Juvenile Correctional Specialist
The Department of Juvenile Justice is currently recruiting full-time Juvenile Correctional Specialists (JCS) at the Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center. As a JCS, you will provide direct care to residents in a secure environment and be assigned to designated security posts to ensure orderly facility operations and the safety of the youth, visitors, and staff. The roles and responsibilities of the JCS directly impact the resident’s quality of institutional life and foster rehabilitation.
Applications will be continuously reviewed until the position is filled. Anticipated hire dates are the 10th and 25th of each month.
Why DJJ?
Do you have a passion for making a positive impact on the lives of youth? A DJJ career provides an opportunity to make a difference. The DJJ also offers competitive salaries, generous benefits, and excellent promotional and staff development opportunities.
Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- VALORS Retirement Plan
- Flexible Spending Account
- VA Sickness and Disability Income Replacement and Leave Program
- Paid Vacation
- Work 14 days in a 28-day work cycle
- Employee Wellness and Discount Programs
JCS Duties
- Provide a safe and secure environment for the rehabilitation and custody of committed youth
- Supervise juvenile residents’ activities while maintaining control and order in the facility
- Oversee and monitor all activities of the juvenile residents in an assigned housing unit
- Ensure resident doors are locked for security
- Conduct and document regular security and safety checks
- Intervene during behavioral crisis of residents
- De-escalate residents during intense situations; including restraining residents to reassume control if necessary
- Provide mentorship to residents
- Utilize computer systems for typing, printing, or reviewing reports
- Document resident checks and various other forms in a logbook in a fully legible, comprehensive, timely, and accurate manner.
Schedule
Juvenile Correctional Specialists will be assigned a regular 12-hour shift, with every other weekend off, and overtime available. JCSs are required to work other shifts, evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays as required by staffing and operational needs. This role could also require mandatory overtime following your shift during staffing shortages, peak workload times, or in bona fide emergencies. Mandatory drafting beyond the assigned shift is a condition of employment.
Initial Requirements
- Must have a high school diploma or GED
- Must be a U.S. citizen
- Must have a valid driver's license
- No felony convictions