What are the responsibilities and job description for the Supervising Detention Specialist position at Grays Harbor County, WA?
Job Summary
This is an on-call staff position working under the direction of a full-time staff member in a juvenile detention facility. The Relief Detention Worker provides supervision and care for detained youth, ensuring their safety and well-being while maintaining security within the facility.
Key Responsibilities:
This is an on-call staff position working under the direction of a full-time staff member in a juvenile detention facility. The Relief Detention Worker provides supervision and care for detained youth, ensuring their safety and well-being while maintaining security within the facility.
Key Responsibilities:
- Follows directions of any full-time staff member assigned to same shift.
- Ensures the safety and well-being of all youth detained in the facility.
- Maintains security of building, grounds, equipment, and detained youth through continual monitoring process.
- Assumes responsibility of a youth once admitted to the facility and processes the youth through the intake procedure.
- Supervises daily detention activities and movement of all youth housed within the facility.
- Maintains written records of youths' daily activities on all assigned shifts.
- Operates and monitors all security equipment within the detention control center and maintains control room daily log.
- Interacts with youth on one-to-one basis or through group activities.
- Administers, prepares, and supervises meals on assigned shifts.
- Performs and/or supervises necessary clean-up activities of the detention population.
- Ensures the appropriate release of youth from the facility.
- Responds to inquiries within the scope of knowledge.
