TJJD - Juvenile Correctional Officer II-III- IV Re

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.

Job Description

Plan and implement a variety of recreational activities, leisure service activities, enrichment activities, intramurals, incentive programs, special events, holiday activities, school vacation activities, and facilitate the use of the incentive dorms/motivational areas. Maintains an inventory of equipment and recreational needs. Engages in healthy relationships and boundaries with both staff and youth.

Responsibilities

• Plan and implement special events, holiday activities, school vacation activities, intramurals, enrichment activities, incentive programs, and facilitate the use of the incentive dorms/motivational areas.
• Support youth programming on the dorm by providing materials for leisure, coach-led activities, and meeting the specialized needs for the self-contained programs.
• Document recreation activities and maintain required records, files, and forms in a timely and accurate way.
• Collaborate with direct care staff to facilitate scheduled coach-led recreation, leisure recreation, and enrichment activities when needed.
• Work cooperatively and collaboratively with co-workers, providing ongoing mentoring and coaching to JCOs when needed.
• Maintain an inventory of equipment, remove any faulty or malfunctioning equipment immediately, and report to appropriate supervisors.
• Perform a variety of related duties not listed, to be determined and assigned as needed.

Requirements

Recreation staff will work cooperatively with JCOs to provide adequate supervision, a safe environment, and engagement of youth during activities. Incorporates feedback from all campus staff into activities to ensure needs of youth and campus are met during recreation. Works to be aware and vigilant of all individualized plans for youth involved in activities.

Qualifications

Newly hired JCOs or rehired JCOs who have been separated more than 18 months will be required to attend the pre-service training academy and complete on-the-job training on a full-time basis. JCOs who have worked for TJJD and return to employment within 18 months of their separation date are not required to attend the pre-service academy and will be placed in full-time status on their date of employment.

Skills

Practices and models appropriate self-regulation skills and is able to remain calm during times of stress and crisis. Provides for a predictable schedule for youth that is transparent to them and provides warnings and prompts for all movements and transitions; and exercises independent judgment when the need arises to alter a schedule.

Benefits

Recreation staff will be scheduled to work in a manner that best suits the needs of the campus, including evening and weekend programming. Career ladder promotion opportunities are available, with personnel in this career ladder receiving career ladder salary adjustments upon meeting established eligibility criteria per agency policy.