What are the responsibilities and job description for the Detention Specialist I position at City of Winchester, VA?
Description
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Willing and able to work days, evening, weekends, and holidays
- Maintain discipline and control of the residents
- Maintain direct supervision of the residents on the unit, in classrooms, during clean-up, recreation and during meal time, assuring security and safety of the resident and coworkers
- Intervene with residents when situation dictates, utilizing the appropriate interventions as delineated by the Detention Center Policy and Procedures
- Employ basic counseling skills to help relieve residents' anxieties and tensions, but limited to the current situation within the detention facility
- Read and document pertinent behavioral information about the residents in log books and special incident reports.
- High school diploma or General Education Degree (GED)
- Some experience with youth groups
- General knowledge of behavioral science principles and of current social and economic conditions
- Working knowledge of psychological and emotional problems involved in socially maladjusted youth and demonstrate the ability to work positively and effectively with severely maladjusted youth in situation involving considerable stress
- Ability to work in the stressful environment of the Juvenile Detention Center
- Ability to learn, comprehend and use a personal computer in the generation of Detention Center data and pertinent materials
