Youth Support & Security Specialist

NYS Office of Children and Family Services; Town of Claverack (NY); On-site; USD 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

The NYS Office of Children and Family Services seeks a Youth Support Assistant to help maintain security across facilities, perform key controls, monitor perimeters, and inspect vehicles and visitors.

You will support surveillance, monitor movement, and participate in restraint technique training twice yearly; overtime and weekend shifts are required; vacancies exist statewide in secure and residential programs.

Qualifications

• One year of full-time experience in the care and programming of youth ages 6-21.
• Possession of a high school or equivalency diploma.
• Direct-care experience with youth involved in the juvenile justice system or in an institution, camp, school, community center, youth rehabilitation program, mental health or correctional institution or residential center.
• Completion of Basic Academy Training's two-week training course; valid NYS driver's license; ability to operate a vehicle in NYS; participate in ongoing restraint training and other required training.

Responsibilities

• Maintain facility security.
• Key control.
• Perimeter inspections.
• Vehicle and visitor checks for contraband.
• Camera surveillance of facility.
• Monitor movement throughout the facility.
• Attend training in approved OCFS restraint techniques two times a year (four hours each).
• Additional duties will be discussed during the interview.
• These positions exist in secure, limited secure and residential programs operated by OCFS; vacancies statewide.

Skills

Direct-care experience

Youth care

Education

High school diploma or equivalency

Job description

The NYS Office of Children and Family Services seeks a Youth Support Assistant to help maintain security across facilities, perform key controls, monitor perimeters, and inspect vehicles and visitors.

You will support surveillance, monitor movement, and participate in restraint technique training twice yearly; overtime and weekend shifts are required; vacancies exist statewide in secure and residential programs.