Assistant Director - CA Dillon

State of North Carolina

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Public Safety's mission is to safeguard and preserve the lives and property of the people of North Carolina through preparation, prevention, and protection with integrity and honor. The agency houses many public safety divisions, including Emergency Management, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Alcohol Law Enforcement, Samarcand Training Academy, and the North Carolina National Guard. The Assistant Director position involves performing administrative and managerial work in directing and coordinating the delivery of residential, facilitative, rehabilitative, and treatment programming within a Juvenile Justice facility. A core expectation is modeling and providing social support for behaviors, cognitions, values, attitudes, and beliefs conducive to pro-social behavior. The role includes hiring, training, and supervising staff, and managing daily facility operations. This position contributes to determining institution-wide goals and objectives as part of the management team and serves as the Director in their absence or at their direction. Continuous monitoring of facility safety and security objectives, with proactive and timely issue resolution, is also required. The Assistant Director ensures all campus areas meet goals related to facility peer review standards.

Requirements

Master's degree in human services or business area, such as psychology, social work, education, business administration, public administration or criminology from an appropriately accredited institution, and three years of professional experience in treatment programming for youth, one year of which must have been in a supervisory or administrative capacity; or Bachelor’s degree in one of the above areas from an appropriately accredited institution and four years of experience as specified above, one of which should have been in a supervisory or administrative capacity; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Working knowledge of the operations and supervision of a 24-hour secure juvenile residential facility.
Demonstrated experience with crisis intervention techniques.
Demonstrated knowledge of effective supervision practices relating to personnel management.
Working knowledge of the structure of the NC Juvenile Court System, Criminal Justice standards, and/or basic assessment principles.
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.

Responsibilities

Perform administrative and managerial work in directing and coordinating the delivery of residential, facilitative, rehabilitative and treatment programming of a Juvenile Justice facility.
Model and provide social support for the behavior and cognitions, values, attitudes, and beliefs conducive to pro-social behavior.
Be involved in hiring, training, and supervising staff.
Manage delegated daily facility operations.
Participate in determining institution-wide goals and objectives as a member of the management team.
Serve as the Director in their absence or at their direction.
Continuously monitor all aspects of facility safety and security objectives, addressing issues in a proactive and timely manner.
Ensure that all areas of the campus are meeting goals connected to the standards which are associated with the facility peer review.