Juvenile Correctional Specialist
The Department of Juvenile Justice is currently recruiting full-time Juvenile Correctional Specialists at the Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center. As a JCS, you will provide direct care to residents in a secure environment and be assigned to designated security posts to ensure orderly facility operations and the safety of the youth, visitors, and staff. The roles and responsibilities of the JCS directly impact the resident’s quality of institutional life and foster rehabilitation.
Multiple positions will be filled from this recruitment. Applications will be continuously reviewed until the position is filled.
Why DJJ?
Do you have a passion for making a positive impact on the lives of youth? A DJJ career provides an opportunity to make a difference. The DJJ also offers competitive salaries, generous benefits, and excellent promotional and staff development opportunities.
Benefits
The wage/hourly JCS position is limited to 1500 hours per calendar year and does not include state health benefits.
JCS Duties
- Provide a safe and secure environment for the rehabilitation and custody of committed youth
- Supervise juvenile residents’ activities while maintaining control and order in the facility
- Oversee and monitor all activities of the juvenile residents in an assigned housing unit
- Ensure resident doors are locked for security
- Conduct and document regular security and safety checks
- Intervene during behavioral crisis of residents
- De-escalate residents during intense situations; including restraining residents to reassume control if necessary
- Provide mentorship to residents
- Utilize computer systems for typing, printing, or reviewing reports
- Document resident checks and various other forms in a logbook in a fully legible, comprehensive, timely, and accurate manner
Initial Requirements
- Must have a high school diploma or GED
- Must be a US Citizen
- Must have a valid drivers license
- No felony convictions