Youth Care and Behavior Mentor Trainee

State of Maryland; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

State of Maryland, through the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services (DJS), invites applicants for the Resident Advisor Trainee position in Baltimore locations. This entry-level role supervises youth residing in a DJS facility, guiding daily activities, behavior, and routine life skills.

You will learn to escort youth, de-escalate conflicts, support classroom schedules, document observations, and participate in safety checks.

Qualifications

• Education: Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate.
• Experience: None.

Responsibilities

• Learns to escort groups of youth to and from daily activities at the facility and to supervise their conduct during movement and daily activities.
• Learns to observe individual and group behaviors and to determine when intervention or guidance is needed by the youth under his/her care.
• Learns to intervene in situations involving agitated or overwrought youth to prevent fights and to de-escalate potentially harmful behaviors.
• Learns to suggest alternative ways of reacting to problems, and may be required to physically restrain youth.
• Learns to promote an environment conducive to learning helpful alternative behaviors by encouraging communication among youth and staff, guiding and critiquing group discussions, offering advice at appropriate junctures and serving as a mentor and role model for resident youth.
• Learns to monitor the behavior of youth and assist them in complying with daily and weekly schedules of attending classes, completing school assignments, sleeping, eating and performing personal hygiene tasks.
• Learns to record behavior observations, prepare progress and incident reports on assigned youth for review by supervisors, and recommend behavioral sanctions.
• Learns to inspect residence areas for safety, security and cleanliness.
• Learns to assess inappropriate behaviors and recommend behavioral sanctions to supervisors.
• Attends in-service training on topics, such as crisis prevention, suicide prevention, emergency medical treatments, and behavioral modification models to maintain knowledge of childcare needs, counseling methods and trends in the juvenile justice field and to obtain and maintain certification.
• Learns to assess emergency and crisis situations, make appropriate contacts and referrals, and provide interim emergency medical and other assistance until specialized assistance is available.
• May be assigned to a cottage or dormitory post at night.
• May accompany youth to community service activities outside the facility.
• Performs other related duties.

Education

High school diploma or GED

Associate's Degree in Criminal Justice or related field

Job description

State of Maryland, through the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services (DJS), invites applicants for the Resident Advisor Trainee position in Baltimore locations. This entry-level role supervises youth residing in a DJS facility, guiding daily activities, behavior, and routine life skills.

You will learn to escort youth, de-escalate conflicts, support classroom schedules, document observations, and participate in safety checks.