Youth Services Worker
for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. Need to preserve all substantive info, remove boilerplate (cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc). The posting includes: description of role, benefits, shift differential, pay rate, responsibilities list, knowledge/skills/abilities, qualifications (education/experience), special requirement driver's license, etc.
We need to decide sections: maybe About the role (intro paragraph), Responsibilities (list of duties), Requirements (maybe qualifications?), Skills (knowledge, skills & abilities), Benefits (list benefits), Pay (rate and shift differential), Schedule (maybe mention shifts? Not explicit schedule details; only mention shift differential for qualifying evening/night shifts; no explicit schedule like full-time etc. Could omit Schedule if not specific. The instruction: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. Benefits are stated: health, dental, vision, paid holidays, cafeteria plans, retirement, more; also state benefits package defined pension, leave, holiday time, health insurance. So Benefits section is appropriate.
Pay: they give current rate $1,770.90 - $1,953.62 semi-monthly, mention shift differential $2.00 per hour for qualifying evening/night shifts, possible higher rate based on pay differential. So Pay section appropriate.
Schedule: Not explicitly stated schedule like full-time, part-time, hours. Only mention shift differential for evening/night shifts, and that employees may work shifts and attend mandatory meetings during evening, overnight, or daytime hours as assigned. That is somewhat schedule info but not explicit schedule like "full-time, 40 hours per week". Might be considered schedule content? The instruction: only create Schedule section if posting actually states them. It does mention shifts and mandatory meetings during evening, overnight, or daytime hours as assigned. That is schedule-related. Could include Schedule section with that info. However we must avoid filler like "varies". It's specific enough: work shifts, attend mandatory meetings during evening, overnight, or daytime hours as assigned. So we can include Schedule.
Now we need to avoid repeating job title as heading. No Job ID.
We need to use for section headings. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from posting, but we can combine similar items.
We must remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions. The posting includes lines like: "If selected for interview, eligibility may be discussed with the hiring manager at that time." That's not boilerplate; it's about eligibility discussion. Keep? It's substantive? Might be considered part of process but not essential. It's not boilerplate; we can keep. Also "Join us and help make the difference for our youth today!" is motivational; keep.
Also "If you experience an accessibility issue while applying at mocareers.mo.gov, please contact courtney.a.hall@dss.mo.gov or call 573-526-0416." That's application instruction/contact; we should remove application instructions. The instruction says remove application instructions. So we should remove that line. Also "If you have questions about this position please contact: hrc@dss.mo.gov." That's also contact; remove. Also "All are encouraged to apply as locations may continue to become available." That's application encouragement; remove.
Also "The State of Missouri offers an excellent benefits package..." that's benefits; keep.
Also "Your total compensation is more than the dollars you receive in your paycheck. To help demonstrate the value of working for the State of Missouri, we have created an interactive Total Compensation Calculator..." That's about benefits; keep maybe as part of Benefits.
Also "The Total Compensation Calculator and other applicant resources can be found here." That's application resource; maybe remove as it's instruction. We'll remove.
Now we need to structure.
Potential sections:
- About the role: intro paragraph(s) describing working with Division of Youth Services, safe therapeutic environment, needed attributes, etc.
- Responsibilities: list of duties (the bullet list after "The following tasks are the responsibility of the Youth Services Worker:").
- Requirements: maybe education/experience requirement (Sixty or more earned credit hours... OR 2-4 years of relevant experience... etc). Also special requirement: valid driver's license.
- Skills: Knowledge, Skills & Abilities list.
- Benefits: list of benefits.
- Pay: rate and shift differential.
- Schedule: mention shifts, mandatory meetings evening/overnight/daytime as assigned.
We need to ensure we don't create sections with filler. All have content.
Now we need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown.
Let's craft.
First, About the role: combine first paragraph(s):
"Working with the Division of Youth Services is more than it seems. You will be working with staff to create a safe, therapeutic, and educational environment for youth in our day treatment and residential programs. To succeed in this position you will need to be empathetic, nonjudgmental, cooperative, encouraging, able-bodied, professional, and respectful; you must be able to communicate clearly, honestly and openly. We also offer a variety of great benefits including health, dental, vision, paid holidays, cafeteria plans, retirement, and more. Some positions working qualifying evening or night shifts in a residential facility setting receive a $2.00 per hour shift differential. If selected for interview, eligibility may be discussed with the hiring manager at that time. Join us and help make the difference for our youth today!"
