DCS TRANSPORTATION OFFICER - 09222026-81213

About the role

This is a DCS Transportation Officer position located in Rhea County, Dayton, TN within the Department of Children's Services. The role involves a considerable workload performing children's services youth transportation and related work. The employee transports youth safely and securely, may address inappropriate behaviors, conduct searches, ensure vehicle functionality, complete reports, and work independently with minimal supervision. A criminal background check is required.

Responsibilities

• Transports youth safely and securely in a state-owned vehicle to various locations (i.e., court, medical, etc) and may be responsible for transporting youth statewide or out-of-state by vehicle or commercial aircraft.
• Uses mechanical restraints (Delinquent Youth Only) during transport and may require driving a secure vehicle.
• Explains to youth appropriate behavior expectations and ensures compliance.
• Encounters and corrects inappropriate youth behaviors that may involve aggression, trauma, self-harm, unruliness, runaway, etc.
• Performs searches on youth and state-owned vehicles under prescribed techniques/procedures prior to and after any transport to detect contraband or other potentially harmful items.
• Provides constant supervision of youth unless directed otherwise.
• Inspects assigned state-owned vehicle to ensure the signals, lights, seatbelts, and other safety features function according to state law and takes assigned state-owned vehicles to designated mechanic/service provider for cleaning and maintenance.
• Inspects car seats, booster seats, and safety seats to ensure they are clean, operational and within service life.
• Completes all required documentation such as transportation reports for all transports.
• Maintains mileage and maintenance logs according to procedure.
• Submits required monthly