JUVENILE JUSTICE DETENTION OFF SUPV - SE - 80003566

State of Florida • Panama City, FL

25d • Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for adhering to agency and facility policies and procedures, maintaining a safe and secure environment for youth, staff, and themselves. The role involves daily routine inspections of the detention facility, supervising and instructing workers in the care and custody of youth, and ensuring adequate safeguards for detained youth. Administrative functions include staff orientation and training, managing leave and attendance, preparing evaluations and reports, maintaining key control, initiating disciplinary actions, and preparing/reviewing confinement reports. The position ensures compliance with Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) and facility policies, promotes good management and leadership practices, and assures schedules are followed. It also involves performing special details or projects, ensuring compliance with standards and proper client release procedures, assisting personnel with youth behavior and personal problems, evaluating youth, and participating in progress reports. The role acts as a facility representative to the public and interprets policies in the absence of higher-ranking officials. Daily staff assignments are made to ensure adequate staffing, and participation in daily briefings includes providing status reports and making key assignments. The position takes a leadership role in monitoring data entries in Master Control and the Admissions/Release Office, completing required paperwork accurately and legibly, and ensuring proper completion and equitable application of staff overtime rosters. It requires adherence to state regulations and the relevant bargaining unit's master contract. A valid Driver License is mandatory, with reporting of any changes within 72 hours. The role ensures proper care, storage, and accounting of youth clothing, daily provision of clean socks and underwear, and accountability for searching youth at admission. It coordinates, directs, and monitors daily workloads, maintains effective supervision of youth and staff, and ensures safety and security. Prompt communication with supervisory staff regarding subordinate leave is crucial to ensure awareness of daily staffing patterns and coverage. The position requires successful completion of training for medication dispensing and responsible for bringing sick call lists and unusual medical problems to the facility nurse's attention. This position works a non-traditional schedule and may be required to work various shifts based on facility needs. It involves attending required meetings and all training mandated by DJJ's Direct Care Training Policy. In emergencies, CPR, AED, and First Aid techniques are utilized. The role ensures timely reporting of all Central Communication Center (CCC) reportable incidents, completes documentation, keeps administration informed, and assists with internal investigations. Daily facility reports and logs are reviewed for timeliness and accuracy, and subordinate staff are ensured to use and review relevant JJIS and DFMS reports. Compliance with the Prompt Payment Compliance Law is required. Other related duties as required.

Requirements

• Knowledge of the Department of Juvenile Justice Detention Services Manual, Federal and State rules and regulations, and DJJ and facility policies and procedures.
• Ability to supervise staff and youth.
• Ability to physically handle and interact with violent youth.
• Ability to work overtime hours in order to ensure staff coverage and maintain security.
• Must be at least 19 years of age.
• Must be a high school graduate or its equivalent as determined by the department.
• Must not have been convicted of any felony or a misdemeanor involving perjury or false statement or have received a dishonorable discharge from any of the Armed Forces of the United States.
• Must not have pleaded guilty or no lo contendere to or be found guilty of any felony or a misdemeanor involving perjury or false statement after September 30, 1999, notwithstanding suspension of sentence or withholding of adjudication.
• Must abide by all provisions of s. 985.644 (1), regarding fingerprinting and background investigations and other screening requirements for personnel.
• Must execute and submit to the department an affidavit-of-application form, attesting to his or her compliance with sub paragraphs 1-4.
• Must have a valid Driver License.
• Must obtain a valid Florida state driver’s license within 30 days of hire if initially hired with an out-of-state license.
• Must have a three-year acceptable driving record if transporting youth.
• Must be certified in accordance with State of Florida Department of Juvenile Justice direct care training policy or obtain such certification within 180 days of employment.
• Must pass Ergometric's IMPACT Assessment and Training Test if not currently in the state system as a direct care worker for DJJ at the time of application.

