TJJD Senior JCO V Campus Shift Administrator

Campus Shift Administrator TJJD Senior JCO V Job Summary

This is a challenging and rewarding role that requires a high level of skill and experience in working with youth in a correctional residential facility. As a Campus Shift Administrator TJJD Senior JCO V, you will be responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the facility, facilitating youth rehabilitation, supervising youth, and coaching their personal development in accordance with individualized treatment plans.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee campus movement, coordination between activities, and safety of staff and youth during their shift.
• Respond to incidents or activities and use appropriate intervention methods that seek to aid in learning and correcting behavior.
• Prepare serious incident reports and collaborate with the Serious Incident Administrator (SIA) and report to the Office of the Inspector General Incident Reporting Center (IRC) critical incidents, serious incidents, and the suspected mistreatment of youth.
• Monitor facility for access to means to assist in suicidal behavior and observe youth on the facility suicide alert list and all other youth to identify behaviors requiring intervention and a Suicide Assessment (SA).
• Collaborate with the Regulation Safety Team (RST) to maintain the physical security of the campus and ensure compliance with established procedures and standards.
• Engage in competency-based training in the techniques and capabilities needed to coach youth under the Texas Model of trauma-informed corrections and coach and model appropriate Texas Model techniques and ideals to other coaches and staff.
• Act as coach and role model to other levels of coaches to help them learn appropriate methods and interventions, with a strong focus on retention and support for newly hired coaches in their first year.
• Hold youth accountable in ways that fit the level of behavior, seeking to help youth to learn socially acceptable responses and approaches.
• Use good judgment in determining when safety is at risk and higher levels of intervention are required.
• Help youth to identify their responses to stress, fear, and other triggers and work with the youth to learn ways to increase emotional self-regulation skills.
• Practice and model appropriate self-regulation skills and help other coaches identify and utilize their own self-regulation skills so they are equipped to co-regulate youth.
• Gain a basic knowledge of each youth's treatment plan and provide support in learning the skills needed to meet those goals.
• Coach youth on how to resolve conflict with other youth and staff as appropriate.
• Participate in the Youth Service Team and provide input into each youth's treatment plan and be a responsible and supportive team member, who understands that an effective team is composed of reliable people who provide backup and support for their fellow team members and the facility as a whole.
• Provide for a predictable schedule for youth that is transparent to them and provide warnings and prompts for all movements and transitions and exercise independent judgment when the need arises to alter a schedule (while still maintaining transparency and warnings).
• Implement and monitor youth activities, programs, and behaviors on an individual and group basis, to ensure healthy youth engagement and to provide appropriate role modeling for all youth.
• Observe and keep staff informed daily of significant behavioral and treatment-related conditions and events known about a youth and/or the group.
• Provide services to potentially aggressive/combative youth in a correctional setting with a wide variety of temperaments (volatile, mentally ill, suicidal) and specialized needs (chemically dependent, sexual offenders, emotionally disturbed, etc.).
• Physically restrain and secure, if necessary, sometimes aggressive youth and participate in follow-up debriefing conversations to assess the relationship and determine alternative strategies to avoid future physical restraints.
• Maintain security in buildings, grounds, and other posts and intervene during emergencies or altercations to prevent escapes and protect the safety of all youth.
• Conduct searches for contraband and health/safety hazards and perform room, property, pat, and strip searches of youth as required.
• Supervise assigned youth during all of their daily activities, including on the dorm, at school, during meals, and other activities, manage all movements between activities, conduct periodic headcounts, ensure youth engage in required activities, and transfer and transport youth, on foot, in vehicles, and other forms of transportation.
• Respond appropriately to youth grievances.
• Maintain privacy and follow all policies, regulation, and laws in regards to youth records.
• Complete and maintain required records, files, and forms in a timely and accurate way.
• Monitor outcomes for racial, ethnic, and gender disparities and take action to address identified disparities.
• Perform a variety of related duties not listed, to be determined and assigned as needed.
• Perform all duties in compliance with agency safety policies and procedures.

