Juvenile Justice Youth Development Specialist I, Northeast Region - CONTINUOUS

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. Must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate, navigation, EEO, etc. Must preserve all substantive info. We need to parse the posting. Key info: - Role: Juvenile Justice YDS I (JJYDS I). Description: work with juvenile justice-involved youth and young adults (most 16-20) in 24/7 locked residential facility. Ensure safety/security, provide opportunity to acquire knowledge/life skills. Front-line direct care staff. Receive classroom and on-the-job training. Observe conduct, take appropriate action to prevent disturbances, assaults, self-harm. Ensure safety of staff and youth, compliance with policies. Act as positive role model and advocate for youth working towards re-entry. Training academy: core principles of juvenile justice rehabilitation, safety, security. Opportunity to positively influence a young person’s life and develop skills for professional growth. - Duties and Responsibilities (list): - Observe—Monitor conduct and behavior of youth and take appropriate action as trained to prevent disturbances or self-harm and ensure safety of staff and youth in compliance with policies. - Collaborate as part of a team—Oversee, supervise, and provide advocacy, guidance, encouragement, and support to youth in daily activities: classrooms, afternoon leisure/sports, mealtime, hygiene, clinical sessions. - Serve as a role model—Assist youth in developing coping, social, and life skills while providing guidance and support through daily interactions to facilitate re-entry. - Maintain a safe and secure environment—Complete required program security measures, including but not limited to supervision rounds, head counts, indoor and outdoor security checks, and searches of youth and visitors. - Working Conditions: may be exposed to verbal and physical confrontations and potentially dangerous environments. If verbal de-escalation exhausted, expected to use physical interventions to maintain safety per policies. This is a 24/7 facility. Required to work nights, holidays, weekends, including forced overtime. Travel may be required for training. - Required Qualifications: - Minimum Age Requirement: 21 Years - Capacity to establish rapport with youth and staff from different ethnic, cultural and/or socio-economic backgrounds. - Ability to interact with people under physical and/or emotional stress. - Capability to make decisions and act quickly in emergency/dangerous situations while remaining calm. - Strong written and verbal communication skills. - Flexibility to work varied shifts, weekends, holidays, nights. - Ability to take direction and work under supervision of senior staff. - Additional info: For more information, go to: https://www.mass.gov/orgs/department-of-youth-services. Work Location: 33 Gregory Street, Middleton, MA 01949. Schedule: Multiple Employees in this position will be required to perform mandatory overtime. - Pre-Hire Process: must pass pre-employment screening: Drug Screening, Psychological Screening, Medical Examination, Physical Abilities Test (PAT). Pre-Offer Process: criminal background check per regulations. Education, licensure, certification verified per HR guidelines. Education and license/cert info subject to MA Public Records Law and may be published. ADA Reasonable Accommodation contact: EOHHS Candidate ADA Requests. For questions, contact Office of Human Resources at 1-800-510-4122 option #4. Please be advised that you have applied to a “Continuous Posting.” Continuous postings used for high volume positions which require continuous hiring. Candidates who apply will remain active for up to 90 days and considered as openings arise. Although cannot guarantee every candidate will be considered, selection based on job availability and staffing needs; candidates encouraged to reapply upon expiration. First consideration given to those that apply within first 14 days. Applicants must have at least a high school diploma or equivalent. Based on assignment, incumbents may be required to possess a current and valid motor vehicle driver’s license at a class level specific to assignment. Upon hire, incumbents shall be required to complete and maintain a valid certification in crisis intervention, suicide prevention, CPR, AED, and first aid. - Salary placement: determined by combination of factors: candidate’s years of directly related experience and education, alignment with internal compensation structure per HR guidelines. For all bargaining unit positions (non-management), compensation subject to salary provisions outlined in applicable collective bargaining agreement and will apply to placement within appropriate salary range. - Comprehensive Benefits: When you embark on a career with the Commonwealth, you are offered an outstanding suite of employee benefits that add to overall value of compensation package. They take pride in providing work experience that supports you, loved ones, future. Want specifics? Explore Employee Benefits and Rewards! - Title 101 CMR 23.00 (“Regulation”) requires certain agency staff to have received COVID-19 vaccination and Influenza vaccination, or have taken required mitigation measures, to prevent viral infection and transmission in State Hospitals and State Congregate Care Facilities. The Regulation applies to this position. Successful candidates will be required to acknowledge and attest to your vaccination status for both COVID-19 and Influenza. - An Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer... (EEO boilerplate) remove. - Research suggests... (EEO encouragement) remove. - Official Title Juvenile Just Yth Dev Spec I Primary Location United States-Massachusetts-Middleton - 33 Gregory Street Job Community and Social Services Schedule Full-time Job Posting Aug 28, 2026, 8:06:32 AM Salary 54,389.14 If you have Diversity, Affirmative Action or Equal Employment Opportunity questions or need a Reasonable Accommodation, please contact Diversity Officer / ADA Coordinator Natasha Lugo/Natasha.Lugo@mass.gov Bargaining Unit 02-AFSCME - Service/Institutional We need to extract substantive info: Salary: 54,389.14 (presumably annual). Schedule: Full-time (but also mention mandatory overtime, nights, holidays, weekends). Benefits: mention comprehensive benefits suite, but no specifics; we should not create Benefits section unless posting actually states them. It says "Comprehensive Benefits When you embark on a career with the Commonwealth, you are offered an outstanding suite of employee benefits that add to the overall value of your compensation package. We take pride in providing a work experience that supports you, your loved ones, and your future. Want the specifics? Explore our Employee Benefits and Rewards!" That's vague but still states that benefits are offered. It's not specific details, but it's stating that benefits exist. The instruction: "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." It does state benefits exist (though vague). So we can include a Benefits section with that statement. However we should avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". This is not filler; it's stating benefits exist. So we can include Benefits with