But note benefits and pay are also covered later; we might avoid duplication. However the instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; we can keep but maybe we should not duplicate benefits/pay in About the role if we have separate sections. However we could keep a brief intro without benefits/pay details, but we must preserve all info; we can move benefits/pay to respective sections and still keep the intro without those details? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." If we omit benefits/pay from the intro but include them in sections, we still preserve all info (just relocated). That's acceptable as long as we don't lose info. So we can keep intro focusing on role description, attributes, etc. We'll keep the sentence about benefits? Might duplicate. Safer to keep intro without benefits/pay, but we need to ensure we didn't lose any substantive info that is only in that sentence. The sentence about benefits is also covered in Benefits section; we will have that. So it's okay to omit from intro. Similarly shift differential is in Pay section. So we can omit.
Thus About the role: "Working with the Division of Youth Services is more than it seems. You will be working with staff to create a safe, therapeutic, and educational environment for youth in our day treatment and residential programs. To succeed in this position you will need to be empathetic, nonjudgmental, cooperative, encouraging, able-bodied, professional, and respectful; you must be able to communicate clearly, honestly and openly. Join us and help make the difference for our youth today!"
Now Responsibilities: list tasks.
We need to extract the list after "The following tasks are the responsibility of the Youth Services Worker:" and then the sentences. Let's list each as
- .
Tasks:
- Provide Awareness Supervision to youth, with responsibility for their personal conduct, care, and therapy.
- Monitor activity, behavior, and movement of youth both within a residential/day treatment setting or while escorting youth off grounds; performing physical counts as necessary.
- Maintain security, including intervention and/or participate fully in physical restraints of youth during emergencies or altercations to prevent escapes and gain physical control of youth.
- Supervise youth in residential/day treatment facilities in the performance of work activities and during recreational and religious activities; conducts inspections for health and safety hazards.
- Assist youth with their personal issues and refer issues to the group in accordance with the principles of the program.
- Observe and keep staff informed daily of significant behavioral conditions known about an individual and/or the group.
- Implement group and individual treatment plans.
- Maintain professional boundaries, modeling a reasonable, respectful, and professional demeanor at all times.
- Interact positively with youth, families, co-workers, management, and the public.
- Prepare reports regarding each client's adjustment and progress; maintain youth records.
- Dispense medications to youth.
- Intervene in youth medical emergencies defined as the ability to perform first-aid interventions for youth including, but not limited to Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
- Transport and escort youth in everyday and emergency situations.
- Work on shifts and attend mandatory meetings during the evening, overnight, or daytime hours as assigned by the supervisor and respond to facility emergencies.
- Report all hours worked and absences accurately and in accordance with attendance policies and facility guidelines.
- Log work time daily in accordance with policy and submit timesheets to supervisor as directed.
- Employees may also assist in the educational program.
- Performs other tasks as assigned.
Also there is definition of Awareness Supervision after list; we could include as a note maybe in responsibilities or as a separate paragraph. It's substantive; we can include as a
after list.
Now Requirements: education/experience and special requirement.
Text: "Sixty or more earned credit hours from an accredited college or university with a minimum of six earned credit hours in one or a combination of the following: Counseling, Criminal Justice, Education, Psychology, Sociology, or Social Work. OR 2-4 years of relevant experience. (Earned credit hours from an accredited college or university may substitute on a year-for-year basis for a maximum of three years of the required experience at a rate of 30 earned credit hours for one year.) Lack of post ‐ secondary education will not be used as the sole basis denying consideration to any applicant. Special Requirement: Possession of a valid driver’s license."
We'll put that in Requirements section as
- for each bullet? Could be two main options: education path or experience path. We'll keep as
maybe but instruction says use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can make a list: each distinct requirement as
- . Could list:
- Sixty or more earned credit hours from an accredited college or university with a minimum of six earned credit hours in one or a combination of: Counseling, Criminal Justice, Education, Psychology, Sociology, or Social Work.
- OR 2-4 years of relevant experience.
- Earned credit hours may substitute on a year-for-year basis for a maximum of three years of required experience at a rate of 30 earned credit hours for one year.
- Lack of post‑secondary education will not be used as the sole basis denying consideration.
- Special Requirement: Possession of a valid driver’s license.
We'll keep as list.
Now Skills: Knowledge, Skills & Abilities list.
