Job description
IMMEDIATE HIRE FOR MULTIPLE POSITIONS!
Recruitment Range: $36,614.00 to $54,101.00.00
Candidates for this position are eligible to receive a shift premium (10%) when assigned to either 2nd or 3rd shift.
This is a continuous posting and may or may not reflect a current vacancy.
Juvenile Facility Operations operates two types of secure commitment centers for youths in North Carolina: Juvenile Detention Centers and Youth Development Centers.
Youth Development Centers are secure facilities that provide education and treatment services to prepare committed youth to successfully transition to a community setting. This type of commitment is the most restrictive, intensive dispositional option available to the juvenile courts in North Carolina. The structure of the juvenile code limits this disposition to those juveniles who have been adjudicated for violent or serious offenses or who have a lengthy delinquency history.
Juvenile Detention Centers temporarily house youths alleged to have committed a delinquent act or to be a runaway. Youths are generally placed in a juvenile detention center while awaiting a court hearing, or until another placement can be found, either in a community-based program or service or in a youth development center.
This position provides supervision, care, counseling, safety and support to youth who are in the physical custody of the Division. Implements individual and group treatment plans to effect behavioral changes required for youthful offender rehabilitation while providing security, controlling and maintaining custody and safeguarding juveniles from each other. Documents all events that occur on the shift. Documentation includes, but is not limited to, shift logs, reports, incident reports, inspections and progress notes which are entered into a web based application. Documentation must be completed prior to the end of shift. The juveniles that the position works with present complex, co-occurring disorders requiring high levels of clinical skills and cognitive and behavioral interventions.
Work is subject to close personal and physical contact with multiple juveniles and decisions made impact the protection of state property, the physical safety of the juveniles, staff and the employee.
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Documented experience establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with all levels of staff.
- Documented experience organizing and preparing accurate records, charts, and reports and analyzing such information.
- Documented experience communicating effectively in oral and written form.
- If properly trained, must be physically capable of applying the proper methods and procedures to physically restrain juveniles and defend self.
Management Preferences:
- Documented experience utilizing judgment in determining and adapting techniques and strategies to deescalate a variety of situations.
- Skill in establishing rapport and understanding the problems presented by a delinquent juvenile.
- General knowledge of characteristics of human behavior and delinquency.
- General knowledge of basic relationships and supportive counseling techniques.
**We are accepting applications for Spring 2023 Graduates**
Necessary Special Qualifications:
Applicants for positions designated as Juvenile Justice Officers are subject to and must meet the hiring and training standards established by the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission, as defined in Title 12, Chapter 9 of the NC Administrative Code, by the statutory authority of GS 17C.
Selected applicant must attend and successfully complete and pass the Juvenile Justice Officer Basic Training certification program. The certification requires four weeks to complete and is comprised of classroom and physically demanding training. This training is carried out at regional training centers and requires consecutive overnight stays. In addition the selected candidate must:
- Have or be able to obtain required documentation for certification as a Juvenile Justice Officer (i.e. a diploma).
- Pass a Criminal Background check
- Pass a Drug Screening test
- Pass a Psychological test
- Pass a Sexual Risk Screening test
- Pass a Physical
- Be a US citizen
- Be at least 20 years of age
- Have a valid driver's license
- If applying for a position certified through the North Carolina Department of Justice-Criminal Justice Standards Division, click here for specific certification requirements.
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