Resident Specialist II - Residential Corrections S

About the Role

We are committed to transforming lives and building safer communities by working collaboratively, communicating openly, and upholding the highest standards of integrity and professionalism. Our team models accountability, transparency, and respect, taking proactive steps to ensure the physical and emotional safety of youth, staff, and the community. We strive for excellence through continuous growth, thoughtful decision making, and mission-driven collaboration, supporting one another while embracing challenges that lead to meaningful, long-term impact.

Responsibilities

• Ensures safety by following all night watch/cell check procedures.
• Engages in competency-based training in the techniques and capabilities needed to coach youth under the Texas Model of trauma-informed corrections.
• Holds youth accountable in ways that fit the level of behavior, seeking to help youth learn socially acceptable responses and approaches.
• Uses good judgment in determining when safety is at risk and higher levels of intervention are required.
• Practices and models appropriate self-regulation skills and remains calm during times of stress and crisis.
• Coaches youth on how to resolve conflict with other youth and staff as appropriate.
• Observes and keeps staff informed of significant behavioral and treatment-related conditions and events known about a youth and/or the group.
• Provides pass down information to the day shift of any issues that happened on the overnight shift.
• Physically restrains and secures, if necessary, sometimes aggressive youth and participates in follow-up debriefing conversations to assess the relationship and determine alternative strategies to avoid future physical restraints.
• Maintains security in buildings, grounds, and other posts; intervenes during emergencies or altercations to prevent escapes and protect the safety of all youth.
• Conducts searches for contraband and health/safety hazards; performs room, property pat, and strip searches of youth as required.
• Reports safety hazards and corrects hazards when possible.
• Completes required documentation in the event of an accident/injury within requested time frames.
• Attends work on a regular and predictable schedule in accordance with agency attendance and leave policies.
• Actively embodies and supports the Texas Model by demonstrating its core values in daily tasks and interactions with others.

Requirements

• Must be at least 21 years of age and have a high school diploma or equivalent.
• Must have a valid driver's license.
• No convictions or deferred adjudications for any felony, domestic violence involving a family member, or official oppression.
• No current requirement to register as a sex offender.
• No outstanding warrants or disqualifying offenses that were not expunged before the statute of limitations expired.
• Acceptable results from pre-employment drug test, fingerprinting, criminal records check, driving record check, and Fitness-for-Duty Assessment.

Qualifications

• Preferred: Experience supervising or providing rehabilitation/treatment services to youth or adults in a treatment program, correctional program, or residential setting (e.g., correctional officer, juvenile detention officer, case manager, counselor, probation officer, or parole officer).
• Education Substitutions:
  • One year of appropriate experience may substitute for one year of college (30 course hours) on a year-for-year basis.
  • Completed course hours of undergraduate study may substitute for up to four years of experience on a basis of 30 course hours for one year of experience.
  • Completed course hours of graduate study may substitute for up to two years of experience on a basis of 12 graduate course hours for one year of experience.

Requirements for Continued Employment

• Obtain and maintain certification in TJJD's Use of Force.