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NEOGOV · 4 months ago

Youth Services Specialist I - Betty K. Marler - All Female Youth Services Center

Denver, CO

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

NEOGOV is part of the State of Colorado's Department of Human Services, which aims to improve public safety and youth development. The Youth Services Specialist I role involves providing direct supervision and care for youth in secure facilities, ensuring their safety and supporting their development through structured programming and crisis intervention.

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Responsibilities

Work involves providing direct care, safety, security, and supervision of adjudicated and/or pre-adjudicated youth in a secure setting

Monitor, participate, support, and enforce behavioral management plans for individual youth as directed (e.g. Behavioral Contracts, Individual Growth and Change Plans)

Duties include supervision of youth or group of youth, supervision of daily activities, youth orientation, intervention in crisis situations, non-escalation, de-escalation, use of physical response/restraint in emergency situations, debriefing of all incidents, and conducting searches

Actively and with positive engagement, implement and follow the Youth Center’s behavioral management program, teach, coach, and redirect youth within the program

Support DYS initiatives and strategies as they relate to youth programming and crisis intervention

Document observations of youth behavior and response to program(s) and document all unit activities and required information in appropriate logs and records systems

Document all youth group activities in appropriate database systems

Through all communications and behaviors demonstrate, support, and contribute to a healthy, positive, and respectful cultural climate throughout the Youth Center by adhering to our organizational values of Nonviolence, Open Communication, Social Responsibility, Growth and Change, Social Learning, Democracy, and Emotional Intelligence

Requirement to adhere to the CDHS Code of Conduct, DYS Compliance Review Standards, and CDHS and DYS policies

Complete DYS Pre-Service training academy, Youth Center training, and orientation process as a new employee

Some travel may be required

Complete all assigned online training, and maintain and support the Division’s prevailing behavior management and intervention strategies

Training will help you learn problem-solving, the development of relationships with youth grounded in solid boundaries, how to teach skills to youth to decrease further risk and need, and a better understanding of trauma, behavioral health, and high-risk behavior

Other Duties as Assigned

Qualification

YouthCrisis interventionBehavioral managementTraining experienceDocumentation skillsSelf-controlDependabilityTeamworkCommunication skillsConflict management