SUBSTITUTE/PART-TIME JUVENILE SUPERVISION OFFICER - Juvenile Services

Tarrant County; Texas; On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Tarrant County seeks a Juvenile Detention Position to supervise and support youths in a secure facility. The role focuses on maintaining a safe environment, addressing educational and emotional needs, and ensuring orderly operations within the detention center.

The candidate will provide counseling, enforce rules, and intervene during crises. A Texas driver’s license and relevant certifications are required, with bilingual Spanish being preferred.

Qualifications

• Ninety college hours completed or equivalent.
• Must obtain Texas Juvenile Supervision Officer certification within six months of hire.
• Must have First Aid, CPR, and Non-Violent Restraint with annual renewal of certification.
• Valid Texas Driver's License and proof of automobile liability insurance.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Bilingual in Spanish preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintains a safe, secure and positive environment for detainees and meets their educational, emotional, recreational, disciplinary and basic care needs.
• 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 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 searches of juveniles.
• Conducts facility-wide and personal searches for contraband.
• Performs all other related duties as assigned

Skills

Communication skills

Spanish bilingual

Education

90 college hours

Job description

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 child care needs. Supervise family visitation and documents juveniles' behavior and adaptation to a secure, supervised setting on a daily basis.

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

• Ninety (90) college hours required.
• 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.
• Valid Texas Driver's License and proof of automobile liability insurance.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Bilingual in Spanish preferred.

Physical Demands And Work Environment & Other Requirements

While performing the duties of this position, the incumbent is regularly required to walk, sit, stand, bend, stoop and lift. Exposure to communicable and contagious diseases; potential for physical and mechanical restraint situations involving juveniles who are violent and self-destructive.