Juvenile Rehabilitation Officer ; JRO- Chehalis

Position Details

• Job Class: Juvenile Rehabilitation Officer 2 (JRO2)
• Location: Chehalis, Washington
• Recruitment: Open until filled

$32.56 per hour. The rate does not include a 5% on-site 24/7 facility premium or a 2% general wage increase effective July 1, 2026.

On-Call. Work is intermittent, sporadic, with no set schedule or guaranteed minimum hours. May average 20-40 hrs per week. Employees must be available for all shifts—Day (6 a.m.–4 p.m.), Swing (1 p.m.–11 p.m.), and Graveyard (10 p.m.–8 a.m.), including weekends and holidays.

You will assist counselors, act as a positive role model for youth residents, intervene when conflicts arise, and ensure a safe and secure environment for residents to learn new relational skills. You will learn about Juvenile Rehabilitation philosophy and treatment model, preparing you for future advancement opportunities in rehabilitative programming.

• Proactively maintain awareness of verbal and written information from previous shifts.
• Operate communication devices such as two‑way radio and telephone.
• Recognize and assess problem situations and respond immediately to emergent situations.
• Assess youth behavior for risk to self and others.
• Supervise youth during the administration of prescription and non‑prescription medications.
• Monitor and supervise youth at all times, intervening with approved methods for verbal de‑escalation, physical control, and restraints as necessary to restore safety and order.
• Conduct routine and random security duties—including perimeter, grounds, building checks, headcounts, Suicide Precaution Level checks, key control, and room searches for contraband, pat/frisk, and strip searches—according to policy.
• Escort or supervise youth during facility movements and appointments.
• Perform basic data and retrieval functions using the computerized system; input incident reports and client tracking into the Automated Client Tracking system.

• One year of relevant full‑time experience in counseling, criminal justice, juvenile justice, education, psychology, sociology, behavioral health, or social service; or one year as a Juvenile Rehabilitation Officer 1.
• Ability to take action to learn and grow.
• Ability to take action to meet the needs of others.
• One year of experience may be substituted with two years of college education.
• State background check and PREA questionnaire required for selected candidates.
• Must possess, or obtain within 14 days of hire, a valid Food Handler’s permit.

• Two or more years of experience in social services, youth group activities, security guard, correctional or law‑enforcement work, or a certificate of completion in a basic law‑enforcement training program approved by the Washington Criminal Justice Training Commission.
• Understanding of adolescent development and juvenile rehabilitation practices and principles.
• Experience providing cognitive/behavioral therapeutic interventions.
• Competency in relating to clients from diverse backgrounds and cultural groups.
• Knowledge of basic juvenile correctional system, rehabilitation objectives, basic interviewing and counseling theories and techniques, fundamentals of individual and group behaviors, introductory psychology of deviant behavior, and crisis intervention methods and techniques.
• Ability to obtain pertinent information during interviews, assist in rehabilitation of juvenile offenders, apply rules, regulations, and procedures, appraise situations, and remain calm and in control during crisis situations and de‑escalate them.
• Ability to speak and write clearly and establish and maintain effective working relationships.

The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is an equal‑opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, national origin, veteran or military status, or any sensory, mental, or physical disability or use of a trained service animal by a person with a disability.

Benefits eligibility for this position may differ from those listed in the benefits tab. For more information on employee benefits eligibility, please refer to the Public Employee Benefits Board.