Youth Center Security Officer I – Trauma-Informed Safety

State of Colorado; Pueblo (CO); Sur place; USD 28 000 - 34 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

The State of Colorado’s Division of Youth Services is hiring for a Youth Security Officer to provide 24/7 supervision of youth in secure facilities and maintain safety in accordance with trauma-responsive practices.

The role involves enforcing rules, intervening in crises, and coordinating with staff to support youths’ well-being, daily living activities, and behavior plans across shifts and diverse scheduling.

Responsabilités

• Providing the direct care, safety, security and supervision of adjudicated and/or pre-adjudicated youth in a secure setting
• Enforce established security rules and behavioral expectations with a youth or group of youths, supervise and direct daily living and leisure activities
• Provide immediate intervention in crisis situations and employ sound judgment and emotional control when evaluating possible crises
• Participate in defusing and debriefing of all incidents pursuant to prevailing DYS Policy
• Monitor movement of youth on the unit or through out the agency, escort and transport to activities or appointments internal and/or external to the agency
• Conduct searches of persons, property, or areas according to schedule or as needed
• Check windows, doors, all aspects of locking mechanisms, as well as youth center grounds and perimeter to minimize escape risk and promote safety
• Adhere to all Suicide Prevention Monitoring (SPM) Policies and Standards and implement safety plans for high-risk youth
• Use conflict management and de-escalation skills and, in emergencies, when youth pose a threat, use approved physical response techniques
• Monitor, participate, support and enforce behavioral management plans for individual youth
• Adhere to and reinforce established DYS rules, policies, and procedures and respond to critical incidents, emergencies
• Document and report on youth behavior and program activities as required
• Complete all assigned training and maintain required certifications
• Support and ensure youth are provided access to recreation and educational programming
• Provide orientation for newly admitted youth within 24 hours of admission
• Distribute youth medications and document distribution as per policy
• Notify and communicate relevant youth information to receiving party
• Complete and record accurate youth room classification information
• Ensure required suicide risk assessments are completed promptly

Description du poste

The State of Colorado’s Division of Youth Services is hiring for a Youth Security Officer to provide 24/7 supervision of youth in secure facilities and maintain safety in accordance with trauma-responsive practices.

The role involves enforcing rules, intervening in crises, and coordinating with staff to support youths’ well-being, daily living activities, and behavior plans across shifts and diverse scheduling.