Requirements:

• Must be at least 23 years of age and have a high school diploma or equivalent.
• Two years of full-time wage earning experience supervising or providing rehabilitation/treatment services to youth or adults in a treatment program, correctional program, or a residential setting (e.g. correctional officer, case manager, counselor, or probation or parole officer).
• Preferred: College degree or coursework.
• Experience and Education Substitutions: Completed course hours of undergraduate study may substitute for up to four years of experience on a basis of 30 course hours for one year of experience. Experience requirements may be satisfied by the prorated part-time equivalent.
• Note: Any degree, diploma, high school equivalent, or course hours required to meet minimum qualifications must be obtained from an accredited educational institution.
• Applicants with the following will not be considered: Convicted or received deferred adjudication for any felony. Convicted or received deferred adjudication for domestic violence involving a family member including non-spouse partners. Convicted or received deferred adjudication for official oppression. Current requirement to register as a sex offender. Arrested for a disqualifying offense that was not expunged before the statute of limitations expired. Outstanding warrant.
• Applicants with other arrests, deferred adjudications, and convictions may be reviewed on a case-by-case basis to determine suitability for employment.
• Pre-employment conditions require acceptable results from mandatory: pre-employment drug test; finger printing, criminal records check, and driving record check; Fitness-for-Duty Assessment which may include both physical and behavioral evaluations.
• Requirements for Continued Employment: Obtain and maintain certification in TJJD Use of Force techniques, which requires physical restraint of juveniles. Obtain and maintain certification in First Aid and CPR. Failure to maintain required certification will result in termination of employment.

Physical Demands and Working Conditions:

• Analyzing
• Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing
• Ability to see
• Ability to hear (with or without aid)
• Ability to perform tactile discernment
• Identifying colors
• Depth perception
• Operate motor equipment
• Lifting 45 lbs. & over
• Carrying 45 lbs. & over
• Restraining combative youth
• Pulling
• Pushing
• Prolonged standing and walking
• Walking
• Standing
• Sitting
• Repeated bending
• Reaching above shoulder
• Manual/finger dexterity
• Dual simultaneous grasping
• Crawling
• Twisting
• Kneeling
• Stooping
• Climbing stairs
• Climbing ladders

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of: Safety and security procedures and practices. General counseling and guidance techniques with adolescents. Facility rules and regulations. Individual and group behavior. Child development and the role of the family. Causes of juvenile delinquency and current methods of juvenile offender treatment.
• Ability to: Remain calm and regulate one's own behavior while helping to serve as a role model for youth who are learning to self-regulate their own behavior. Maintain healthy and engaging relationships with youth while maintaining appropriate boundaries important for healthy development. Work with youth in an empathetic and understanding manner with sustained positive interactions. Communicate effectively with youth to foster youth cooperation in the treatment process. Plan and implement youth programs. Facilitate group discussions and activities. Set limits on youth behaviors when appropriate in a consistent, firm and fair manner. Intervene and redirect behavior. Appropriately respond to abusive language and behavior in a manner consistent with instructions received in training. Remain alert, observant, and physically able to respond appropriately to work situations or emergencies including, but not limited to, physical restraint of youth. Learn verbal and physical crisis intervention/de-escalation techniques and emergency treatment procedures. Maintain order and discipline. Physically restrain youth when necessary in a manner consistent with instructions received in training. Explain the progress of the youth to their family members and other treatment staff. Interpret rules, regulations, policies, and procedures. Accept and adapt to changes in assignments, methods, policies, etc. Work collaboratively with all stakeholders and maintain a professional, courteous demeanor. Prioritize and manage multiple tasks. Plan, organize, and coordinate work assignments; and meet deadlines. Process information logically, make decisions, and demonstrate the soundness of those decisions. Document observations and incidents and maintain written files and records. Transport youth as necessary. Work a variety of shifts, weekends, and holidays. Work in excess of 40 hours per work week, be on-call, and travel occasionally.

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