Youth Services

This is a youth services employee responsible for providing treatment services and ensuring safety and security to youth within a specific unit. Employees will facilitate treatment programming to youth (e.g., youth advocate, group facilitation, creation and delivery of treatment activities, etc.). Duties also include ensuring safety; monitoring activity, behavior, and movement of youth both within a residential setting or while escorting youth off grounds; and performing physical counts. Employees may also assist in the educational program.

This is a supervisory position responsible for the overall management of an assigned unit. Employees coordinate the direct treatment for a group of youth committed or assigned to the facility. Employees in this class also direct all the activities involved in the daily operation of a living unit, including safety and security (e.g., delegation of case management responsibilities, coordination of youth appointments, point of contact for families and various other professionals). Employees at this level also conduct risk needs assessments, provide input into case plans, monitor progress and make recommendations, facilitate treatment groups, and co-facilitate therapy groups.

This is a professional position responsible for conducting a rehabilitative program of recreation and related outdoor skills activities for youth committed to custody; or case management functions and determining needed services for stakeholders; developing, administering, and overseeing treatment plans for youth; and preparing documents for administrative review panels and courts.

This is a specialized professional position responsible for coordinating and evaluating a variety of specialized treatment programs, counseling services, and community resources within an assigned region of the state; or administering and overseeing Adventure Based Counseling activities statewide, tracking training hours, policy development, and performing duties described at lower levels.

This is a supervisory/managerial position accountable for setting the tone and vision with responsibility for the overall management of an assigned unit, including the supervision of both professional and vocational staff; and/or assisting a manager in a larger facility/program. At this level, employees supervise and may perform the activities overseen, in addition to overseeing development and administering case plans, maintaining professional contacts for the unit, coordinating with the field (e.g., case management), managing a facility/program budget, and providing input into programming.