Resident Care Specialist I - 16.85 to 18.74 an hou
Company: Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs
Location: Chandler
Posted on: July 27, 2022
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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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