Resident Care Specialist II - 18.74 an hour
Company: Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs
Location: Earlsboro
Posted on: July 31, 2022
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Job Description:
Job DescriptionPosition is located at the Central Oklahoma
Juvenile Center in Tecumseh OK.HIRING TODAY!!Drug and Alcohol
Pre-Employment and Pre-placement Testing: Upon a conditional offer
of employment, applicants for safety sensitive positions shall be
required to submit to urinalysis to test for drugs. Appointment to
a safety sensitive position shall be contingent upon a negative
drug test result. BASIC PURPOSE:Positions in this job family are
involved in providing direct care, supervision and security, and
role modeling to adjudicated residents in a state operated facility
of the juvenile justice system. This will include providing
paraprofessional guidance and counseling to residents,
interventions to control aggressive behaviors, documentation of
behaviors and activities, and maintaining a presence at the
facility in order to monitor and moderate resident behavior and
activity.TYPICAL FUNCTIONS:The functions within this job family
will vary by level, but may include and are not limited to the
following:•Provides security and supervision to adjudicated
residents in a variety of situations and activities.•Performs
routine duties in care, custody, education, and treatment of
residents; observes, records, and reports health symptoms,
behavior, and activity of residents.•Manages aggressive and
non-aggressive behavior through verbal and physical intervention
using prescribed and approved techniques; quickly responds to
physical assaults, riots, and other emergency situations.•Conducts
counts of residents and enforces institutional rules and
regulations; observes resident and staff activities on multiple
surveillance monitor screens.•Provides paraprofessional counseling
and instruction to residents by directing their daily activities,
maintaining order, providing support, and helping them develop and
achieve personal goals; serves on a treatment team to review
residents' progress, treatment and educational plans; serves as a
group leader by reviewing and assessing the adjustment and
functioning of a group of residents.•Inspects the facility's living
areas and work locations to ensure health and safety standards are
being met, conducts searches for unauthorized objects, materials,
and contraband; maintains security in an assigned area or post;
controls movement of residents to and from living quarters for
activities and off-campus appointments; maintains order and
discipline during programs, meals, and recreation periods by
utilizing empathic verbal communication skills.•Patrols facility
grounds, juvenile living quarters and work areas on an assigned
shift while observing the activities and movements of residents;
checks authorized persons in or out of buildings and grounds area
while assuring unauthorized persons are denied access.•Checks the
physical security of the facility, including doors, windows, and
lighting.•Completes written and/or typed reports on a variety of
incidents and residents' behaviors; sends and receives verbal
transmissions over a hand-held radio; maintains a written log of
daily facility activities; communicates by telephone with emergency
responder agencies in crisis situations.•Assists other OJA
employees as needed/other duties as assigned.Special
Requirements:•Applicants must possess a valid Oklahoma Driver
License at the time of employment and maintain a valid license
while employed in this job family.•Applicants must be willing and
able to work overtime and to work on any designated shift that may
span the late evening hours or the early morning hours commonly
known as the night shift.•Applicants must be able to successfully
complete all training requirements for sole supervision of
residents including, but not limited to first aid certification,
CPR, and unarmed restraint training.•Applicants must be willing and
able to perform any/all job-related travel.•Applicants must meet
all required physical examination requirements as established and
prescribed by the Office of Juvenile Affairs.MINIMUM
QUALIFICATIONSEducation and Experience requirements at this level
consist of the statutory requirements of OAC 377:3-13-43(c)(1): All
direct-care staff shall be at least 21 years of age and possess a
high school diploma or its equivalent (10 O.S. § 401 et seq.) and
the completion of thirty semester hours from an accredited college
or university; or one year of security experience.Powered by
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