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State of Colorado Correctional Youth Security Officer I - Summit Youth Services Center in Golden, Colorado
Correctional Youth Security Officer I - Summit Youth Services Center
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Correctional Youth Security Officer I - Summit Youth Services Center
Salary
$2,168.00 Biweekly
Location
Golden, CO
Job Type
Full Time
Job Number
IKA 01968 09/17/2024
Department
Colorado Department of Human Services
Division
OCYF - Lookout Mountain Youth Services Center
Opening Date
11/27/2024
Closing Date
12/10/2024 12:00 AM Mountain
FLSA
Determined by Position
Hiring Pay Rate
Shift Differential: 2nd shift = 7.5%, 3rd shift = 14%, Weekend = 20%
FLSA Status
Non-Exempt; position is eligible for overtime compensation.
Department Contact Information
Olga.caraman@state.co.us
Salary Note
Although the full salary range for this position is provided, appointments are typically made at or near the range minimum.
Type of Announcement
A residency waiver has been granted for this announcement. Applications will be considered from residents and non-residents of Colorado.
Primary Physical Work Address
Summit Youth Services Center - Campus at Lookout Mountain 2901 Ford Street Golden, CO 80401
How To Apply
Please submit an online application for this position at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/colorado. Reach out to the Department Contact to apply using a paper application, including any supplemental questions. Failure to submit a complete and timely application may result in the rejection of your application. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that application materials are received by the appropriate Human Resources office before the closing date and time listed.
Description
Benefits
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Department Information
Please note: This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies at the location below.
This position has a residency waiver and will be accepting applications from residents and non-residents of Colorado. This announcement is open to potential candidates who are legal residents of the United States. All legal residents of the United States are eligible to apply and compete. If appointed to a position, applicants from outside of Colorado will be required to relocate to Colorado prior to their start date, at their own expense.
Please note: This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies.
Most State of Colorado employees are eligible for a great benefit package! Please see the Supplemental Information section below for details! (https://dhr.colorado.gov/state-employees/state-of-colorado-employee-benefits)
Physical Job location:
Summit Youth Services Center - Campus at Lookout Mountain
2901 Ford Street
Golden, CO 80401
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About the Division of Youth Services:
This work unit exists to provide for the direct care, safety, and security of pre-adjudicated or adjudicated youth in the Division of Youth Services custody using a trauma-responsive approach. The unit exists to provide 24-hour, seven-day-a-week care and supervision of youth in secure residential placement covering work assignments ranging from Admissions and Control, school and day programming, and detention, assessment, and commitment (long-term treatment) living units.
The Division of Youth Services (DYS) is committed to hiring individuals who are professionals, team players, and passionate about their desire to help youth. DYS values candidates who have demonstrated perseverance as a special attribute that can help the youth in our care. DYS encourages qualified candidates with "lived experience" to apply.
We invite you to explore the DYS website and learn about the services provided to youth, families, and local communities in the State of Colorado at:https://www.colorado.gov/cdhs/dys
Why I work for CDHS / DYS
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Description of Job
This announcement may fill Day Shift, Swing Shift, and Night Shift
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 what safe supervision is all about – physical, social, psychological, and moral
You thrive on developing healthy relationships, professionalism, and teamwork
Department Information
About Division of Youth Services
This work unit exists to provide for the direct care, safety, and security of pre-adjudicated or adjudicated youth in the Division of Youth Services custody using a trauma-responsive approach. The unit exists to provide 24-hour, seven-day-a-week care and supervision of youth in secure residential placement covering work assignments ranging from Admissions and Control, school and day programming, and detention, assessment, and commitment (long-term treatment) living units.
The Division of Youth Services (DYS) is committed to hiring individuals who are professionals, team players, and passionate about their desire to help youth. DYS values candidates who have demonstrated perseverance as a special attribute that can help the youth in our care. DYS encourages qualified candidates with "lived experience" to apply.
We invite you to explore the DYS website and learn about the services provided to youth, families, and local communities in the State of Colorado at: https://www.colorado.gov/cdhs/dys
Why I work for CDHS / DYS
Description of Job
This position 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, based on business needs.
Safety/Security . 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.
Youth Center Programming . 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.
Documentation/Recording and Reporting . 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.
Organizational Accountability. 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. Success will come through the development of healthy, positive relationships supported by creating a trauma responsive environment.
Training. 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.
Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education and Experience:
High school diploma or General Education Diploma, (GED).
Substitutions: None
These positions are not sedentary positions. Employees are typically on their feet during the entire shift. Youth living quarters are located on multiple levels and employees must frequently climb stairs in the performance of job duties. Please take into account your physical ability in relation to the essential job duties when applying for job.
