Youth Support Assistant
NYS Office of Children and Family Services · Auburn, NY · 4 wk ago
OTHRFull-time
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.
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.
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 the applicable provisions of State and federal laws, rules, and regulations.
- Prospective employees will be fingerprinted in order 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 will be checked 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 the eligible list(s) for the title