JUVENILE SUPERVISION OFFICER

Juvenile Supervision Officer

The Juvenile Supervision Officer provides supervision and control of juveniles during intake, recreation, education, visitation, release, and all other aspects of detainment within the Juvenile Detention Center/Shelter. This position encourages orderly conduct and completes all necessary paperwork. This position also is responsible for maintaining safety and security by ensuring compliance with state standards, and departmental policy and procedure.

Essential job functions include maintaining care, custody and control of residents in accordance with established procedures, preparing daily observation logs, daily reports, property records, security time checks, room-checks, and activity reports, providing direct supervision of juvenile, encouraging orderly conduct, observing, and reporting pertinent behavior of each juvenile in detention, supervising the serving of meals, laundering and exchange of clothing and bedding, as well as cleaning and sanitation within a secure facility, conducting door and perimeter checks, ensuring key control, conducting room searches and performing pat-down and strip-searches, conducting themselves in a manner that served as a positive role model to the residents at all times, ensuring security and safety of the residents within the detention facility/Shelter, assisting in orientating newly employed officers and relief officers in all phases of detention duties, preparing and/or setting-up meals and cleaning kitchen as needed, maintaining 80 hours biannually of approved training to maintain JSO certification, and regular attendance and timeliness are required.

Education required is a high school diploma or GED. Preferred is an associate's degree from an accredited college in Criminal Justice, Sociology, or Psychology. Required skills and experience include being twenty-one (21) years of age, ability to provide instruction, coaching, guidance and orders to juveniles in a manner that creates a secure setting for all detainees, ability to deal with the public on the telephone and in person and possess good interpersonal skills, ability to handle the stress and the pressures of dealing with detained youth in a secure setting, ability to communicate verbally and in writing with departmental staff, ability to read and understand departmental policies and procedures, ability to become a certified Juvenile Supervision Officer in accordance with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department standards, and in order to comply with the Texas Administration Code Section 343.432 (b) & (c) Gender Supervision Requirements, males highly preferred.

All employees must be committed to achieving excellence in assigned duties, always in service of the county and community, have ability to earn and keep the trust of fellow employees and the community at large, be dependable as an encouraging force for team morale and in overall attendance, be approachable and ready to help fellow employees and the general public. Environmental factors include work performed mostly indoors in a 24-hour/7-day confined, security facility, frequent contact with the public, parents of clients, and hostile detainees, and may be exposed to blood borne pathogens and other bodily fluid. Physical demand requirements include standing, walking, and light lifting of supplies, the individual must be able to physically restrain residents exhibiting disruptive behavior in a safe manner in accordance with the behavior management training, ability to pass a pre-employment physical, and must be able to complete and pass pre-employment and random drug tests. This position works one of the following three shifts: 1st Shift: 7:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., 2nd Shift: 3:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m., 3rd Shift: 11:00 p.m.-7:00 a.m. This position may be required to work a flexible schedule based on the needs of the facility. Must be able to work weekends, holidays, and other shifts assigned by the Assistant Superintendent.