Juvenile Detention Supervision Officer – Juvenile Detention - J29290 - 34900

Nueces County•Hillsboro, OR

16h•Onsite

About The Position

Supervises juveniles and provides security within the County’s detention facilities. This role involves maintaining group control, preventing escapes and behavioral issues, processing new juveniles, observing and analyzing resident needs, assisting with positive attitude development through counseling, managing crisis situations, administering discipline, reporting unusual behavior, maintaining resident records, participating in shift meetings, performing searches for contraband, handling phone calls and visitors, providing information to parents, analyzing facility procedures, organizing activities, ensuring facility cleanliness, performing housekeeping duties, serving meals, and performing other assigned duties specific to the shift.

Requirements

Must be age 21 or older.
Must have a high school diploma or GED certificate.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as proportions and percentages.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Must have a valid Texas Driver License or current ID.
Knowledge of department policy, rules, and regulations.
Working knowledge of Family Code and juvenile justice system.
Ability to handle difficult situations among persons of widely divergent backgrounds.
Ability to communicate effectively with young people.
Emotional suitability for working with youth.
Knowledge of security procedures and techniques.
Ability to think and react quickly and carefully.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, various law enforcement officials, attorneys, juveniles and their parents and the general public.
Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
Good physical condition.
Regularly required to talk or hear.
Frequently required to stand, walk, and sit.
Occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell.
Must occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with youths in a residential setting, recreation program, volunteer capacity and/or schools.
Bachelor’s degrees in fields relevant to this position, such as psychology, sociology, education, and criminal justice.

Responsibilities

Supervises and maintains group control during all activities of detained juveniles.
Responsible for preventing escapes, suicide attempts and violent, aggressive behavior.
Conducts regular visual checks on residents and documents each check.
Receives new juveniles and processes them according to departmental rules and regulations.
Screens referred juveniles and makes decisions regarding their detention or release.
Observes residents to analyze their needs and address them.
Assists residents to develop a healthy and positive attitude.
Remains alert and aware of group dynamics and confronts crisis situations.
Administers disciplinary action in a fair and consistent manner.
Reports and unusual behavior of juveniles to appropriate Lead Detention Counselor.
Initiates and maintains current records/files on residents.
Participates in group meetings to orient residents as to behavioral expectations and schedule.
Reports to Detention Counselor(s) of next shift any unusual occurrences during shift.
Performs room searches to control contraband, facility defacing and maintenance needs.
Performs frisk and strip searches when necessary.
Receives, screens and logs all incoming and outgoing telephone calls in the absence of the Receptionist.
Logs any person entering or leaving the facility and oversees visitors.
Provides parents with appropriate information regarding residents' behavior and circumstances.
Analyzes and evaluates present facility procedures and submits ideas for improvements.
Organizes and implements new activities for residents' enjoyment.
Ensures that the detention facility is maintained in a neat and clean manner.
Performs housekeeping duties as needed.
Transports meals to facility and serves meals and snacks.
Performs duties specific to shift, as determined by Superintendent or designee.
Performs any other such duties as may be assigned.