Juvenile Custody Services Specialist

Do you have a passion for working with youth? Do you want to help teens involved in the juvenile justice system turn their lives around to create a better future?

As a Juvenile Custody Services Specialist (JCSS) with Multnomah County's Department of Community Justice, you'll help foster pro-social behavior with youth residing in our juvenile detention facility and our Behavioral Rehabilitation Services (BRS) residential program.

Working in a culturally diverse juvenile detention facility, you will be responsible for the guidance, security and general care of youth who present a variety of behavioral, cognitive, emotional and intellectual issues. Using an interactive model of supervision, we place particular emphasis on skill development, engaging youth in pro-social development, cognitive restructuring programming, leisure time activities, personal hygiene, and work activities.

You will be responsible for:

• Supervising and documenting youth activities and behavior
• Providing guidance and group programming, including planning recreational programs and facilitating cognitive skill groups
• Maintaining safety, security and order in the living units
• Maintaining routine records; preparing oral and written reports using automated systems

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