Employees must also be willing and able to physically intervene with assaultive youth.
Preferred Qualifications:
Relevant years of State service experience
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 setting;
Experience facilitating psychoeducational groups; Education/experience working with adolescents who have trauma;
Experience working with youth in positive leadership roles, such as mentoring and coaching.
Experience utilizing verbal de-escalation and motivational techniques.
Highly Desirable Competencies
Skilled in conflict management.
Strong work ethic, integrity and dependability.
Sound judgment and decision making skills.
Self control, composure and the ability to manage stressful situations.
Ability to verbally communicate clearly and willingness to do so respectfully
Ability to identify and act on changes, inappropriate activity, hazards or potential security breaches and verbally communicate pertinent information.
Ability to study information and recount events in a written, factual, concise, and legible method.
Work Environment:
Employees are required to work shift hours. This includes evening, night, weekend and holidays. Shifts may vary between agencies and may include eight (8) hours, ten (10) hours, or twelve (12) hours in duration. Mandatory overtime may be required. Day shift work is not usually available. As a CYSOI, your position is considered essential and you may be required to report to work during inclement weather.
Conditions of Employment:
- Full Background - CDHS employees (all Direct contact with vulnerable persons):
CBI name check and fingerprint check, ICON Colorado court database, Medicare fraud database, Reference Checks, Professional License verification (licensure requirements), Drug Screen, PREA (Division of Youth Services), Trails check (direct contact with children), CAPS (direct contact with adults – Mental Health Institutes, Regional Centers, Veterans Community Living Centers).
Be a minimum of 21 years of age, with no felony convictions or history of domestic violence
Must possess a valid, unrestricted U.S. Driver's License.
Shift Work - Subject to assigned shifts
Travel – Transportation of youth in state vehicles, Travel to assigned trainings and/or alternate work sites.
Continued employment is contingent upon successful completion of the DYS Pre-service Training Academy, Field Training Program (FTO) and mandatory annual training in all subject areas.
Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must (1) disclose that information on the application (2) provide an explanation why the prior termination or resignation should not disqualify the applicant from the current position, (3) provide the employee number from the applicant’s prior State employment. Absent extraordinary circumstances, prior disciplinary termination or resignation in lieu of termination and failure to provide this information will disqualify the applicant from future State employment with CDHS.
Appeal Rights:
If you receive notice that you have been eliminated from consideration for this position, you may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board or request a review by the State Personnel Director.
An appeal or review must be submitted on the official appeal form, signed by you or your representative. This form must be delivered to the State Personnel Board by email (dpa_state.personnelboard@state.co.us), postmarked in US Mail or hand delivered (1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver CO 80203), or faxed (303.866.5038) within ten (10) calendar days from your receipt of notice or acknowledgement of the department’s action.
For more information about the appeals process, the official appeal form, and how to deliver it to the State Personnel Board; go tospb.colorado.gov; contact the State Personnel Board for assistance at (303) 866-3300; or refer to 4 Colorado Code of Regulations (CCR) 801-1, State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures, Chapter 8, Resolution of Appeals and Disputes, atspb.colorado.govunder Rules.
Supplemental Information
How to Apply (https://cdhs.colorado.gov/information-for-job-applicants#how-to-apply)
Need help with your application? Click here.
The Assessment Process (https://cdhs.colorado.gov/information-for-job-applicants#assessment-process)
For additional recruiting questions, please contact olga.caraman@state.co.us.
About Us:
If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference, consider joining the dedicated people of theColorado Department of Human Services (https://www.colorado.gov/cdhs) (CDHS). Our professionals strive to design and deliver high quality human and health services that improve the safety, independence, and well-being of the people of Colorado. In addition to a great location and rewarding and meaningful work, we offer:
Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits including aPERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Planwww.copera.orgplus 401(k) and 457 plans
Medical and dental health plans
Employer supplementedHealth Savings Account
Paid life insurance
Short- and long-term disability coverage
11 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave
BenefitHubstate employee discount program
Employee Wellness program MotivateMe
Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, training and more
Remote work arrangements for eligible positions
*Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more
information, go tohttps://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dhr/student-loan-forgiveness-programs.
Our Values:
We believe in a people-first approach: To serve the people of Colorado, we develop a culture and work environment that creates an energized, inspired, and healthy team capable of giving their best to Coloradans.
Balance creates quality of life: We want our team to be resilient through a supportive workplace that values flexibility, health and wellness, and employee engagement.
We hold ourselves accountable: We take responsibility through our actions, programs, and results for the state of health and human services in Colorado.
Transparency matters: We are open and honest with employees, our partners, the Coloradans we serve, and the public.
We are ethical: We abide by what is best for those we serve by doing what is right, not what is easy.
