Summary
- Provides a safe, secure, and positive environment for juveniles detained in the Juvenile Detention Center.
- Supervise the activities of juveniles in the course of meeting their educational, emotional, recreational, disciplinary and basic childcare needs.
- Supervise family visitation and documents juveniles’ behavior and adaptation to a secure, supervised setting on a daily basis.
County Substitute employees have no guarantee of continued employment. These employees work "as needed" and typically work irregular sporadic hours.
Substitute employees are not eligible for benefits.
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Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Maintains safe, secure and positive environment, while meeting the educational, emotional, recreational, disciplinary, and basic needs of each detainee
- Provides individual and group counseling for detainees
- Provides discipline when detainees violate rules and may restrain youth who are out of control
- Intervenes in aggressive and self-injurious behaviors with crisis intervention, counseling, physical and mechanical restraint
- Supervises the personal grooming, hygienic activities and housekeeping tasks of detained youth
- Maintains security of residents and facility through regular accounting of population and materials as well as search of juveniles
- Conducts facility-wide and personal searches for contraband
- Performs all other related duties as assigned
Minimum Requirements
NOTE : YOU MUST FILL OUT THE WORK HISTORY and EDUCATION SECTIONS OF APPLICATION TO SHOW YOU HAVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE / EDUCATION AS REQUIRED BY HIRING DEPARTMENT OR BE DISQUALIFIED.
TO APPLY, must have earned Ninety (90) college semester hours from an accredited university. MUST PROVIDE A COPY OF TRANSCRIPT(S) AT THE TIME OF INTERVIEW.
Note : Applicants who graduate from a foreign school must present written documentation that validates their education as meeting the standards of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) from a Texas Juvenile Justice Department approved service.
TO APPLY, must possess a valid Driver License and proof of automobile liability insurance . A Texas driver license is required to hold the position.
Must obtain Texas Juvenile Supervision Officer certification within six (6) months of hire. Must have First Aid, CPR, and Non-Violent Restraint with annual renewal of certification.
Good written and verbal communication skills.
If hired, must provide proof of educational attainment
at New Hire Processing or during the promotional process.