Group Supervisor 3 - Elko

State of Nevada•Elko, NV

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Nevada Division of Child and Family Services is recruiting Group Supervisor 3s for the Nevada Youth Training Center, a 64-bed, staff-secure facility in Elko serving male and female youth ages 12–18. Group Supervisors work with juvenile offenders in a State Youth Training Center, providing education, employment, training, treatment, care, custody, and individual guidance in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. They maintain comprehensive records of youths’ program activities and participate in treatment teams. Under limited supervision, Group Supervisor 3s perform the full range of duties in the series and assist with formulating and evaluating treatment plans, including recommending alternative treatment methods. At this advanced journey level, they coordinate and oversee group and individual treatment sessions; develop session goals, rules, and content using prescribed methods; document treatment and activities; and prepare progress summaries for review by the treatment team, committing judge, parole officer, legal guardian, and institutional staff. These are full-time positions with a variety of available work schedules.

Requirements

Meet one of the following education and experience combinations: a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in psychology, social work, sociology, counseling and guidance, human services, social services, education, criminal justice, or a closely related field, plus one year of qualifying experience; high school graduation or equivalent plus three years of qualifying experience; one year as a Group Supervisor II in Nevada State service; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Qualifying experience involves working with youth in a custodial, employment, therapeutic, educational, recreational, or correctional setting and responsibility for vocational assessments, oral presentations during group sessions and treatment team meetings, and vocational and life skills training for juvenile offenders.
Working knowledge of treatment team concepts and processes, related juvenile justice agencies, applicable State juvenile justice laws, vocational assessment techniques, treatment principles and therapeutic approaches, training and supervisory techniques, group processes and dynamics, and prescribed methods for developing treatment-session goals, rules, and content.
Ability to arrange sophistication and delinquent behavior systematically into groups or categories.
Ability to make oral group presentations during group sessions and treatment team meetings.
Ability to perceive and define cause-and-effect relationships in group settings.
Ability to evaluate case histories and participate in offender classification.
Ability to control aggressive and maladaptive behaviors in accordance with established policies and procedures.
Ability to provide vocational and life skills training to juvenile offenders.

Responsibilities

Supervise youths in an assigned unit, observe their work habits, social behavior, and attitudes, enforce institutional rules, and provide assistance and direction with assignments, behavior, dress, and hygiene.
Participate in treatment teams to implement treatment plans and document youths’ progress and problems.
Conduct intake interviews, review case histories, complete intake documentation, assess and document youths’ traits and functioning, provide immediate needs, and orient youths to unit rules.
Conduct searches of persons and possessions for unauthorized articles and contraband.
Perform security checks, head counts, and room and body searches; check locks; monitor residents’ locations; detect escape risks, controlled substances, contraband, or weapons; document actions and report abnormalities.
Respond to emergencies, including searches for runaway youths and first aid; use authorized verbal, behavioral, or physical interventions to manage aggressive, hostile, or violent behavior; notify personnel and document actions.
Maintain case records and complete incident, chronological, accountability, off-grounds, personal account, money withdrawal, and clothing records.
Instruct youths in life, educational, and vocational skills; provide vocational and pre-employment training, assist with homework, and monitor, evaluate, and report progress.
Coordinate and oversee group and individual treatment sessions; develop session goals, rules, and content using prescribed methods; document sessions and activities; and prepare individual progress summaries.
Participate in activities as a role model, officiate at events, provide individual or team instruction, explain rules, set up equipment, arrange transportation as required, and coordinate schedules with facility programs and security needs.
Assist in formulating and evaluating treatment plans and recommend alternative treatment methods.
Perform related duties as assigned.