Collaboration helps us rise together: We work together with all partners, employees, and clients to achieve the best outcomes for Coloradans.
We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.
ADAA Accommodations: CDHS is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAAA Coordinator, Nancy Schmelzer, at cdhs_ada@state.co.us or call 1-800-929-0791.
THE STATE OF COLORADO IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Toll Free Applicant Technical Support (https://cdhs.colorado.gov/information-for-job-applicants#technical-support)
The State of Colorado offers permanent employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, as well as a comprehensive leave program. Please click the following link for detailed information: www.colorado.gov/pacific/dhr/benefits
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Do you possess a High School Diploma or GED?
Yes I possess a High School Diploma or GED
No I do not possess a High School Diploma or GED
02
A condition of employment requires applicants to be 21 years of age or older. Do you meet this condition?
Yes
No
03
Do you possess a valid, unrestricted U.S. Driver's License?
Yes
No
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If you are a current or former State of Colorado employee, please list your employee number (starts with 997...). Failure to provide this requested information may render your application incomplete, and you may no longer be considered for the position.
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Former State employees who were disciplinary terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must disclose the information on the application In the space below, please provide an explanation as to why the prior termination or resignation should NOT disqualify your application from the current position.
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If you are a former or current state employee, please identify what state agency you work(ed) with and how many years of relevant state service you have related to the position you are applying for. (Ensure this is listed on your application under work experience)
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Please tell us what level of education you currently have completed and the associated major based on the selections below.
Bachelor's degree with Major in (psychology, sociology or criminal justice major or similar field).
Associate's degree with Major in (psychology, sociology or criminal justice major or similar field).
Completed College Degree in unrelated field - Incomplete degree in related field
Completed HS/GED - Incomplete college degree in unrelated field
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Years of experience working with at risk youth in a secure/staff secure setting or at risk population
2 + years of Direct Experience working with at risk youth in secure/staff secure type program.
1-2 years of Experience working with at risk youth secure/staff secure type program
six months to 1 year of experience working with an at risk population.
less then six months of experience working with an at risk population.
no experience working with an at risk population.
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Please describe in detail where you were working with at risk youth in a secure/staff secure setting or at risk population from your application?
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Years of Mentoring, Coaching , Intern or Volunteer work.
2+ years of experience
1-2 years experience
six months to 1 year of exp
less than six month
no experience
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Years of Experience in the health and human services field and/or criminal justice field.
2+ years of experience
1-2 years of experience
six months to 1 year of experience
less than six months of experience
no experience
12
Please describe in detail where you have experience working in the health and human services field and/or criminal justice field from your application?
13
What languages do you speak?
Spanish
Other Languages
English Only
14
Please describe your experience working in residential treatment, mental health, law enforcement, and / or secure settings. Check all that apply:
Youth
Adult
Detention
Treatment
Residential Programs
Mental Health Facilities
Law Enforcement
Military
Social Work
Parole and Probation
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Please indicate the other youth-specific experiences you bring to the table. Check all that apply:
Mentoring
Coaching
Educational Setting
Behavioral Intervention Programs
Restitution / Commitment Programs
Faith-Based Programs
Other
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Please describe why you would physically manage youth in the situations above, and the other interventions you would use first or concurrently. If you marked "other" in the list above, please tell us about those situations as well.
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Please check the situations listed below where physically managing a youth would be necessary:
Swearing at another Youth
Swearing at an Adult / Authority Figure
Failing to Comply
Passive Resistance
Threatening Behavior
Damaging Property
Hurting Themselves or Others
Other
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Our teams provide cognitive, emotional, and behavioral support to our youth both as a function of their daily interactions and through structured programming. Please indicate the areas where you have experience as the person responsible for delivering programming:
One-on-One Treatment
Group Treatment
Drug / Alcohol
RCJ
Educational
Social Skills
Anger Management
Evidence-Based Programs
Other
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Of these program areas, which have you demonstrated leadership in by developing the program or leading change? What outcome were you seeking and how did you accomplish it?
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In order for our facilities to remain in compliance with State and Federal Laws, there may be times when we will need to hire based on gender to serve that particular population. Please indicate your gender below.
Male
Female
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There may be times when our facilities will need to hire individuals on a temporary basis in order to meet staffing needs. These assignments can last up to nine months. Please indicate below if you would be willing to accept a temporary assignment.
Yes
No
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If you are a Veteran and you are requesting Veteran's Preference you must upload your DD-214 or VA letter to your application.
I am not a Veteran
I have uploaded my Veteran Preference documents (DD214 or VA letter)
I am a Veteran, but not requesting Veteran's preference
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Do you prefer Part Time or Full Time?
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Do you prefer Days, Evenings or Nights?
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