Juvenile Probation & Counseling Officer

Tarrant County; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Provide 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 child care needs.

Supervise family visitation and documents juveniles’ behavior and adaptation to a secure, supervised setting on a daily basis. Essential duties include counseling, discipline when rules are broken, crisis intervention with potential restraints,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• A minimum of 1,750 hours of full-time casework, counseling, community or group work, or related experience in a social service, community, corrections, or juvenile agency that deals with offenders or disadvantaged persons required.
• One year of graduate study in criminology, corrections, counseling, law, social work, psychology or a related field may substitute for required experience.
• Ability to obtain and maintain current certification for Texas Juvenile Supervision Officer, Texas Juvenile Probation Officer, First Aid, CPR, and Non-Violent Restraint with annual renewal required.
• Valid driver’s license and proof of automobile liability insurance.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Bilingual in Spanish preferred.

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

Skills

Communication skills

Bilingual Spanish

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Provide 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 child care needs.

Supervise family visitation and documents juveniles’ behavior and adaptation to a secure, supervised setting on a daily basis. Essential duties include counseling, discipline when rules are broken, crisis intervention with potential restraints,