Role OverviewThe selected candidate will work with juvenile justice involved young people ages 12 – 20 years old in DYS residential facilities. The role of the incumbent is to support the Juvenile Justice Youth Development Specialist I located at Mariposa, 425 Harvard Street, Dorchester, MA 02124. The Juvenile Justice Youth Development Specialist II performs various care and security activities in connection with youth in custody of DYS.
What You Will Do
Observe the conduct and behavior of youth confined to the facility and take appropriate action to prevent disturbances and/or escapes, to ensure compliance with established policies, regulations and procedures and to ensure the safety of staff and youth. Provide one-to-one youth watch, including suicide, elevated and medical watch to ensure the safety of the youth.
Why It Might Be a Fit
The selected candidate will work with juvenile justice involved young people ages 12 – 20 years old in DYS residential facilities. The role of the incumbent is to support the Juvenile Justice Youth Development Specialist I located at Mariposa, 425 Harvard Street, Dorchester, MA 02124. The Juvenile Justice Youth Development Specialist II performs various care and security activities in connection with youth in custody of DYS.
Requirements
- Ability to understand, explain and apply the laws, rules, regulations, policies, procedures guidelines, etc. governing assigned unit activities.
- Knowledge of the factors, trends and challenges in providing secure residential and rehabilitative care to youth including Positive Youth Development (PYD) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT).
- Demonstrated ability to supervise, including planning and assigning work according to the nature of the job to be accomplished, the capabilities of subordinates and available resources; controlling work through periodic reviews and/or evaluations.
- Proficient at gathering information by examining records and documents and through questioning and observation.
- Capacity to interact with people who are under physical and/or emotional stress as well as the Ability to maintain a calm manner in stressful and emergency situations.
- Effective communication including the ability to give oral and written instructions in a precise, understandable manner.
- Experience in establishing rapport with persons from different ethnic, cultural and/or socio-economic backgrounds including the ability to deal tactfully with others.
Benefits
- Comprehensive Benefits
- Title 101 CMR 23.00 (“Regulation”) requires certain agency staff to have received the COVID-19 vaccination and Influenza vaccination, or have taken required mitigation measures, to prevent viral infection and transmission in State Hospitals and State Congregate Care Facilities.
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