TJJD - Juvenile Correctional Officer II/ III / IV - (GID)

About the role

This position provides supervision and direct care for youth in a residential correctional facility. The role includes helping youth to achieve progress in learning and applying methods to identify and manage reactions to stress and trauma, and reacting in more socially appropriate ways. It also involves facilitating youth rehabilitation, supervising youth, and coaching their personal development in accordance with individualized treatment plans.

Responsibilities

• Holds youth accountable in ways that fit the level of behavior, seeking to help youth to learn socially acceptable responses and approaches.
• Uses good judgment in determining when safety is at risk and higher levels of intervention are required.
• Helps youth to identify their responses to stress, fear, and other triggers and works with the youth to learn ways to increase emotional self-regulation skills.
• Participates in the Youth Service Team and provides input into each youth's treatment plan; and is a responsible and supportive team member, who understands that an effective team is composed of reliable people who provide backup and support for their fellow team members and the facility as a whole.
• Maintains a consistent effort to ensure safe environments and employs security measures when youth, staff, or others are in danger.
• Interacts and engages with youth in ways that both maintain appropriate structure and exercise understanding of brain development in youth with complex trauma.
• Maintains healthy relationships and boundaries with youth and consistently recognizes progress and good choices made by youth.
• Facilitates youth rehabilitation, supervises youth, and coaches their personal development in accordance with individualized treatment plans.
• Works assigned shift, is subject to being on-call, and may be required to work in excess of 40 hours per work week.
• Occasionally travels as required.

Requirements

• Must be at least 21 years of age and have a high school diploma or equivalent.
• Preferred qualifications include a college degree or coursework, experience supervising or providing rehabilitation/treatment services to youth or adults in a treatment program, correctional program, or a residential setting, and certification in TJJD's Use of Force techniques and First Aid and CPR.
• Knowledge of safety and security procedures and practices, general counseling and guidance techniques with adolescents, facility rules and regulations, individual and group behavior, child development and the role of the family, causes of juvenile delinquency, and current methods of juvenile offender treatment.
• Ability to remain calm and regulate one's own behavior while helping to serve as a role model for youth who are learning to self-regulate their own behavior, maintain healthy and engaging relationships with youth while maintaining appropriate boundaries important for healthy development, communicate effectively with youth to foster youth cooperation in the treatment process, plan and implement youth programs, facilitate group discussions and activities, set limits on youth behaviors when appropriate in a consistent, firm and fair manner, appropriately respond to abusive language and behavior in a manner consistent with instructions received in training, remain alert, observant, and physically able to respond appropriately to work situations or emergencies including, but not limited to, physical restraint of youth, learn verbal and physical crisis intervention/de-escalation techniques and emergency treatment procedures, maintain order and discipline, explain the progress of the youth to their family members and other treatment staff, interpret rules, regulations, policies, and procedures, accept and adapt to changes in assignments, methods, policies, etc., prioritize and manage multiple tasks, plan, organize, and coordinate work assignments; and meet deadlines, analyze information logically, make decisions, and demonstrate the soundness for those decisions, document observations and incidents and maintain written files and records, transport youth and travel as necessary, work a variety of shifts, weekends, holidays, and be on-call, and work more than 40 hours per workweek, and travel, when required.

Qualifications

• Must obtain and maintain certification in TJJD's Use of Force techniques, which requires physical restraint of juveniles, and certification in First Aid and CPR.

Skills

• Knowledge of safety and security procedures and practices.
• Knowledge of general counseling and guidance techniques with adolescents.
• Knowledge of facility rules and regulations.
• Knowledge of individual and group behavior.
• Knowledge of child development and the role of the family.
• Knowledge of causes of juvenile delinquency and current methods of juvenile offender treatment.
• Ability to remain calm and regulate one's own behavior while helping to serve as a role model for youth who are learning to self-regulate their own behavior.
• Ability to maintain healthy and engaging relationships with youth while maintaining appropriate boundaries important for healthy development.
• Ability to communicate effectively with youth to foster youth cooperation in the treatment process.
• Ability to plan and implement youth programs.
• Ability to facilitate group discussions and activities.
• Ability to set limits on youth behaviors when appropriate in a consistent, firm and fair manner.
• Ability to intervene and redirect behavior.
• Ability to appropriately respond to abusive language and behavior in a manner consistent with instructions received in training.
• Ability to remain alert, observant, and physically able to respond appropriately to work situations or emergencies including, but not limited to, physical restraint of youth.
• Ability to learn verbal and physical crisis intervention/de-escalation techniques and emergency treatment procedures.
• Ability to maintain order and discipline.
• Ability to physically restrain youth, when necessary, in a manner consistent with instructions received in training.
• Ability to explain the progress of the youth to their family members and other treatment staff.
• Ability to interpret rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Ability to accept and adapt to changes in assignments, methods, policies, etc.
• Ability to work collaboratively with all stakeholders and maintain a professional, courteous demeanor.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks.
• Ability to plan, organize, and coordinate work assignments; and meet deadlines.
• Ability to process information logically, make decisions, and demonstrate the soundness for those decisions.
• Ability to document observations and incidents and maintain written files and records.
• Ability to transport youth and travel as necessary.
• Ability to work a variety of shifts, weekends, holidays, and be on-call.
• Ability to work more than 40 hours per workweek, and travel, when required.

Benefits

The agency offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and opportunities for professional development and advancement.

Pay

The starting salary range for this position is $X per hour, with potential for advancement based on experience and performance.

Schedule

The position is available on various shifts, including day, evening, and night shifts, with occasional weekend and holiday work. On-call requirements may apply.