Corrections Counselor - Juvenile - AJC Promotional Duluth

Job Overview

Routine correctional work supervising residents detained at the Arrowhead Juvenile Center (AJC), a facility licensed by the Department of Corrections. The role includes ensuring safety and security of the facility, juveniles, and staff, and counseling residents by modeling and teaching social skills, problem solving skills, and conflict resolution. Duties include direct care, supervising residents in a 24‑hour, 7‑day‑a‑week (including holidays) facility, performing security checks, managing crises and conflicts as they occur, documenting daily activities, medication delivery, providing transportation, and assisting residents develop life skills.

The work is performed under the direction of assigned supervisory staff.

CONSTANT
:
Balance; coordination; smell; stand; walk; hearing; vision; work with others; clients with behavioral challenges; and shift work.

OCCASIONAL
:
Lift and carry up to 50 pounds; push/pull up to 50 pounds; crouch/squat; grasp/handle; kneel; reach above shoulder; rotate trunk; sit; and stoop/bend.

RARE
:
Crawl.

• High school diploma or its equivalent.
• Twenty‑one (21) years of age or older or between eighteen (18) and twenty‑one (21) years of age and enrolled or completed coursework in a postsecondary education program to pursue a degree in a behavioral science, according to Minnesota Statute .
• Possession of a valid driver's license.

• One (1) year full‑time paid verifiable experience in a correctional facility, group home, behavioral health program, hospital security, treatment program, shelter, or a related field.

Qualified applicants must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation. Applicants selected must meet the physical requirements for the position.

Applicants selected for appointment to a position with Arrowhead Regional Corrections may be subject to a background investigation.

Appointees to the position must successfully complete a twelve‑month probationary period prior to being certified for permanent employment.

If you are eligible to apply for Veterans Preference, please attach to your application a copy of the document(s) listed for the option that applies to you:

• Veteran: DD214 noting character of service
• Disabled Veteran: DD214 & compensation disability award letter issued within the last six months.
• Spouse of Disabled Veteran: DD214 & compensation disability award letter issued within the last six months & marriage certificate. (Eligible only if Veteran is unable to qualify because of the disability.)
• Spouse of Deceased Veteran: DD214, marriage certificate and death certificate.

Arrowhead Regional Corrections is an equal opportunity and veteran‑friendly employer.