Juvenile Rehabilitation Officer 2 (JRO2) - Chehalis

State of Washington; Chehalis (WA); On-site; USD 43,000 - 50,000; Part time

Job summary

State of Washington, at Green Hill School in Chehalis, WA, seeks a Juvenile Rehabilitation Officer 2 (JRO2) to provide security and safety for residents, staff, and visitors in a maximum-security juvenile facility.

You will assist counselors on the floor, model positive behavior, and help create a safe environment for learning and rehabilitation. Shifts include Day, Swing, Graveyard and on-call weeks, with potential 20–40 hours per week.

Qualifications

• One year of relevant experience in counseling, criminal justice, juvenile justice, education, psychology, sociology, behavioral health, or social service OR one year as a Juvenile Rehabilitation Officer 1.
• Two years of college will substitute for one year of experience.

Responsibilities

• Proactively maintain awareness of information from previous shifts.
• Operate two-way radio and telephone.
• Recognize and assess problem situations and respond to emergent situations.
• Assess youth behavior for risk to self and others.
• Supervise youth during administration of medications.
• Use approved de-escalation and physical-control methods to restore safety and order.
• Conduct routine security duties including checks, headcounts, and searches.
• Escort/supervise youth during facility movements and appointments.
• Input incident reports and client tracking into the ACT system.

Skills

Action orientation

Interpersonal empathy

Education

Two years college substitute for experience

Job description

Our vision is to ensure that “All Washington's children and youth grow up safe and healthy, thriving physically, emotionally, and educationally, nurtured by family and community”.

Job Class: Juvenile Rehabilitation Officer 2 (JRO2)

Location: Chehalis, Washington

Closes: Open until filled.

Salary: $33.21 Hourly. The indicated rate does not include a 5% on-site 24/7 facility premium.

Job Type: On-Call - work is intermittent in nature, sporadic and it does not fit a particular pattern, there is no set schedule or minimum guaranteed hours. However, there may be opportunities to work an average of 20-40 hours per week. Employees in these positions must be available for all shifts including Day (6am-4pm), Swing (1pm-11pm) and Graveyard (10pm-8am), which includes weekends, and holidays.

The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is accepting applications to join our team at Green Hill School as a Juvenile Rehabilitation Officer 2 (JRO2) to provide security and safety services for residents, staff, and visitors in our maximum-security juvenile rehabilitation residential facility.

The Opportunity:

You will assist counselors on the floor, be a positive role model to our youth residents, intervene, if necessary, when conflicts arise, and ultimately, ensure a safe and secure environment for our youth to learn new ways of relating to themselves and others, and prosper. You will learn about the Juvenile Rehabilitation philosophy and treatment model, which will prepare you for a variety of career advancement opportunities as you support rehabilitative programming for our youth.

Some of what you will do:

• Proactively maintain awareness of verbal and written information from previous shifts.
• Operate communication devices such as two-way radio, and telephone.
• Recognize and assess problem situations and immediately responds to emergent situations.
• Assess youth behavior for risk to self and others.
• Supervise youth during administration of prescription and non-prescription medications.
• Monitor and supervise youth at all times, and intervene by using Juvenile Rehabilitation (JR) approved methods and techniques for verbal de-escalation, physical control and/or restraints as necessary to restore safety and order.
• Conduct routine and random security duties including perimeter, grounds, building checks, headcounts, Suicide Precaution Level (SPL) checks, key control, room searches for contraband and pat/frisk and strip searches according to policy.
• Escort/supervises youth during facility movements and appointments.
• Perform basic data and retrieval functions using computerized system, and input incident reports and client tracking into the Automated Client Tracking (ACT) system.

Required qualifications:

One year of relevant experience (full-time equivalency) in counseling, criminal justice, juvenile justice, education, psychology, sociology, behavioral health, or social service.OR One year as a Juvenile Rehabilitation Officer 1.

• The ability to take action to learn and grow.
• The ability to take action to meet the needs of others.

Note: Two years of college will substitute for one year of experience.

In addition to those required qualifications, our ideal applicant will also have some or all of the following:

Two or more years of experience in the areas of work such as: social services, youth group activities, security guard, correctional officer, police officer, police reserve officer, military police, or other law enforcement work; or a certificate of completion in a basic law enforcement training program approved by the Washington Criminal Justice Training Commission (CJTC); or, a certificate of completion in a police or reserve police academy or military training program.

Previously demonstrated:

• Understanding of adolescent development and juvenile rehabilitation practices and principles.
• Experience providing cognitive/behavioral therapeutic interventions.
• Competency in relating to clients from diverse backgrounds and cultural groups.
• Knowledge of basic juvenile correctional system, rehabilitation objectives in juvenile institutions, basic interviewing and counseling theories and techniques, basic concepts, fundamentals, and principles of individual and group behaviors, introductory psychology of deviant behavior, and crisis intervention methods and techniques.
• Ability to obtain pertinent information during interviews, assist in rehabilitation of juvenile offenders, apply rules, regulations, and procedures, appraise situations, and remain calm and in control in crisis situations and deescalate situations.
• Ability to speak and write clearly, establish and maintain effective working.

Supplemental Information:

The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is committed to Washington’s children and youth growing up safe, healthy, and thriving. We invite all candidates to join us in our goal to create a diverse and equitable workplace that reflects the communities we serve.

The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, national origin, honorably discharged veteran or military status, or the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability or the use of a trained service animal by a person with a disability.

Applicants selected for an interview are required to pass a national fingerprint background check and complete a questionnaire mandated by the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) inquiring about any sexual misconduct. Information from the background check will not necessarily preclude employment but is considered in determining the applicant's suitability and competence to perform in the job.

Incumbent must possess a current Food Handler's permit or obtain one within fourteen (14) days of hire.

This position is in a bargaining unit represented by the Washington Federation of State Employees (WFSE). For more information: https://wfse.org/.

This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies.

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