Custodian - Juvenile Detention - Part Time - 1

General Summary:

Performs custodial duties within the entire Juvenile Detention Center.

Essential Duties:

Sweep and mop detention facility daily. Properly clean and wash mops after each use.

On a daily basis, perform the following: clean bathrooms, vacuum detention areas, clean windows, clean control booth, clean kitchen, clean education areas and take out all trash from offices, control booth, restrooms, intake, and staff break room and locker areas. Clean walls weekly. Wax and buff detention floors.

Strip detention floors monthly. Keep adequate inventory of cleaning supplies. Maintain and keep an orderly and clean supply closet(s). Obtain awareness and knowledge of which cleaning chemicals to use for specific surfaces to avoid damage.

Communicate maintenance concerns to the detention supervisor. Be able to work a non-traditional work schedule, to include nights and weekends as the position is subject to irregular work hours. Attend trainings as needed and required by the department including Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) training requirements.

Participate in preparing facility for health inspections, tours, and Audits. Keep confidential everything seen and heard in the facility as it relates to juveniles due of their right to confidentiality (Texas Family Code, Chapter 58).

The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is related or a logical assignment to the position.

This job description does not constitute an offer of employment. The job description is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.

Other Duties as assigned.

Supervision

Received: Detention Supervisor/Manager

Given: Not applicable

Education

Required: High school diploma or its equivalent.

Preferred: One (1) year of working experience with youth-oriented services or programs preferred, but not required.

Experience

Required: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duties satisfactorily.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions. Must be 21 years of age, or older.

Preferred:

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

Required: Valid Texas driver's license with appropriate liability auto insurance coverage (Driver's license requirements must be met within 30 days if employee recently moved from another state). Non-disqualifying criminal history/sex offender registration background check.

Preferred:

Physical Demands

Typical: Duties require daily standing, walking, sitting, talking and listening; frequent use of hands and/or fingers to grasp, handle, pick-up, pinch, type or feel; frequent reaching with hands or arms and lifting of objects over 100 pounds; close vision, distance vision, ability to distinguish color, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met or are encountered by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

Typical: Must have knowledge or ability to learn cleaning skills to ensure proper cleanliness and sanitation of facility.

Work Environment

Typical: The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

While performing the essential duties of this job, the employee is constantly required to perform multiple tasks simultaneously, to work under time pressures to meet deadlines and to work closely with others as part of a team; the employee is frequently required to do tedious exacting work. Worker is subject to physical hazards from traffic; serious hazard and infection from exposure to communicable disease; physical harm as the result of confrontation. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.