Text: "Knowledge of individual and group behavior. Knowledge of child development and the role of the family. Knowledge of the causes of juvenile delinquency and current methods of youth treatment. Ability to work with youth and family members. Ability to foster the cooperation of youth in the treatment process. Ability to physically respond appropriately to work situations or emergencies. Ability to learn verbal and physical crisis intervention/de-escalation techniques and emergency treatment procedures. Ability to transport youth and travel as necessary."
We'll make each as
- .
Now Benefits: list.
Text: "We also offer a variety of great benefits including health, dental, vision, paid holidays, cafeteria plans, retirement, and more." plus later: "The State of Missouri offers an excellent benefits package that includes a defined pension plan, generous amounts of leave and holiday time, and eligibility for health insurance coverage. Your total compensation is more than the dollars you receive in your paycheck. To help demonstrate the value of working for the State of Missouri, we have created an interactive Total Comp
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from posting, but we can combine similar items. We must remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions. The posting includes lines like: "If selected for interview, eligibility may be discussed with the hiring manager at that time." That's not boilerplate; it's about eligibility discussion. Keep? It's substantive? Might be considered part of process but not essential. It's not boilerplate; we can keep. Also "Join us and help make the difference for our youth today!" is motivational; keep. Also "If you experience an accessibility issue while applying at mocareers.mo.gov, please contact courtney.a.hall@dss.mo.gov or call 573-526-0416." That's application instruction/contact; we should remove application instructions. The instruction says remove application instructions. So we should remove that line. Also "If you have questions about this position please contact: hrc@dss.mo.gov." That's also contact; remove. Also "All are encouraged to apply as locations may continue to become available." That's application encouragement; remove. Also "The State of Missouri offers an excellent benefits package..." that's benefits; keep. Also "Your total compensation is more than the dollars you receive in your paycheck. To help demonstrate the value of working for the State of Missouri, we have created an interactive Total Compensation Calculator..." That's about benefits; keep maybe as part of Benefits. Also "The Total Compensation Calculator and other applicant resources can be found here." That's application resource; maybe remove as it's instruction. We'll remove. Now we need to structure. Potential sections: - About the role: intro paragraph(s) describing working with Division of Youth Services, safe therapeutic environment, needed attributes, etc. - Responsibilities: list of duties (the bullet list after "The following tasks are the responsibility of the Youth Services Worker:"). - Requirements: maybe education/experience requirement (Sixty or more earned credit hours... OR 2-4 years of relevant experience... etc). Also special requirement: valid driver's license. - Skills: Knowledge, Skills & Abilities list. - Benefits: list of benefits. - Pay: rate and shift differential. - Schedule: mention shifts, mandatory meetings evening/overnight/daytime as assigned. We need to ensure we don't create sections with filler. All have content. Now we need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown. Let's craft. First, About the role: combine first paragraph(s): "Working with the Division of Youth Services is more than it seems. You will be working with staff to create a safe, therapeutic, and educational environment for youth in our day treatment and residential programs. To succeed in this position you will need to be empathetic, nonjudgmental, cooperative, encouraging, able-bodied, professional, and respectful; you must be able to communicate clearly, honestly and openly. We also offer a variety of great benefits including health, dental, vision, paid holidays, cafeteria plans, retirement, and more. Some positions working qualifying evening or night shifts in a residential facility setting receive a $2.00 per hour shift differential. If selected for interview, eligibility may be discussed with the hiring manager at that time. Join us and help make the difference for our youth today!" But note benefits and pay are also covered later; we might avoid duplication. However the instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; we can keep but maybe we should not duplicate benefits/pay in About the role if we have separate sections. However we could keep a brief intro without benefits/pay details, but we must preserve all info; we can move benefits/pay to respective sections and still keep the intro without those details? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." If we omit benefits/pay from the intro but include them in sections, we still preserve all info (just relocated). That's acceptable as long as we don't lose info. So we can keep intro focusing on role description, attributes, etc. We'll keep the sentence about benefits? Might duplicate. Safer to keep intro without benefits/pay, but we need to ensure we didn't lose any substantive info that is only in that sentence. The sentence about benefits is also covered in Benefits section; we will have that. So it's okay to omit from intro. Similarly shift differential is in Pay section. So we can omit. Thus About the role: "Working with the Division of Youth Services is more than it seems. You will be working with staff to create a safe, therapeutic, and educational environment for youth in our day treatment and residential programs. To succeed in this position you will need to be empathetic, nonjudgmental, cooperative, encouraging, able-bodied, professional, and respectful; you must be able to communicate clearly, honestly and openly. Join us and help make the difference for our youth today!" Now Responsibilities: list tasks. We need to extract the list after "The following tasks are the responsibility of the Youth Services Worker:" and then the sentences. Let's list each as
- .
