Juvenile Detention Staff

Juvenile Detention currently has a full-time position on the overnight shift, 12:00 am

• 8:00 am, available.

Pay starts at $18.00 - $20.00 per hour based on position title with a $2.00 differential for overnight shift hours.

Position Title: Juvenile Detention Staff FLSA: Non-Exempt

Department: Juvenile Court Services Level: 13/15

Reports To: Youth Service Supervisor

Date: May 2006

Revised: May 2022, February 2023

General Purpose:

The Juvenile Detention Staff is responsible for the safety and security of each resident in the juvenile detention center. The employee is expected to always enforce all policies and procedures. The employee is to work with some degree of independence and reports directly to the Supervisor on duty. Designation as a Deputy Juvenile Officer or Youth Specialist is determined by experience. Full and part-time positions are determined by availability, as are day or evening shift assignments.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure all policies and procedures are followed.

• Ensure each juvenile's basic needs are met.

• Complete required documentation accurately and effectively

• Assist or lead in physical interventions.

• Inventory supplies.

• Kitchen duties

• Laundry duties

• On-call duties when assigned

• Attend trainings as assigned.

• Comply with all Prison Rape Elimination Act requirements.

• Training in physical restraint techniques

• Training in CPR

• Follows all County and departmental safety rules, regulations, and procedures.

• Performs other related duties as assigned and reasonably qualified to perform.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of Detention and Juvenile Department policies and procedures

• Familiarity with juvenile courts and procedures

• Knowledge of statutes and laws regarding juvenile detention

• Basic knowledge of personal computers and software

• Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, with staff, public, and clients

• Ability to handle potentially hostile situations with juveniles, family members, and other parties

Minimum Qualifications:

• Youth Specialist

• High School diploma

• Deputy Juvenile Officer

• Bachelor Degree in Criminal Justice, Criminology, Psychology, Sociology, Social

• Work or a related human service field.

• Must have a valid driver's license and liability insurance.

Minimum ADA and Physical/Mental Requirements:

• Sufficient clarity of speech and hearing or other communication capabilities, with or without reasonable accommodation, which permits the employee to discern verbal instructions and communicate effectively with extensive public contact on the telephone and in person.

• Must be able to speak English clearly and clarify or give detailed facts and information.

• Sufficient vision or other powers of observation, with or without reasonable accommodation, which permits the employee to comprehend written work instructions and review, evaluate and prepare a variety of written/typed documents and text materials.

• Sufficient personal mobility, flexibility, and physical reflexes, with or without reasonable accommodation, which permits the employee to lift up to 30 pounds, climb, bend, twist, squat, and kneel in order to perform household tasks or sit and work at a keyboard for an extended period of time.

• Physically capable of applying restraints and of managing physical and verbal confrontations with the public/clients.

Work Environment:

• Work is performed in a secure detention setting

THIS JOB DESCRIPTION DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT. Clay County maintains its rights as an "at will" employer and nothing in this job description restricts its ability to assign, reassign or eliminate duties and responsibilities of this job at any time. It does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. This job description describes the County's current assignment of essential functions. Those functions may change at any time as the needs of the County change or for other reasons deemed appropriate by the County.