Senior Juvenile Correctional Officer V - 50809
(Brownwood)
Job description:
- Performs highly complex (senior-level) work overseeing correctional staff who provide direct care to juveniles in a correctional residential facility.
- Provides supervision and direct care for youth in a residential correctional facility, supervises other Juvenile Correctional Officers during shifts, and ensures the safety and security of youth and staff.
- Supports, coaches, and mentors other JCOs to teach appropriate methods and positive ways to work with youth.
- Works to help youth to achieve progress in learning and applying methods to identify and manage reactions to stress and trauma and react in more socially appropriate ways.
- Uses appropriate intervention methods in response to behavioral issues that seeks to aid in learning and correcting behavior.
- Maintains a consistent effort to ensure safe environments and employs security measures when youth, staff, or others are in danger.
- Interacts and engages with youth in ways that both maintain appropriate structure and exercise understanding of brain development in youth with complex trauma.
- Maintains healthy relationships and boundaries with youth and consistently recognizes progress and good choices made by youth.
- Responds appropriately to youth grievances.
- May act as Campus Shift Administrator.
Pay Range:
Job Order #16883466