Resident Care Specialist I - 16.85 to 18.74 an hou

Company: Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs
Location: Chandler
Posted on: July 27, 2022

Job Description:

Job DescriptionPosition is located at the Central Oklahoma Juvenile Center in Tecumseh OK.HIRING TODAY!!

Drug and Alcohol Pre-Employment and Pre-placement Testing: Upon a conditional offer of employment, applicants for safety sensitive positions shall be required to submit to urinalysis to test for drugs. Appointment to a safety sensitive position shall be contingent upon a negative drug test result. BASIC PURPOSE:Positions in this job family are involved in providing direct care, supervision and security, and role modeling to adjudicated residents in a state operated facility of the juvenile justice system. This will include providing paraprofessional guidance and counseling to residents, interventions to control aggressive behaviors, documentation of behaviors and activities, and maintaining a presence at the facility in order to monitor and moderate resident behavior and activity.TYPICAL FUNCTIONS:The functions within this job family will vary by level, but may include and are not limited to the following:•Provides security and supervision to adjudicated residents in a variety of situations and activities.•Performs routine duties in care, custody, education, and treatment of residents; observes, records, and reports health symptoms, behavior, and activity of residents.•Manages aggressive and non-aggressive behavior through verbal and physical intervention using prescribed and approved techniques; quickly responds to physical assaults, riots, and other emergency situations.•Conducts counts of residents and enforces institutional rules and regulations; observes resident and staff activities on multiple surveillance monitor screens.•Provides paraprofessional counseling and instruction to residents by directing their daily activities, maintaining order, providing support, and helping them develop and achieve personal goals; serves on a treatment team to review residents' progress, treatment and educational plans; serves as a group leader by reviewing and assessing the adjustment and functioning of a group of residents.•Inspects the facility's living areas and work locations to ensure health and safety standards are being met, conducts searches for unauthorized objects, materials, and contraband; maintains security in an assigned area or post; controls movement of residents to and from living quarters for activities and off-campus appointments; maintains order and discipline during programs, meals, and recreation periods by utilizing empathic verbal communication skills.•Patrols facility grounds, juvenile living quarters and work areas on an assigned shift while observing the activities and movements of residents; checks authorized persons in or out of buildings and grounds area while assuring unauthorized persons are denied access.•Checks the physical security of the facility, including doors, windows, and lighting.•Completes written and/or typed reports on a variety of incidents and residents' behaviors; sends and receives verbal transmissions over a hand-held radio; maintains a written log of daily facility activities; communicates by telephone with emergency responder agencies in crisis situations.•Assists other OJA employees as needed/other duties as assigned.Special Requirements:•Applicants must possess a valid Oklahoma Driver License at the time of employment and maintain a valid license while employed in this job family.•Applicants must be willing and able to work overtime and to work on any designated shift that may span the late evening hours or the early morning hours commonly known as the night shift.•Applicants must be able to successfully complete all training requirements for sole supervision of residents including, but not limited to first aid certification, CPR, and unarmed restraint training.•Applicants must be willing and able to perform any/all job-related travel.•Applicants must meet all required physical examination requirements as established and prescribed by the Office of Juvenile Affairs.MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONSEducation and Experience requirements at this level consist of the statutory requirements of OAC 377:3-13-43(c)(1): All direct-care staff shall be at least 21 years of age and possess a high school diploma or its equivalent (10 O.S. § 401 et seq.).Powered by JazzHRnYDSgF79Ie

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