Youth Support Assistant

Responsibilities

• Maintain facility security.
• Key control.
• Perimeter inspections.
• Vehicle and visitor checks for contraband.
• Camera surveillance of facility.
• Monitor movement throughout the facility.
• Youth Support Assistants are required to attend training in approved Office of Children and Family Services restraint techniques two times a year (four hours each).
• Additional duties will be discussed in detail during the interview.

Qualifications

• One year of full-time experience in the care and programming of youth* from ages 6-21; OR possession of a high school or equivalency diploma.
• Direct-care experience with youth involved in the juvenile justice system or in an institution, camp, school, community center, youth rehabilitation program, mental health or correctional institution or residential center.
• Satisfactory completion of the probation period must include successful completion of the Basic Academy Training’s two-week training course, possession of a valid New York State motor vehicle operator’s license, ability to legally operate a motor vehicle in New York State, and participation in ongoing restraint training and other training as required.
• Appropriate verifiable part-time experience will be accepted on a prorated basis.

Requirements

• All prospective employees will be investigated through a Criminal Background Check (CBC), which includes State and federal Criminal History Record Checks.
• All convictions must be reported; conviction of a felony or misdemeanor, or any falsified or omitted information on the prospective appointee’s employment application, may bar appointment or result in removal after appointment.
• Each case will be determined on its own merits, consistent with applicable provisions of State and federal laws, rules, and regulations.
• Prospective employees will be fingerprinted to obtain a record of their criminal history information and may be required to pay any necessary fees.
• All prospective employees will be screened against the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment (SCR); prospective employees will be required to pay any necessary fees.
• For Division of Juvenile Justice and Opportunities for Youth (DJJOY) prospective appointees, a check will be made against the Staff Exclusion List (SEL) maintained by the Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs.
• Prospective employees whose names appear on the SEL as having been found responsible for serious or repeated acts of abuse or neglect will be barred from appointment and may have their names removed from eligible list(s) for the title(s) if applicable.

Schedule

The nature of this position requires shift, weekend, holidays, and overtime assignment, including mandatory overtime.

About the role

These positions exist in secure, limited secure, and residential programs operated by the New York State Office of Children and Family Services. Anticipated vacancies are located throughout the state.