describing that. Pay: we have a specific salary number: 54,389.14. So we can include Pay section. Schedule: we have schedule info: Full-time, 24/7 facility, required to work nights, holidays, weekends, forced overtime, mandatory overtime. So we can include Schedule section. Now sections: About the role (intro description), Responsibilities (duties), Requirements (maybe combine Required Qualifications and other requirements like age, education, driver's license, certifications), Qualifications (maybe education/licensure?), Skills (maybe communication, rapport, decision-making, etc). But we need to avoid thin sections. We can combine some. We need to use headings:

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). We should only include sections that have real specific content. We have content for About the role (intro paragraph). Responsibilities (list). Requirements (maybe Minimum Age, education, driver's license, certifications, background checks, etc). Qualifications (maybe the list of capabilities: rapport, stress interaction, decision-making, communication, flexibility, take direction). Skills (maybe strong written and verbal communication, etc). But there is overlap. Could combine Requirements and Qualifications into one? But headings are prescribed; we can choose to include only those we have substantive content for. We could include About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (including age, education, driver's license, certifications, background check, screening), Skills (including communication, rapport, decision-making, flexibility, ability to take direction), Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must not repeat job title as heading. So no

Juvenile Justice YDS I

. We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings. We must output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences. Let's craft. First, About the role: combine the introductory paragraphs (deduplicated). The posting repeats some sentences; we need to preserve all substantive info but not duplicate. We'll write a concise paragraph covering: The Department of Youth Services seeks dedicated individuals for Juvenile Justice YDS I role; work with juvenile justice-involved youth (16-20) in 24/7 locked residential facility; ensure safety/security while offering opportunity to acquire knowledge/life skills; front-line direct care staff; receive classroom and on-the-job training; observe behavior, take appropriate action to prevent disturbances, assaults, self-harm; ensure safety of staff and youth, comply with policies; act as positive role model and advocate for youth working towards re-entry; training academy covers core principles of juvenile justice rehabilitation, safety, security; opportunity to positively influence a young person's life and develop skills for professional growth. Now Responsibilities: list the four duties as

• . Now Requirements: include Minimum Age 21; high school diploma or equivalent; capacity to establish rapport; ability to interact with people under stress; capability to make decisions quickly in emergency while calm; strong written and verbal communication; flexibility to work varied shifts, weekends, holidays, nights; ability to take direction and work under supervision; ability to possess current valid motor vehicle driver's license (if assignment requires); upon hire must complete and maintain certification in crisis intervention, suicide prevention, CPR, AED, first aid; must pass pre-employment screening (drug, psychological, medical, PAT); criminal background check; vaccination attestation (COVID-19, influenza) per regulation. We could also include that they must be able to work nights, holidays, weekends, forced overtime (but that's more schedule). We'll keep schedule separate. Now Skills: maybe we can list: strong written and verbal communication; ability to establish rapport; ability to interact with stressed individuals; decision-making under pressure; flexibility; ability to take direction; advocacy, guidance, encouragement, support; role modeling; coping, social, life skills development; security measures; etc. But many overlap with responsibilities. Perhaps better to have Skills as the capabilities list (communication, rapport, decision-making, flexibility, ability to take direction). We'll keep it concise. Now Benefits: paragraph about comprehensive benefits suite. Now Pay: paragraph with salary figure. Now Schedule: paragraph about full-time, 24/7 facility, required to work nights, holidays, weekends, forced overtime, mandatory overtime, travel may be required for training. We must not include filler like "commensurate with experience". We have specific salary. Now ensure we don't include boilerplate like EEO, ADA contact (though ADA request is substantive? It's contact for accommodation; but it's more procedural. Might be considered boilerplate? The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. ADA accommodation request might be considered legal/EEO? It's about accommodation; could be considered legal. Safer to remove. Also remove links to Google Drive, mass.gov, etc? Those are application instructions? The instruction says remove application instructions. So we should remove links like https://