DCS CORPORAL 2ND SHIFT - 07092026-79178

About the role

This position involves supervising a small staff of DCS Officers in a residential setting. The incumbent will coordinate staff to ensure the institutional schedule is followed, supervise youth and staff, address conflicts, communicate institutional needs, verify youth counts, conduct searches, maintain logs, and complete reports.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates staff to ensure institutional schedule is being followed properly in a timely manner without compromising the safety and security of the institution.
• Supervises a small staff of DCS Officers.
• Affords assistance to shift supervisors with shift operations.
• Advises superiors of events that require immediate attention.
• Addresses and resolves youth and/or staff conflicts immediately before situations escalate.
• Communicates institutional needs to staff throughout a shift.
• Ensures visitors are authorized on facility.
• Verifies the youth counts recorded by the Central Operation Center.
• Observes all areas for any unusual activities and/or procedure violations by youth and/or staff.
• Performs searches on youth, staff and areas to prevent and detect any contraband.
• Ensures youth and staff comply with behavior expectations.
• Addresses and corrects inappropriate youth and staff behaviors.
• Completes facility incident reports, injury reports, disciplinary reports, chemical bin cards, maintenance requests and tool inventories.
• Maintains daily dormitory logbooks: youth counts, unusual events (i.e. fights, medical emergencies, etc.), any person movement, deficiencies, receiving and issuing youth mail, and chemical counts.

Requirements

• Must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age on the date of application;
• Be a citizen of the United States;
• Possess a valid driver’s license prior to and during employment;
• Have a good moral character, as determined by investigation;
• Complete a criminal history disclosure form in a manner approved by the appointing authority;
• Have no conviction for a felony;
• Agree to release all records involving their criminal history to the appointment authority;
• Supply a fingerprint sample in a manner prescribed by the TBI for a fingerprint based criminal history records check;
• Submit to and pass a pre-employment screening test for use of illegal drugs;
• Submit to and pass a pre-employment physical exam administered by a licensed physician that relates to the essential functions of the position.

Qualifications

• Education equivalent to graduation from a standard high school;
• Experience equivalent to one year of full-time children's services work in a residential setting.