Youth Development Specialist

About the role

The selected candidate will be offered a salary of $55,075.00.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate, engage and support youth in all activities including school, wake-up and bedtime routines, meals, chores, recreation, religious services, court preparation, court attendance, family visits, healthcare visits and other activities as necessary.
• Facilitate youth learning of pro-social, academic and vocational skills.
• Mentor and guide youth individually and in groups while using a behavior management system to shape youth behavior.
• Facilitate youth group meetings in the residential unit.
• Address conflicts with crisis intervention methods such as verbal de-escalation, reframing strategies and physical de-escalation techniques using the least amount of physical intervention necessary.
• May serve as part of a rapid response team to respond to emergency situations.
• Work with youth to provide gang remediation activities and anti-bullying and violence reduction interventions.
• As part of an interdisciplinary team, develop individualized and group treatment, programming and safety plans and support for academic achievement.
• Follow all policies and procedures including health, safety, and security protocols such as those concerning searches, headcounts, bed checks, intervention in volatile situations, the use of restraints and others.
• Observe youth closely and record observations.
• Complete required reports on attendance, incidents and behavior observations.
• Participate in youth admission and orientation processes.
• Drive transport vehicles and ensure youth safety in vehicles and court detention rooms.

Requirements

• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and one of the following:
• a. one year of full-time satisfactory experience working directly with juveniles or young adults (ages 10-24) in juvenile detention, education, vocational rehabilitation or education, antiviolence work, mental health, counseling, mentoring, youth/young adult leadership development, recreation, sports or athletics, health promotion, community organizing, and/or closely related activities;
• b. one year of full-time satisfactory experience working in security or public safety in one of the following settings:
• i. an educational setting, for example as a school safety agent, or;
• ii. in juvenile or young adult detention, or;
• iii. in a community services setting which primarily serves juveniles and young adults (ages 10-24);
• c. one year of full-time satisfactory experience working in a health or human services field such as mental health, counselling, nursing, life or career coaching, casework, social work, probation, congregate care, physical fitness, or sportstraining;
• d. one year of honorable full-time United States military service commanding service members;
• Notes:
• Experience described in 1 âaâ & âcâ above can include internships, volunteer work, athletic programs, or closely related experience.
• Verifiable experience working as a correction officer in a facility specifically assigned to juveniles or young adults (ages 10 to 24) may be qualifying under â1bâ above, however experience as a correction officer working with an adult population (over age 24) is not qualifying.
• 2. An associate degree from an accredited college or completion of 60 semester credits of study at an accredited college, including or supplemented by six months of full-time satisfactory experience as described in â1 a, b, or câ above;
• 3. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college;
• 4. A satisfactory combination of education and/or experience equivalent to the above; academic coursework in social work, counseling, education, recreation, criminal justice, psychology, biology, sociology, human services, or a closely related field may be substituted for experience as described inâ1. a, b, or câ above at the rate of 12 semester credits from an accredited college for 6 months of experience;
• Notes:
• All candidates must possess a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent.

Qualifications

• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working directly with juveniles or young adults (ages 10-24) in juvenile detention, education, vocational rehabilitation or education, antiviolence work, mental health, counseling, mentoring, youth/young adult leadership development, recreation, sports or athletics, health promotion, community organizing, and/or closely related activities;
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in security or public safety in one of the following settings:
• i. an educational setting, for example as a school safety agent, or;
• ii. in juvenile or young adult detention, or;
• iii. in a community services setting which primarily serves juveniles and young adults (ages 10-24);
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in a health or human services field such as mental health, counselling, nursing, life or career coaching, casework, social work, probation, congregate care, physical fitness, or sportstraining;
• One year of honorable full-time United States military service commanding service members;
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in an educational setting as a school safety agent;
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in juvenile or young adult detention;
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in a community services setting which primarily serves juveniles and young adults (ages 10-24);
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in a health or human services field such as mental health, counselling, nursing, life or career coaching, casework, social work, probation, congregate care, physical fitness, or sportstraining;
• One year of honorable full-time United States military service commanding service members;
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in an educational setting as a school safety agent;
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in juvenile or young adult detention;
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in a community services setting which primarily serves juveniles and young adults (ages 10-24);
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in a health or human services field such as mental health, counselling, nursing, life or career coaching, casework, social work, probation, congregate care, physical fitness, or sportstraining;
• One year of honorable full-time United States military service commanding service members;
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in an educational setting as a school safety agent;
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in juvenile or young adult detention;
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in a community services setting which primarily serves juveniles and young adults (ages 10-24);
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in a health or human services field such as mental health, counselling, nursing, life or career coaching, casework, social work, probation, congregate care, physical fitness, or sportstraining;
• One year of honorable full-time United States military service commanding service members;
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in an educational setting as a school safety agent;
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in juvenile or young adult detention;
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in a community services setting which primarily serves juveniles and young adults (ages 10-24);
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in a health or human services field such as mental health, counselling, nursing, life or career coaching, casework, social work, probation, congregate care, physical fitness, or sportstraining;
• One year of honorable full-time United States military service commanding service members;
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in an educational setting as a school safety agent;
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in juvenile or young adult detention;
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in a community services setting which primarily serves juveniles and young adults (ages 10-24);
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in a health or human services field such as mental health, counselling, nursing, life or career coaching, casework, social work, probation, congregate care, physical fitness, or sportstraining;
• One year of honorable full-time United States military service commanding service members;
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in an educational setting as a school safety agent;
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in juvenile or young adult detention;
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in a community services setting which primarily serves juveniles and young adults (ages 10-24);
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in a health or human services field such as mental health, counselling, nursing, life or career coaching, casework, social work, probation, congregate care, physical fitness, or sportstraining;
• One year of honorable full-time United States military service commanding service members;
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in an educational setting as a school safety agent;
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in juvenile or young adult detention;
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in a community services setting which primarily serves juveniles and young adults (ages 10-24);
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in a health or human services field such as mental health, counselling, nursing, life or career coaching, casework, social work, probation, congregate care, physical fitness, or sportstraining;
• One year of honorable full-time United States military service commanding service members;
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in an educational setting as a school safety agent;
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in juvenile or young adult detention;
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in a community services setting which primarily serves juveniles and young adults (ages 10-24);
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in a health or human services field such as mental health, counselling, nursing, life or career coaching, casework, social work, probation, congregate care, physical fitness, or sportstraining;
• One year of honorable full-time United States military service commanding service members;
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in an educational setting as a school safety agent;
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in juvenile or young adult detention;
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in a community services setting which primarily serves juveniles and young adults (ages 10-24);
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in a health or human services field such as mental health, counselling, nursing, life or career coaching, casework, social work, probation, congregate care, physical fitness, or sportstraining;
• One year of honorable full-time United States military service commanding service members;
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in an educational setting as a school safety agent;
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in juvenile or young adult detention;
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in a community services setting which primarily serves juveniles and young adults (ages 10-24);
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience working in a health or human services field such as mental health, counselling, nursing, life or career coaching, casework, social work, probation,