Youth Care Specialist

Youth Care Specialist-Intervention Center

The Youth Care Specialist is a professional person appointed to promote public safety by providing a safe, clean, caring setting to deliver program services that lower risk and respond to the mental health, behavioral health and life-skills needs of court-involved youth and families in Greene County with a focus on reducing reliance on secure confinement while promoting the goals, objectives and mission of the organization.

Duties/Responsibilities:

Job duties include but are not limited to:

• Youth Supervision and Direct Care
• Safety and Security
• Program Operations and Services
• Family Engagement Support
• Community and Public Relations
• Meetings/Committees

Minimum Qualifications:

Required knowledge, skills & abilities include but are not limited to:

• Security and supervision best practices
• Program development
• Criminology and juvenile delinquency
• Communication skills
• Time management skills
• Organization skills
• Operation of security system and other technologies
• Recognition and effective response to unusual or threatening conditions
• Accurate and neat record-keeping
• Maintenance of positive relationships with youth, co-workers and the general public
• Physical fitness
• Presentation to public, tour groups and/or professional personnel in court settings
• Application of cognitive-behavioral interventions including behavior reinforcement/effective punishment and cognitive re-structuring techniques
• Teach character development curricula to at-risk youth, including structured social skills training
• Role model for at-risk youth modeling pro-social behavior
• High degree of discretion dealing with confidential information
• Ability to make difficult decisions
• Represent the organization/appointing authority in a positive manner in the community

Minimum requirements include:

• Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice, Social Work, Sociology, Childhood Development, humanities or related field or any combination of education and professional experience commensurate with a degree
• Two years of experience in juvenile court or related field working with youth and families in an organized setting or equivalent combination of education and/or work experience with youth and/or juvenile offenders sufficient to perform the job duties as listed above
• Satisfactory completion of professional references check
• Satisfactory completion of criminal background check
• Satisfactory completion of sexual risk assessment
• Satisfactory completion of Ohio Attorney General Offender Search
• Affirmative duty to report prior and/or current misconduct
• Confirmation of valid Ohio driver's license and driving requirements established by the Greene County Board of Commissioners
• Confirmation of degrees, licenses and/or certificates