What are the responsibilities and job description for the Secure Detention Superintendent position at City of Richmond?
TYPICAL CLASS ESSENTIAL DUTIES: These duties and percentage of time are a representative sample; position assignments may vary.
- Creates, changes, and updates program and policies when necessary, such as detention admission and release policies via contacts with interested public agencies, community organizations, and various communications media; administers and implements policies and objectives.
- Prepares budget estimates of operating expenses, such as where to spend or transfer money; ensures expenditures are kept within budget allotments.
- Sets goals for managers and employees; ensures goals are carried out.
- Reviews contracts; decides when to cancel or renew.
- Advises and plans for in-service training and orientation sessions for staff. members; approves training schedule.
MINIMUM TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor's degree in criminal justice, social work, or related behavioral science field
- Six years of journey-level professional court service or detention experience
- Two years of supervisory experience at mid-level or higher in a secure detention facility.
LICENSING, CERTIFICATIONS, and OTHER SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
- None required
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
TYPICAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES: These are a representative sample; position assignments may vary.
Knowledge (some combination of the following):
- At-risk youth such as hostile youth who have experienced trauma within home and community
- Budgeting
- Processes and procedures of various Court Services units such as intake, probation, and parole
- Counseling and social work principles and practices, including casework methods, especially regarding problems of socially and emotionally maladjusted children
- Criminal justice systems and laws
- Detention home philosophy and administration of youth detention facilities
- Extensive knowledge in the juvenile justice field
- Strategic planning
Skills (some combination of the following):
- Assigning, scheduling, and reviewing work
- Communicating with various internal and external departments
- Composing and implementing new solutions
- Developing policies and procedures
- Hiring and recruiting new employees
- Managing the day-to-day operations of a detention facility
- Program management within a secure detention facility, including the maintenance of a three-million-dollar budget, a three hundred- and seventy-five-thousand-dollar capital budget, finances, and fiscal plans
- Using discretion and authority to approve purchase orders for payments
- Excellent written and oral communication
Abilities (some combination of the following):
- Exercise independent judgment
- Manage time effectively
- Plan
- Problem solves
- Help subordinates set goals and ensuring goals are met
- Make difficult decisions
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. Prospective and current employees are invited to discuss accommodations.
ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS:The working conditions may include regular exposure to environmental hazards such as disruptive people, imminent danger, and threatening environment; and occasional exposure to hazardous physical conditions such as mechanical parts, electrical currents, vibrations, etc.; atmospheric conditions such as fumes, odors, dusts, gases, and poor ventilation; hazardous materials such as chemicals, blood and other bodily fluids, etc.; extreme temperatures; inadequate lighting; work space restricting movement; intense noise; and travel outside the organization's locations.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT:Due to the nature of work assignments, incumbents must be able to perform detailed work on multiple, concurrent tasks, with frequent interruptions and under time constraint. The essential duties of this classification may require the ability to regularly finger, talk, hear, and see; and occasional climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, stand, walk, push, pull, lift, grasp, feel and perform repetitive motions. The working conditions may include environmental hazards. In terms of the physical strength to perform the essential duties, this classification is considered to be light work, exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.
Salary : $106,021 - $177,053
