Sergeant - MEDC

Job Responsibilities

• Engages with youth throughout the day to ensure the safety, security, rehabilitation, and well-being of youth.
• Serves as a mentor for new security staff.
• Provides support to new staff in maintaining youth headcount and completing all required reporting and daily logs.
• Physically responds appropriately to emergency situations.
• Conducts routine and unannounced security inspections per agency policy.
• Conducts routine and unannounced frisk searches of the youth after all youth movement.
• Ensures that each youth has their basic needs met.
• Remains knowledgeable and informed of the security status of all youth assigned.
• Serves on all facility posts including specialized units and in various locations.
• Provides training, direction, and guidance to staff in an effort to assist them in carrying out their responsibilities.
• Supervises and controls, as well as leads the youth and staff in specialized programs, services, and activities.
• Aids in the supervision of shift operations regarding employees and youth as needed.
• Makes routine and frequent inspections of all units to ensure that employees are performing duties in compliance and practices.
• Ensures that the unit has adequate amounts of clothing, linen, cleaning supplies, and hygiene items for the unit.
• Ensures proper grooming of youth in the unit.
• Works to assist directly with any crisis intervention disputes among the youth, assists in controlling disruptive behavior.
• Refers acute problems to appropriate staff.
• Mediates disputes between youth and Juvenile Correctional Officers (JCOs).
• Provides input on performance evaluations of officers as requested.
• Ensures all subordinate staff comply with agency policy and procedure, along with Federal and State law.
• Complies with agency policy and procedure to complete required reports concerning youth and/or employee related incidents and any matters pertaining to the safety, security, and operation of the facility.
• Performs other security-related duties when required.

Minimum And Additional Requirements

• A high school diploma.
• Must be an officer in compliance with and certified under CLEE within six (6) months of employment.
• Must have an 80% rate on competency/proficiency exam and possess supervisor and teaching skills.
• Knowledge of state laws/institutional rules/regulations/requirements for the control of youth/Child Abuse Statutes.
• Knowledge of purpose/methods/practices of secure facilities.
• Knowledge of various methods of instructing/handling/supervising youth in various activities.
• Interpersonal skills, patience, and both verbal and non-verbal communication skills.
• Ability to exercise good judgment/initiative in a variety of situations.
• Ability to build healthy relationships with youth and effectively communicate with them in order to promote respect and trust with them and manage challenging behaviors in a mature and professional way and in accordance with training.
• Ability to establish/maintain satisfactory working relationships with fellow employees/families/general public.
• Ability to maintain a valid state driver's license, and ability to operate a state vehicle.
• Ability to follow a daily schedule, be accountable to the facility processes, document events and activities, and supervise multiple youths effectively.