Youth Services Specialist I- Campus at Lookout Mtn YSC

State of Colorado•Golden, CO

2d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is a direct care/essential role that provides direct and engaging supervision of Youth in DYS State Operated Secure Facilities. Specific duties and expectations are: Safety/Security, Youth Center Programming, Documentation/Recording and Reporting, Training, and Organizational Accountability. Positions may be required to work overtime on a rotating basis, based on business needs. Safety/Security . Work involves providing direct care, safety, security, and supervision of adjudicated and/or pre-adjudicated youth in a secure setting. Monitor, participate, support, and enforce behavioral management plans for individual youth as directed (e.g. Behavioral Contracts, Individual Growth and Change Plans). Duties include supervision of youth or group of youth, supervision of daily activities, youth orientation, intervention in crisis situations, non-escalation, de-escalation, use of physical response/restraint in emergency situations, debriefing of all incidents, and conducting searches. Youth Center Programming . Actively and with positive engagement, implement and follow the Youth Center’s behavioral management program, teach, coach, and redirect youth within the program. Support DYS initiatives and strategies as they relate to youth programming and crisis intervention. Documentation/Recording and Reporting . Document observations of youth behavior and response to program(s) and document all unit activities and required information in appropriate logs and records systems. Document all youth group activities in appropriate database systems. Organizational Accountability. Through all communications and behaviors demonstrate, support, and contribute to a healthy, positive, and respectful cultural climate throughout the Youth Center by adhering to our organizational values of Nonviolence, Open Communication, Social Responsibility, Growth and Change, Social Learning, Democracy, and Emotional Intelligence. Requirement to adhere to the CDHS Code of Conduct, DYS Compliance Review Standards, and CDHS and DYS policies. Success will come through the development of healthy, positive relationships supported by creating a trauma responsive environment. Training. Complete DYS Pre-Service training academy, Youth Center training, and orientation process as a new employee. Some travel may be required. Complete all assigned online training, and maintain and support the Division’s prevailing behavior management and intervention strategies. Training will help you learn problem-solving, the development of relationships with youth grounded in solid boundaries, how to teach skills to youth to decrease further risk and need, and a better understanding of trauma, behavioral health, and high-risk behavior.

Requirements

High school diploma or General Education Diploma (GED).
Must be a minimum of 21 years of age.
No felony convictions or history of domestic violence.
Possess and maintain a valid State of Colorado driver's license.
Pass CBI and FBI background investigations.
Willing and able to physically intervene with assaultive youth.
Ability to study information and recount events in a written, factual, concise, and legible method.
Ability to verbally communicate clearly and willingness to do so respectfully.
Ability to identify and act on changes, inappropriate activity, hazards or potential security breaches and verbally communicate pertinent information.
Self control, composure and the ability to manage stressful situations.
Strong work ethic, integrity and dependability.
Skilled in conflict management.
Sound judgment and decision making skills.
Must provide documentation to be given credit for it.

Nice To Haves

College education in a behavioral health and or juvenile justice related field.
Experience working with adjudicated and/or detained youth within a secure residential facility and/or a behavioral health setting.
Experience facilitating psychoeducational groups.
Education/experience working with adolescents who have trauma.
Experience working with youth in positive leadership roles, such as mentoring and coaching.
Experience utilizing verbal de-escalation and motivational techniques.
Relevant years of state service.

Responsibilities

Provide direct care, safety, security, and supervision of adjudicated and/or pre-adjudicated youth in a secure setting.
Monitor, participate, support, and enforce behavioral management plans for individual youth.
Supervise youth or groups of youth and their daily activities.
Conduct youth orientations.
Intervene in crisis situations using non-escalation and de-escalation techniques.
Utilize physical response/restraint in emergency situations.
Debrief all incidents.
Conduct searches.
Implement and follow the Youth Center’s behavioral management program.
Teach, coach, and redirect youth within the program.
Support DYS initiatives and strategies related to youth programming and crisis intervention.
Document observations of youth behavior and response to programs.
Document all unit activities and required information in appropriate logs and records systems.
Document all youth group activities in appropriate database systems.
Demonstrate, support, and contribute to a healthy, positive, and respectful cultural climate.
Adhere to the CDHS Code of Conduct, DYS Compliance Review Standards, and CDHS and DYS policies.
Complete DYS Pre-Service training academy, Youth Center training, and orientation process.
Complete all assigned online training.
Maintain and support the Division’s prevailing behavior management and intervention strategies.