Tasks:
- Provide Awareness Supervision to youth, with responsibility for their personal conduct, care, and therapy.
- Monitor activity, behavior, and movement of youth both within a residential/day treatment setting or while escorting youth off grounds; performing physical counts as necessary.
- Maintain security, including intervention and/or participate fully in physical restraints of youth during emergencies or altercations to prevent escapes and gain physical control of youth.
- Supervise youth in residential/day treatment facilities in the performance of work activities and during recreational and religious activities; conducts inspections for health and safety hazards.
- Assist youth with their personal issues and refer issues to the group in accordance with the principles of the program.
- Observe and keep staff informed daily of significant behavioral conditions known about an individual and/or the group.
- Implement group and individual treatment plans.
- Maintain professional boundaries, modeling a reasonable, respectful, and professional demeanor at all times.
- Interact positively with youth, families, co-workers, management, and the public.
- Prepare reports regarding each client's adjustment and progress; maintain youth records.
- Dispense medications to youth.
- Intervene in youth medical emergencies defined as the ability to perform first-aid interventions for youth including, but not limited to Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
- Transport and escort youth in everyday and emergency situations.
- Work on shifts and attend mandatory meetings during the evening, overnight, or daytime hours as assigned by the supervisor and respond to facility emergencies.
- Report all hours worked and absences accurately and in accordance with attendance policies and facility guidelines.
- Log work time daily in accordance with policy and submit timesheets to supervisor as directed.
- Employees may also assist in the educational program.
- Performs other tasks as assigned.
Also there is definition of Awareness Supervision after list; we could include as a note maybe in responsibilities or as a separate paragraph. It's substantive; we can include as a
after list. Now Requirements: education/experience and special requirement. Text: "Sixty or more earned credit hours from an accredited college or university with a minimum of six earned credit hours in one or a combination of the following: Counseling, Criminal Justice, Education, Psychology, Sociology, or Social Work. OR 2-4 years of relevant experience. (Earned credit hours from an accredited college or university may substitute on a year-for-year basis for a maximum of three years of the required experience at a rate of 30 earned credit hours for one year.) Lack of post ‐ secondary education will not be used as the sole basis denying consideration to any applicant. Special Requirement: Possession of a valid driver’s license." We'll put that in Requirements section as
- for each bullet? Could be two main options: education path or experience path. We'll keep as
maybe but instruction says use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can make a list: each distinct requirement as
- . Could list: - Sixty or more earned credit hours from an accredited college or university with a minimum of six earned credit hours in one or a combination of: Counseling, Criminal Justice, Education, Psychology, Sociology, or Social Work. - OR 2-4 years of relevant experience. - Earned credit hours may substitute on a year-for-year basis for a maximum of three years of required experience at a rate of 30 earned credit hours for one year. - Lack of post‑secondary education will not be used as the sole basis denying consideration. - Special Requirement: Possession of a valid driver’s license. We'll keep as list. Now Skills: Knowledge, Skills & Abilities list. Text: "Knowledge of individual and group behavior. Knowledge of child development and the role of the family. Knowledge of the causes of juvenile delinquency and current methods of youth treatment. Ability to work with youth and family members. Ability to foster the cooperation of youth in the treatment process. Ability to physically respond appropriately to work situations or emergencies. Ability to learn verbal and physical crisis intervention/de-escalation techniques and emergency treatment procedures. Ability to transport youth and travel as necessary." We'll make each as
- . Now Benefits: list. Text: "We also offer a variety of great benefits including health, dental, vision, paid holidays, cafeteria plans, retirement, and more." plus later: "The State of Missouri offers an excellent benefits package that includes a defined pension plan, generous amounts of leave and holiday time, and eligibility for health insurance coverage. Your total compensation is more than the dollars you receive in your paycheck. To help demonstrate the value of working for the State of Missouri, we have created an interactive Total Comp
- for each bullet? Could be two main options: education path or experience path. We'll keep as