Youth Engagement & Incentive Program Lead

State of South Carolina; Ridgeville (SC); Vor Ort; USD 65.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Health, dental, and life insurance

15 days annual (vacation) leave

13 paid holidays

State retirement plans

Deferred compensation programs

Zusammenfassung

The South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) is seeking a Youth Engagement and Incentive Manager to lead engagement, recreation, enrichment, and incentive programming within an assigned secure facility. You will supervise facility-based staff and partner with leadership to align programs with behavioral goals and rehabilitative outcomes.

This role requires a bachelor’s degree and experience in youth programs, with strong collaboration skills and proficiency in program documentation

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree and relevant program experience.
• Knowledge of adolescent development and youth engagement strategies.
• Ability to supervise, coach, and evaluate staff performance.
• Ability to implement behavior-based incentive systems and engagement initiatives.
• Ability to analyze participation data and evaluate program effectiveness.

Aufgaben

• Plans, coordinates, implements, and oversees comprehensive youth engagement, recreation, enrichment, and structured leisure programming within the assigned secure facility.
• Ensures programming provides meaningful opportunities for youth to develop positive interests, interpersonal skills, leadership abilities, teamwork, responsibility, and constructive use of leisure time.
• Manages the facility’s implementation of the agency-approved youth incentive and recognition program designed to reinforce positive behavior, achievement, participation, personal growth, and demonstrated responsibility.
• Coordinates incentive activities and ensures established eligibility requirements and program expectations are consistently applied.
• Provides direct supervision, leadership, coaching, scheduling, and performance management to facility-based Youth Engagement staff.
• Establishes clear performance expectations and ensures staff effectively engage youth, maintains professional boundaries, provides appropriate supervision, and delivers quality programming.
• Monitors the quality, consistency, participation, and effectiveness of youth engagement and incentive programming.
• Maintains required records and analyzes program participation, cancellations, youth feedback, incidents, and other relevant performance information to identify trends, barriers, and opportunities for improvement.
• Serves as the facility lead for youth engagement and incentive initiatives and collaborates with facility administration, security, education, clinical services, youth development, youth accountability, and other disciplines to integrate meaningful engagement opportunities into facility operations.
• Solicits appropriate youth input and coordinates internal and external resources that enhance available programming.
• Performs other job-related duties as directed by the supervisor to support division priorities, emergency needs, special projects, or evolving operational requirements within Security and Operations.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Staff supervision

Communication

Microsoft Office

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Jobbeschreibung

The South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) is seeking a Youth Engagement and Incentive Manager to lead engagement, recreation, enrichment, and incentive programming within an assigned secure facility. You will supervise facility-based staff and partner with leadership to align programs with behavioral goals and rehabilitative outcomes.

This role requires a bachelor’s degree and experience in youth programs, with strong collaboration skills and proficiency in program documentation