Captain - UEDC

State-of-South-Carolina; South Carolina; On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) seeks a Captain to lead security staff in a facility, ensuring safety and compliance with policies, laws, and rehabilitative goals for youth.

Under limited supervision, this role directs Lieutenants, Sergeants, and JCOs, manages shift operations, coordinates training, and maintains secure, orderly facilities to support positive youth development and safer communities.

Responsibilities

• Engages with youth to ensure safety, security, rehabilitation, and well-being.
• Communicates clearly with youth throughout the day.
• Responds to emergencies and security incidents.
• Conducts routine security inspections and frisk searches.

Job description

If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference and you have a passion for making a difference in the lives of South Carolina's youth, consider joining the dedicated people of the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ).

It is the mission of the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) to impact and transform young lives, strengthen families, and support safer communities through targeted prevention and rehabilitation.

JOB PURPOSE

Under limited supervision of the Assistant Facility Administrator, the Captain plans, directs, and coordinates the actions of all security staff in the assigned facility, while maintaining compliance with agency policy and procedures along with Federal and State Law. The captain provides direction and guidance to shift supervisors to ensure the safety and orderly operation of the facility. The captain manages Lieutenants, Sergeants and JCOs to provide youth with a safe and secure environment that fosters healthy decision-making and is conducive to rehabilitation of at-risk youth. This position is assigned to specific facilities to ensure orderly facility operations and the safety and well-being of all youth and staff. This position plays an essential role and the responsibilities directly impact the youth and the ability of the agency to provide safe and secure rehabilitative opportunities for youth. This position's purpose is to contribute positively to the youth's overall rehabilitative process through positive youth development framework and a positive facility culture.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Engages with youth throughout the day to ensure the safety, security, rehabilitation, and well-being of youth.
• Ensures frequent and helpful communication with youth throughout the day.
• Physically responds appropriately to emergency situations.
• Conducts routine and unannounced security inspections per agency policy.
• Conducts routine and unannounced frisk searches of the youth after all youth movement.
• Ensures that each youth has their basic needs met.
• Remains knowledgeable and informed of the security status of all youth assigned.
• Develops, directs, and implements an inspection program to detect and correct deficiencies according to policy in a secured facility to include safety, sanitation and maintenance needs in the assigned facility.
• Ensures that all officers assigned to their shifts are given proper training in all operations.
• Makes unscheduled and unannounced inspections to determine if staff are properly performing assigned duties of custody, supervision, and security.
• Ensures proper control of all security keys and security equipment; to include but not limited to radios, handcuffs, leg irons, vehicles, keys, etc.
• Responds to and handles situations of concern to include making notifications, giving directions, responding in person and by phone, mediating conflict and ensuring safety.
• Assist in the creation of facility schedule and ensures staff and youth adhere to facility schedule.
• Ensures proper staffing to youth ratios facility wide.
• Evaluates staff's performance, instructs and counsels staff on required performance standards and when necessary, initiates/supervises/administers appropriate corrective or disciplinary actions for violations of laws, rules, regulations, policies and standards procedures.
• With assistance from the training department, ensures all staff are current on all required trainings and certifications.
• This includes collaborating with leadership on other shifts and facilities to allow staff to be released from coverage to attend training.
• Directs responses and responds to youth expressed problems, grievances and complaints and, when necessary, refers them to appropriate staff members for assistance or necessary actions.
• Mediates disputes