Correctional Youth Security Officer I - Platte Valley Services Center.

State of Colorado; Greeley (CO); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

State of Colorado, Division of Youth Services in Greeley is seeking staff to supervise and mentor adjudicated and pre-adjudicated youth at Platte Valley Youth Services Center. The role focuses on safety, behavior management, and supporting youth through treatment and education plans.

Shifts are 12.5 hours with several start times; front end schedule includes Sundays through Mondays, Tuesdays and alternating Wednesdays, while back end covers alternating Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and

Responsibilities

• 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
• 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
• Actively and with positive engagement, implement and follow the Youth Center behavioral management program
• Teach, coach, and redirect youth within the behavior management program and role model prosocial behavior at all times
• Conduct problem solving, appreciation, pre/post activity groups, psycho-educational groups and individualized skill building as needed to support a safe environment conducive to learning and consistent with DYS behavioral expectations
• Communicate expectations for behavior, events, rules, or other milieu requirements
• Provide supervision and support of community transition/reintegration opportunities for youth
• Use prevailing techniques to establish rapport with youth, overcome resistance to change, communicate more effectively in stable circumstances as well as unsettled circumstances
• Support restorative community justice principles and/or activities

Job description

Department Information

This position is open to current Colorado residents only.

Please note: This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies at this location for different shifts

About The Division Of Youth Services

The mission of the Division of Youth Services (DYS) is to protect, restore and improve public safety utilizing a continuum of care that provides effective supervision, promotes accountability to victims and communities, and helps youth lead constructive lives through positive youth development. The strategic goal of DYS is to operate healthy trauma-responsive organizational environments as demonstrated through prosocial, safe, and non-violent interactions.

DYS provides a continuum of services that encompass juvenile detention, assessment, commitment and parole. DYS is the agency statutorily mandated to provide for the care and supervision of youth committed by the District Court to the custody of the Colorado Department of Human Services. The Division operates 15 secure facilities that serve youth between the ages of 10 and 21, who are pre-adjudicated, sentenced, or committed. For pre-adjudicated youth, the Division is also responsible for the management and oversight of the Colorado Youth Detention Continuum; a State-funded, locally administered program that provides services to youth at risk of further progressing into the juvenile justice system. In addition to residential programming, the Division administers juvenile parole services throughout the State. We have many opportunities within DYS to positively impact youth and families.

We invite you to explore the DYS website and learn about the services provided to youth, families, and local communities in the State of Colorado at: https://www.colorado.gov/cdhs/dys

Description Of Job

You are required to work at your assigned work location during your scheduled work times.

Physical Job location:

Platte Valley Youth Services Center

2200 "O" Street

Greeley, CO 80631

Shifts: 12 ½ hour, 6a-6:30p, 10a-10:30p, 6p-6:30p

Working Days

Front End: Every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and every other Wednesday

Back End: Every other Wednesday, every Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Please note: Work arrangements are subject to change at any time.

About The Position

This position provides interactive/engaging supervision of youth where they coach, mentor and role model positive social expectations. In this role, employees will lead youth within the milieu in areas such as groups, recreation, structural activities and support youth in their treatment/educational plans and goals. Employees will actively monitor youth and will intervene into situations at the lowest level to ensure individual and group safety. This position provides youth with positive recognition, redirects behavioral concerns which includes verbal and/or physical interventions. Employees will be required to complete documentation in both written and computer format. Duties in this position include:

Safety/Security

• 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
• 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 behavioral management program
• Teach, coach, and redirect youth within the behavior management program and role model prosocial behavior at all times
• Conduct problem solving, appreciation, pre/post activity groups, psycho-educational groups and individualized skill building as needed to support a safe environment conducive to learning and consistent with DYS behavioral expectations
• Communicate expectations for behavior, events, rules, or other milieu requirements
• Provide supervision and support of community transition/reintegration opportunities for youth
• Use prevailing techniques to establish rapport with youth, overcome resistance to change, communicate more effectively in stable circumstances as well as unsettled circumstances
• Support restorative community justice principles and/or activities