Juvenile Program Specialist (4) Employment Register -Long Creek Youth Development Center

• Directs, assigns, and supervises Juvenile Program Workers and volunteers in order to ensure proper care, custody, and follow-through on group and individual treatment plans and activities of residents assigned to the unit.
• ¼    Evaluates subordinates' performance, examines task outcome against job standards, and discusses evaluation with employees in order to keep employee informed of progress, provide motivation, fairly and objectively document levels of achievement, recommend approval or denial of merit increase/promotion, recommend discipline (up to and including termination), and ensure maintenance of a competent and effective workforce.
• ¼    Accompanies and remains with students in classrooms and workshops, and assists teachers/instructors in training/instructing students following established lesson plans, guidelines, and instructions in order to provide for the educational and/or vocational training needs of students and to intervene when necessary to control student behavior.
• ¼    Implements and actively participates in individual and group treatment programs and activities in order to promote resident rehabilitation and support treatment programs.
• ¼    Documents observations and prepares reports concerning individual and group interaction, participation, and progress made in treatment programs in order to provide professional and supervisory staff with accurate data for continuation or modification of treatment programs and activities.
• ¼    Communicates with residents exhibiting behavioral problems, interpersonal conflicts, and noncompliance with rules; and redirects behavior, deescalates situations, and describes possible consequences in order to engage in appropriate treatment intervention, and to assist residents in meeting appropriate standards of behavior.
• ¼    Mentors and acts a role model of appropriate behavior, attitude, ethics, and morals in order to encourage positive social change and promote a normative culture within the correctional facility's total learning environment.
• ¼    Supervises, guides, and motivates residents to maintain living quarters in order to instill in residents a sense of responsibility and pride in proper care and to provide a pleasant, hygienic, and safe living environment.
• ¼    Attends and participates in unit treatment team meetings, and reports on observed resident behaviors, participation levels, and progress toward treatment plan objectives in order to provide information and assist in the rehabilitation process.
• ¼    Interprets situational requirements and implements approved intervention techniques in order to ensure safety, order, and security of the facility.
• ¼    Supervises and participates in searches and inspections of beds, lockers, living areas, buildings, and grounds in order to oversee subordinates; to ensure residents' compliance with rules, regulations, and standards; and to prevent introduction and possession of contraband.
• ¼    Transports and accompanies residents to court and other appointments and activities in order to ensure residents arrive safely and securely at designated destinations at the appointed time.
• ¼    Attends and participates in in-service training sessions, workshops, and staff meetings in order to acquire additional knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• ¼    Implements and complies with human resource laws, policies, procedures, and practices, such as: AA/EEO, recruitment, employment, position classification, performance appraisals, training, discipline, contract administration, human resource components of security protocols of agency information security and confidentiality policies, and employee safety in order to ensure fair and equal treatment of personnel.

KNOWLEDGES, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:  (These are required to successfully perform the work assigned).

¼    Knowledge of adolescent development and behavior.

¼    Knowledge of methods of providing care, custody, and control of juvenile detainees.

¼    Knowledge of counseling techniques.

¼    Knowledge of modern security principles and practices.

¼    Knowledge of supervisory principles, practices, and techniques.

¼    Knowledge of educational theory and practice, and its application in providing juvenile rehabilitative programs.

¼    Knowledge of household management.

¼    Ability to use applicable computer programs.

¼    Ability to implement rehabilitation programs in a consistent, effective manner.

¼    Ability to gain and maintain the respect and cooperation of subordinate staff and residents.

¼    Ability to evaluate subordinate staff and recommend appropriate personnel actions.

¼    Ability to communicate effectively.

¼    Ability to write clearly and effectively.

¼    Ability to prepare reports of activities.

¼    Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.

¼    Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.

¼    Ability to exercise independent judgment and discretion.

¼    Ability to observe and communicate situations and behavior in detail.

¼    Ability to maintain order and control juveniles, individually and in groups.

¼    Ability to provide guidance and leadership to juveniles.

¼    Ability to exercise self-control in a negative and hostile environment.

¼    Ability to model appropriate behavior, attitude, ethics, and morals.