Juvenile Detention Officer Senior (Supervisor) - Juvenile Court

About the Role

Under general supervision, performs supervision and administration of detention work of moderate difficulty in the Juvenile Detention facility.

Responsibilities

• Builds positive working relationships with Detention Manager and staff to create a positive, caring, safe, healthy, and learning environment for detained youth.
• Serves as an essential Detention Leadership Team Member for implementing detention services aligned with the Department’s Mission and Model.
• Collaborates with the Detention Manager and other staff to implement, quality assure, and improve Detention’s programs and activities.
• Works as part of a team with coworkers, parents, probation officers, service providers, and community connections to support youths.
• Monitors and provides instruction for staff programs.
• Attends or observes and facilitates Detention Officers’ participation in Detention, ensuring adherence to Youth’s Individualized Detention Plans.
• Serves as a faculty member of the Coconino County Juvenile Detention Training Academy and provides ongoing training to academy graduates.
• Assists the Detention Manager in hiring and selection processes for new staff.
• Provides leadership, trains, and supervises Detention Living Unit staff and/or Control Room Staff, including performance evaluations.
• Offers staff regular strength-based feedback and supports staff development.
• Serves as a highly skilled staff member in understanding individual youth’s needs, challenges, and strengths to individualize services for optimal outcomes.
• Works directly with staff and detained youth, intervening with the most challenged youth as needed.
• Ensures staff implementation of youth-specific services, interventions, and policy and procedures for suicide prevention and wellness restoration.
• Ensures staff compliance and fidelity to Detention Policies & Procedures and Programs.
• Maintains safety and security of the juvenile detention facility, including facility inspections and safety checks.
• Facilitates conflict resolution between staff.
• Handles emergency or crisis situations, including situation review and debriefing.
• Ensures completion of intake and release procedures.
• Participates in youth grievance appeals.
• Updates records and writes accurate, detailed reports as necessary.
• May appear in court to report youths’ progress.
• Ensures timeliness and accuracy within the Juvenile On-Line Tracking System (JOLTS) Living Unit Post.

Essential physical functions: Stand and walk for 5 or more hours; independent body mobility to bend, reach, kneel, crouch, crawl, stoop, and sit for prolonged periods; drive a vehicle; manual dexterity to reach and grasp; handwrite or use a computer keyboard; vision sufficient to see and read; hear and speak to communicate; lift or restrain a detainee; lift, push, or pull materials or equipment of 50 lbs. or less.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field and three years of experience working with juveniles in a residential setting; or
• Associate’s degree in a related field and four years of experience working with juveniles in a residential setting; or
• Five years of experience working with juveniles in a residential setting; or
• Any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience demonstrating the ability to perform the duties of the position.

Additional requirements:

• Must submit to a background check prior to hire. Persons convicted of a felony are not eligible for hire within the Juvenile Detention facility.
• Forty hours of orientation training are required within the first month on the job.
• Sixteen additional hours of COJET-certified training are required each year.
• Must obtain an Arizona driver’s license by the date of hire and maintain it throughout employment.
• Final job offer contingent upon a satisfactory 5-year Arizona Motor Vehicle Report.
• This position is safety-sensitive and non-exempt from overtime.

Skills

Considerable knowledge of:

• Trauma-Informed Care-based principles and practices of effective supervision, leadership, and training.
• Principles, methods, and techniques of group and individual counseling.
• Child and adolescent development theories and application.
• Dynamics of behavioral and emotional problems in children.
• Crisis intervention and basic first aid techniques, including CPR.
• Detention policies and procedures and applicable state laws, rules, and regulations.
• Basic principles and methods of treatment for juvenile delinquency.

Working knowledge of:

• Practices and procedures of a juvenile detention facility.
• Juvenile court proceedings.
• Human behavior and various social, economic, and cultural backgrounds.
• Recordkeeping, documentation, and report writing.
• Adolescent group activity planning and leadership.

Ability to:

• Effectively plan and schedule the work of others.
• Make appropriate decisions regarding methods of intervention and treatment.
• Deal impartially with individuals of various socioeconomic, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds.
• Work safely and support a culture of workplace safety.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, other agencies, and the public.
• Follow written and verbal instructions.
• Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.

Benefits

Coconino County offers a comprehensive employee benefits package to regular employees working 30 or more hours per week (part-time employees receive some benefits on a pro-rated basis).

• Vacation/Annual Leave
• Sick Leave
• 10 Holidays Per Year
• Health Care Insurance
• Dental Plan
• Vision Plan
• Group Life Insurance
• Pre-Tax Deduction Plan
• Sick Leave Conversion Plan
• Personal Day Purchase Program
• Vacation Sell Back Program
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Wellness Program
• Long-Term Disability
• Corrections Officer Retirement System
• Employee Assistance Program
• On-going Training Opportunities
• Free bus transportation/EcoPass bus pass

Elective Coverage:

• Dependent Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Supplemental Life (for employees & dependents)
• Flexible Spending Account
• Health Savings Account
• Tax-deferred investment program
• Accidental and Disability Insurance
• Short Term Disability