YOUTH SPECIALIST- PART TIME (GENESEE COUNTY JUVENILE JUSTICE CENTER)

geneseecountymi; Flint (MI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Genesee County Juvenile Justice Center is hiring staff to supervise and guide youths at the facility. The role involves admitting residents, enforcing rules, and assisting with daily activities including meals, school, and recreation.

Responsibilities include monitoring health and safety, applying restraints when necessary, and maintaining accurate records. A valid Michigan driver’s license and annual restraint training are required.

Qualifications

• Must have 60 semester hours of college.
• Alternatively 30 semester hours plus 1 year of relevant care experience.
• Or a high school diploma plus 2 years of experience in a care facility.

Responsibilities

• Supervises resident groups and individuals to ensure safety for residents and staff.
• Participates in team decisions related to client care.
• Admits residents and orients them to rules and routines.
• Disciplines residents using prescribed procedures.
• Instructs residents in personal hygiene, dress, and grooming.
• Escorts residents to meals, school and events on time.
• Maintains a safe environment with security systems.
• Assists in creating resident group meetings and recreational activities.
• Observes illness or emotional disturbances and reports as needed.
• May search for escapees/runaways and restrain residents when necessary.
• Prepares and maintains records using computer or word processing tools.
• Administers medicines and special care as instructed.

Education

60 semester hours

30 semester hours + 1 year experience

High school diploma + 2 years experience

Job description

Starting Pay: $20.2490 Hourly ($42,118)
After 1st Year: $22.0712 Hourly ($45,908)
After 2nd Year: $22.7798 Hourly ($47,382)
After 3rd Year: $23.4635 Hourly ($48,804)
After 4th Year: $24.1678 Hourly ($50,269)
After 5th Year: $25.0163 Hourly ($52,034)

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Sixty (60) semester hours of college;

-OR-

Thirty (30) semester hours of college -AND- one (1) year experience in a facility or institution that cares for children or in a correctional facility;

-OR-

High school diploma or equivalent -AND- two (2) years' experience in a facility or institution that cares for children or in a correctional facility.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

Must successfully complete physical restraint training on an annual basis.

Must possess valid Michigan driver's license.

GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES:

Performs a variety of tasks involved in the supervision, care and guidance of neglected and delinquent youths residing at the Genesee County Juvenile Justice Center; processes resident admissions and releases; works under the direction of a supervisor.

STATEMENT OF TASKS:

• Supervises resident peer groups and/or individual youth to ensure the health, safety and security of both residents and staff;
• Participates in team discussions and team decisions related to client care;
• Admits residents into the facility and orients them to rules, regulations and routines;
• Disciplines residents using prescribed procedures;
• Instructs and assists residents in personal hygiene, dress and grooming;
• Escorts residents to meals, school and other scheduled events on time;
• Maintains a safe, secure environment through the appropriate use of security systems;
• Assists in facilitating resident group meetings;
• Supervises and participates in resident's recreational activities;
• Observes residents for signs of illness or emotional disturbance and makes reports as needed;
• When directed, assists in searches for escapees/runaways from the facility and physically restrains residents in order to prevent an escape;
• Issues supplies when needed;
• Utilizes a computer or word processing machine to prepare and maintain records and reports as needed;
• Administers medicine and special care of ill residents as instructed;
• Performs relatively simple clerical duties;
• Serves meals and snacks as required.

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