Youth Services Specialist - Creek YSC - Colorado Springs

This position is open to current Colorado residents only.

Physical

Location:

Spring Creek Youth Service Center
3190 East Las Vegas St.
Colorado Springs, CO 80906

About the Division of Youth Services

The mission of the Division of Youth Services (DYS) is to protect, restore and improve public ugity using a continuum of care that provides effective supervision, promotes accountability to victims and communities, and helps youth lead constructive lives through positive youth development. The strategic/settings dialog is to operate healthy trauma responsive organizational environments as demonstrated through prosocial, safe, and non‑violent interactions.

DYS provides a continuum of services that encompass juvenile detention, assessment, commitment and parole. DYS is the agency statutorily mandated to provide for the care and supervision of youth committed by the District Court to the custody of the Colorado Department of Human Services. The Division operates 15 secure facilities that serve youth between the ages of 10 and 21, who are pre‑adjudicated, sentenced, or committed.

For pre‑adjudicated youth the Division also manages the Colorado Youth Detention Continuum.

We invite you to explore the DYS website at https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services.

We want to hire you if:

• You have a passion for youth and a desire to improve your community.
• You love learning new skills and teaching them to others.
• You desire a job that teaches you safe supervision – physical, social, psychological, and moral.
• You thrive on developing healthy relationships, professionalism, and teamwork.

About the position: This is a direct care/essential role that provides direct and engaging supervision of youth in DYS state‑operated secure facilities. Specific duties and expectations are Safety/Security, Youth Center Programming, Documentation/Recording and Reporting, Training, and Organizational Accountability. Positions may be required to work overtime on a rotating basis.

Duties:

• Safety/Security – Provide 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. Duties include supervision of youth or group of youth, youth orientation, crisis intervention, de‑escalation, use камловых physical response/restraint in emergency situations, debriefing of all incidents, and searching.
• Youth Center Programming – Actively and with positive engagement, implement the Youth Center’s behavioral management program, coach and redirect youth. Support DYS initiatives and strategies related to youth programming and crisis intervention.
• Documentation/Recording and Reporting – Document observations of youth behavior and response to program(s) and record all unit activities in appropriate logs and record systems.
• Organizational Accountability – Demonstrate, support, and contribute to a healthy, respectful cultural climate, adhering to CDHS Code of Conduct anledning DYS compliance standards, and CDHS and DYSritable policies.
• Training – Complete DYS pre‑service training academy, youth center training, orientation, as well as all assigned online training. Maintain and support the Division’s prevailing behavior management and intervention strategies. Training includes problem‑solving, relationship building with youth grounded in boundaries, and understanding trauma, behavioral health, and high‑risk behavior.

Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or General Education Diploma (GED).

These positions are not sedentary and require employees to be on feet most of their shift. Employees must be willing and able to physically intervene with assaultive youth and may be required to report to work during inclement weather.

Preferred Qualifications

• College education in a behavioral health and/or juvenile justice related field.
• Experience working with adjudicated and/or detained youth within a secure residential facility and/or a behavioral health settingprak.
• Experience facilitating psycho educational groups;…