information in appropriate logs and records systems.
• Organizational Accountability - Through all communications and behaviors demonstrate, support, and contribute to a healthy, positive, and respectful cultural climate throughout the Youth Center by adhering to our organizational values of Nonviolence, Open Communication, Social Responsibility, Growth and Change, Social Learning, Democracy, and Emotional Intelligence.

Requirements

• Requirement to adhere to the CDHS Code of Conduct, DYS Compliance Review Standards, and CDHS and DYS policies.
• Success will come through the development of healthy, positive relationships supported by creating a trauma responsive environment.
• Complete DYS Pre-Service training academy, Youth Center training, and orientation process as a new employee.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or General Education Diploma (GED)
• One (1) year of professional experience in an occupational field related to the work assigned to the position.
• Additional appropriate education will substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis.

Preferred Qualifications

• College education in a behavioral health and or juvenile justice-related field.
• Experience working with adjudicated and/or detained youth within a secure residential facility and/or a behavioral health setting;
• Experience facilitating psychoeducational groups;
• Education/experience working with adolescents who have trauma;
• Experience working with youth in positive leadership roles, such as mentoring and coaching.
• Experience utilizing verbal de-escalation and motivational techniques.
• Relevant years of state service experience.

Skills

• Skilled in conflict management.
• Strong work ethic, integrity, and dependability.
• Sound judgment and decision-making skills.
• Self-control, composure, and the ability to manage stressful situations.
• Ability to verbally communicate clearly and willingness to do so respectfully.
• Ability to identify and act on changes, inappropriate activity, hazards or potential security breaches and verbally communicate pertinent information.
• Ability to study information and recount events in a written, factual, concise, and legible method.

Benefits

Employees are typically on their feet during the entire shift. Youth living quarters are located on multiple levels and employees must frequently climb stairs in the performance of job duties.

Pay

Details on pay will be provided in the job offer letter.

Schedule

Shifts may vary between agencies and may include eight (8) hours, ten (10) hours, or twelve (12) hours in duration. Mandatory overtime may be required.

Conditions of Employment

• Mandatory background checks including CBI name check, fingerprint check, ICON Colorado court database, Medicare fraud database, reference checks, professional license verification (licensure requirements), drug screen, PREA (Division of Youth Services), trails check (direct contact with children), CAPS (direct contact with adults – Mental Health Institutes, Regional Centers, Veterans Community Living Centers).
• Minimum of 21 years of age, with no felony convictions or history of domestic violence.
• Valid, unrestricted U.S. Driver's License.