Safety Stabilization Crisis Worker

Dakota County•Hastings, MN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Safety Stabilization Crisis Worker works within the Safety Stabilization Program on the Juvenile Services Center campus in Hastings, Minnesota. The position helps maintain the Center’s safety and security by supporting and guiding residents, using deescalation techniques, developing safety plans, facilitating groups, and providing crisis intervention. The role focuses on deescalation and does not involve physical holds of residents. The position is in Community Corrections, follows a rotating schedule that includes every other weekend, and is based at the Hastings Juvenile Services Center. It is designated safety-sensitive. Some travel is required. The position requires regular attendance according to the approved work schedule.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology, sociology, or human services, and one year of full-time professional experience or two years of para-professional experience in a social services agency.
Must be at least 21 years of age.
Valid driver’s license.
Obtain a First Aid/CPR certificate within six months of hire; training is provided by the facility.
Knowledge of trauma-informed care and experience working with clients with mental health conditions.
Knowledge of human development, family dynamics and systems, crisis management, and cultural humility.
Knowledge of applicable statutes, rules, policies, and evidence-based practices related to juvenile detention and crisis work, and ability to research them.
Knowledge of data privacy laws, rules, and practices and ability to apply them appropriately.
Knowledge of Minnesota’s criminal justice system, its component parts, and adult and juvenile court laws and procedures.
Ability to apply laws, regulations, rules, and departmental policies and procedures to assigned duties.
Ability to use rewards, reinforcements, and interventions appropriately with juveniles, while being fair, understanding, firm, and consistent.
Knowledge, experience, and skill in facilitating group discussions and programs.
Ability to make sound decisions under stress and use deescalation skills to resolve conflicts while following departmental and state policies and guidelines.
Ability to collaborate with others, plan, and resolve problems.
Effective verbal and written communication skills in group and individual settings.
Ability to organize, prioritize, manage time, and complete tasks on schedule.
Ability and willingness to adapt to and support organizational change, acquire new skills, and develop professionally.
Ability to use computers and learn database systems, including CSTS, CSIR, MNCIS, Statewide Supervision System, and CJINN.
Demonstrated understanding of and respect for diverse customers, coworkers, and supervisors, including people with disabilities and people whose first language may not be English.
Within six months, demonstrate knowledge of trauma-informed interventions for youth in juvenile facilities; ability to conceptualize client needs and translate them into plans; ability to anticipate harmful behavior and deescalate situations; consistent positive encouragement and incentives; and safe individual and group supervision of youth.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in social work or psychology with licensure.
Experience working with children and families providing brief, solution-focused intervention and crisis management.
Knowledge and experience with person-centered strategies.
Experience providing therapy or crisis services to adults, adolescents, children, or their families.
Experience conducting mental health screenings.
Experience handling mental health crisis situations, including diagnosis and treatment of clients in crisis.

Responsibilities

Provide crisis assessment and intervention.
Deescalate and process with residents in crisis or escalating situations.
Develop crisis and stabilization plans with youth, including teaching calming and self-regulation skills and techniques.
Collaborate and consult, with appropriate authorization, with supervisory mental health professionals, colleagues, case managers, and family members.
Facilitate safety stabilization reintegration plans with residents.
Supervise and facilitate programming for residents on special programming status, including youth on one-to-one staff-to-resident programming status.
Evaluate youth removed from group programming for safety reasons and determine their readiness to reintegrate safely.
Intervene with youth before escalation or crisis to help them remain in group programming.
Practice and enforce state law and Department of Corrections licensing standards within the facility.
Document client activity, behavior, collateral communications, and well-being checks using the facility case management system.
Support the Juvenile Services Center’s day-to-day functions, including other assigned duties.
Safely supervise youth individually or in groups and provide consistent positive encouragement and incentives.

Benefits

Comprehensive and affordable medical, dental, vision, and other benefits.
Flexible spending accounts.
Work-life balance.
Paid time off accruing at a starting rate of four weeks per year.
Ability to carry over unused flex time from year to year.
Eleven paid holidays each year and one floating holiday.
Pension with an employer contribution through PERA.
Telework may occasionally be available.
Three weeks of paid parental leave.
Wellness program including a peer support team, on-site fitness center, annual wellness check-in, and employee assistance program.