Juvenile Institutional Officer Series

Job Summary

The Alameda County Probation Department seeks a Juvenile Institutional Officer to lead and supervise a group of youths in detention facilities. This position requires a combination of experience, education, and certification.

About the Role

This role involves overseeing the care, custody, and control of a group of youths, coordinating recreational and work programs, and participating in educational and counseling activities. The position may also involve leading group work sessions focused on changing anti-social behavior and developing self-responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and counsel a group of youths in detention facilities.
• Coordinate recreational and work programs for youths.
• Participate in educational and counseling programs.
• Provide group work focusing on changing anti-social behavior and developing self-responsibility.
• May provide lead direction to entry-level Juvenile Institution Officer Associates.
• Perform related duties as required.

Requirements

• Experience: One year of full-time experience in the classification of Juvenile Institutional Officer Associate or in an equivalent or higher level probation classification in the Alameda County classified service.
• Experience: One year of full-time experience in the classification of Juvenile Institutional Officer Intermittent in the Alameda County classified service.
• Experience: Two years’ full-time experience in correctional casework or in recreational/correctional group work.
• Licenses: Valid California Motor Vehicle Operator's license.
• Special Requirements: Must be at least 21 years of age, meet minimum standards for a Peace Officer, be fingerprinted, and complete training for Juvenile Institutional Officers.

Qualifications

• Education: Graduation from high school, a satisfactory score on a G.E.D. test, or passing a California High School proficiency examination.
• Training: Completion of training for Juvenile Institutional Officers as specified by the California Board of State and Community Corrections, Peace Officer Standards and Training PC 832, PC 6035 and PC 6036 as required.
• Physical Requirements: Available to work all shifts and locations.

Skills

• Knowledge: Principles of general psychology and child development, principles of group and individual counseling work as applied to youth, standard health and first aid practices, recreational and leisure time activities, procedures involved in the care, safety, and custody of youth, basic laws and codes governing local welfare, penal, and institutional practices and procedures, local welfare, correctional, and recreational facilities.
• Skills: Physically restraining youths, administering first aid, applying restraint devices such as handcuffs, appropriate use and deployment of pepper spray, planning, supervising, and directing the activities of a group of youth, maintaining firm discipline in a fair and tactful manner, aiding in the rehabilitation of youth, securing and maintaining the cooperation of coworkers and subordinates, supervising housekeeping and recreational activities appropriate to a detention setting, writing accurate and meaningful observation and other types of reports, maintaining group control in stressful situations, diffusing crisis situations in a calm and positive manner, communicating effectively with individuals or groups both orally and in writing, reading and interpreting departmental policy and procedures, making constructive and appropriate decisions, exercising sound judgment.