Proctor and Classroom Monitor, State Teacher Aide - Platte Valley Youth Services Center.
About the role
The Division of Youth Services (DYS) provides a continuum of residential and non-residential services that encompass juvenile detention, commitment and parole. DYS is the agency statutorily mandated to provide for the care and supervision of youth committed by the District Court to the custody of the Colorado Department of Human Services. The Division operates 15 secure facilities that serve youth between the ages of 10 and 21, who are pre-adjudicated, sentenced, or committed. The Division also contracts with numerous private residential and non-residential service providers throughout the State. For pre-adjudicated youth, the Division is also responsible for the management and oversight of Senate Bill 91-94; a State-funded, locally administered program that provides services to youth at risk of further progressing into the juvenile justice system. In addition to residential programming, the Division administers juvenile parole services throughout the State.
The mission of the Division of Youth Services is to protect, restore and improve public safety through a continuum of services and programs that: effectively supervise juvenile offenders, promote offender accountability to victims and communities, and build skills and competencies of youth to become responsible citizens.
Overall function of the work unit: provide academic, vocational, and other education-related services to youth in institutional facilities, provide professional consultation to community programs which serve DYS youth, and establish and maintain collaboration with other state and community agencies that provide or monitor education services to include transitions and other services.
Responsibilities
- Classroom Monitoring, S