Nice To Haves

• Participates in daily briefing in the facility including providing status reports of the youth and individual units and making key assignments.
• Takes leadership role in actively monitoring all data entries in the Master Control and the Admissions/Release Office.
• Completes required paperwork within assigned times accurately and legibly.
• Ensures that staff overtime rosters are properly completed in a timely manner and that all the overtime is fairly and equitably applied.
• Follows all the state regulations and ensures that the relevant bargaining unit’s master contract is followed in the dealing with subordinate staff.
• Maintains a valid Driver License and reports any change to his/her supervisor within 72 hours.
• Ensures that all facility youth clothing is properly cared for, stored, and accounted for.
• Ensures that all youth have clean socks and underwear on a daily basis.
• Assigning staff to search youth at admission and properly receives and accounts for the paperwork.
• Ensuring proper use of the washing machines by staff.
• Coordinates, directs and monitors daily workload for the facility, staff and youth.
• Maintains effective supervision of youth and staff throughout all areas of the facility, ensuring safety and security.
• Properly and promptly communicates with fellow supervisory staff on the granting of any type of leave to subordinate staff to ensure that all the shift supervisors on a shift are aware of the daily staffing patterns.
• Ensures coverage is made for any staff that is granted leave.
• Successfully completes training requirements to maintain proficiency on the proper methods for dispensing medications to the youth.
• Properly dispenses medications according to accepted practices.
• Ensuring sick call list and any unusual medical problems are brought to the attention of the facility nurse.
• Attends required meetings.
• Attends and successfully completes all training required by DJJ’s Direct Care Training Policy and other training as assigned and required.
• In case of an emergency, will use the Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Automatic External Defibrillator (AED), and First Aid techniques and procedures taught during certification training.
• Ensures that all Central Communication Center (CCC) reportable incidents are reported on a timely basis.
• Completes all documentation and keeps administration informed of any issues.
• Assists the Assistant Superintendent with internal investigations as needed.
• Reviews all daily facility reports and logs completed by staff each working day for timeliness and accuracy.
• Ensures that he/she and subordinate staff use and review all relevant JJIS and DFMS reports.
• This position must comply with the requirements set forth in Section 215.422, Florida Statutes, Prompt Payment Compliance Law.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Responsibilities

• Adhering to agency and facility policies and procedures.
• Maintaining a safe and secure environment for youth, themselves, and other staff.
• Making daily routine inspections of the detention facility.
• Supervising and instructing workers in the care and custody of youth.
• Ensuring that adequate safeguards are maintained for the detained youth.
• Performing administrative functions relative to a supervisory position, including orientation and training of staff.
• Managing leave & attendance.
• Preparing evaluations, special behavior reports, floor logs, and youth folders.
• Maintaining key control.
• Initiating and executing disciplinary actions in accordance with approved policies and procedures.
• Preparing and reviewing confinement reports.
• Assuring the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) and facility policies are adhered to.
• Assuring good management and leadership practices are maintained within the facility.
• Assuring schedules are followed.
• Performing special details as required or special projects.
• Assuring the proper standards are complied with and that releases of clients are accomplished in accordance with applicable policies and procedures and court orders.
• Assisting detention personnel in handling youth with behavior and personal problems.
• Evaluating youth and participating in the preparation of progress reports.
• Acting as a representative for the facility in dealing with the general public and interpreting facility policies and procedures in the absence of the Assistant Superintendent and Superintendent.
• Making daily assignment of staff to ensure adequate staffing.
• Participating in daily briefing in the facility including providing status reports of the youth and individual units and making key assignments.
• Taking leadership role in actively monitoring all data entries in the Master Control and the Admissions/Release Office.
• Completing required paperwork within assigned times accurately and legibly.
• Ensuring that staff overtime rosters are properly completed in a timely manner and that all the overtime is fairly and equitably applied.
• Following all the state regulations and ensuring that the relevant bargaining unit’s master contract is followed in the dealing with subordinate staff.
• Maintaining a valid Driver License and reporting any change to his/her supervisor within 72 hours.
• Ensuring that all facility youth clothing is properly cared for, stored, and accounted for.
• Ensuring that all youth have clean socks and underwear on a daily basis.
• Assigning staff to search youth at admission and properly receives and accounts for the paperwork.
• Ensuring proper use of the washing machines by staff.
• Coordinating, directing and monitoring daily workload for the facility, staff and youth.
• Maintaining effective supervision of youth and staff throughout all areas of the facility, ensuring safety and security.
• Properly and promptly communicating with fellow supervisory staff on the granting of any type of leave to subordinate staff to ensure that all the shift supervisors on a shift are aware of the daily staffing patterns.
• Ensuring coverage is made for any staff that is granted leave.
• Successfully completing training requirements to maintain proficiency on the proper methods for dispensing medications to the youth.
• Properly dispensing medications according to accepted practices.
• Ensuring sick call list and any unusual medical problems are brought to the attention of the facility nurse.
• Attending required meetings.
• Attending and successfully completing all training required by DJJ’s Direct Care Training Policy and other training as assigned and required.
• Using Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Automatic External Defibrillator (AED), and First Aid techniques and procedures in case of an emergency.
• Ensuring that all Central Communication Center (CCC) reportable incidents are reported on a timely basis.
• Completing all documentation and keeping administration informed of any issues.
• Assisting the Assistant Superintendent with internal investigations as needed.
• Reviewing all daily facility reports and logs completed by staff each working day for timeliness and accuracy.
• Ensuring that he/she and subordinate staff use and review all relevant JJIS and DFMS reports.
• Complying with the requirements set forth in Section 215.422, Florida Statutes, Prompt Payment Compliance Law.
• Performing other related duties as required.

Benefits

• The Department of Juvenile Justice salutes our heroes.
• We are honored to have the opportunity to support our nation’s veterans and their families.
• We value the service given to our country and support the hiring of service members and military spouses.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: High school or GED