Description
Supervise and mentor youth in juvenile detention or residential rehabilitation facilities, ensuring safety, security, and compliance with regulations while supporting education, treatment, and positive behavior change. Monitor and escort residents on and off site, maintain records, and coordinate with courts, families, and service providers. Use trauma-informed, developmentally appropriate practices and approved restraint techniques to prevent escape and violence.
- • Control facility entrances and screen visitors, including parents and service providers.
- • Conduct intake and orientation; explain rules in age-appropriate terms.
- • Escort youth to school, programs, court, medical, and visitation areas.
- • Monitor resident conduct during housing, school, work, and recreation to prevent escape or violence.
- • Use verbal de-escalation and approved restraints as a last resort to maintain safety.
- • Perform frequent room checks, head counts, and safety rounds.
- • Search youth, rooms, mail, and vehicles for contraband in accordance with policy.
- • Inspect locks, doors, and security hardware to ensure proper function.
- • Maintain daily logs and incident reports on behavior, progress, and rule violations.
- • Provide supervisors and case teams with written and oral updates.
- • Coordinate with teachers, counselors, probation, and social services on case plans.
- • Facilitate or supervise recreational, educational, and life-skills activities.
- • Assign and oversee age-appropriate chores and work details.
- • Issue clothing, hygiene items, and authorized materials to residents.
- • Arrange and supervise family visits and phone or video calls.
- • Transport youth to courts, hospitals, placements, and approved activities.
- • Conduct fire, safety, and sanitation inspections and drills.
- • Respond to crises, including fights, medical emergencies, and suicide risk.
- • Support behavior management plans and incentive systems; apply consequences fairly.
- • Investigate and document incidents and assist internal or police investigations.
- • Maintain records of resident identification, charges, custody status, and court dates.
- • Serve meals, distribute commissary items, and assist with medication distribution per policy.
- • Counsel and mentor residents; respond to questions and requests.
- • Use facility software, radios, cameras, and other nondisciplinary equipment.
- • Participate in required training, including PREA, adolescent development, and CPR/first aid.
- • Supervise and coach junior staff during shifts, as assigned.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
