Juvenile Services Specialist
HS JUVENILE SERVICES
Juvenile Services Specialist - Seasonal Substitute
This is an excellent time to start your career with the City of Chesapeake. If you are enthusiastic and a dependable work ethic, come join our team. The purpose of this position is to supervise and counsel juveniles involved in a detention program.
Juvenile Services Specialist I task will include:
This is an excellent time to start your career with the City of Chesapeake. If you are enthusiastic and a dependable work ethic, come join our team. The purpose of this position is to supervise and counsel juveniles involved in a detention program.
Juvenile Services Specialist I task will include:
- Responsible for crisis intervention, counseling, recreational activities, and the basic needs and safety of assigned children.
- Interviews, screens, and counsels juveniles for admission into detention program; assesses resident needs and develops service plans; conducts orientation to detention.
- Monitors daily activities of juveniles to ensure a safe, secure living environment; maintains behavioral norms for residents utilizing accepted behavioral management principles.
- Assist in the transporting residents to and from appointments.
- Prepares behavioral evaluation summaries for affiliated agencies.
- Maintains assigned case management files, documents, and records/logs on activities for assigned area of responsibility; prepares court reports.
- Plans, coordinates, and supervises individual and group recreational activities for juveniles.
- Assists with training of sub-professionals in practices of interviewing and counseling in secure residential care.
- Counsels juveniles on court orders/releases.
The City of Chesapeake offers an exceptional range of benefits. Please browse our Benefits Brochure, for a full list of benefits and employee perks.