DJS Resident Advisor Trainee Garrett & Allegany Counties

Location of Position

Garrett County – Backbone Mountain Youth Center (BMYC), 124 Camp 4 Road, Swanton, MD 21561;
Allegany County – Green Ridge Youth Center (GRYC), 10700 Fifteen Mile Creek Road, Flintstone, MD 21530.

Join DJS as a Resident Advisor Trainee to provide supervision, guidance, and support for youth in a facility, ensuring safety, fostering learning, and promoting positive behaviors.

• Escort and supervise youth to daily activities and interactions.
• Observe individual and group behaviors to determine when intervention or guidance is needed.
• De‑escalate potentially harmful behaviors and intervene in situations involving agitated youth.
• Suggest alternative responses to problems and, when necessary, restrain youth.
• Create a learning environment that encourages communication, group discussion, and mentorship.
• Assist youth in complying with daily schedules, classes, and personal hygiene.
• Record behavior observations, prepare progress and incident reports, and recommend sanctions.
• Inspect residence areas for safety, security and cleanliness.
• Assess inappropriate behaviors and recommend sanctions.
• Attend in‑service training on crisis prevention, suicide prevention, emergency medical treatments, and behavioral models; obtain and maintain certification.
• Assess emergency and crisis situations, make contacts and referrals, and provide interim assistance.
• May be assigned a cottage or dormitory post at night and may accompany youth to community activities.
• Perform other related duties.

• Act as a member of the treatment team and provide input to case management specialists.
• Help evaluate and recommend modifications to youth treatment plans.
• Facilitate daily behavioral modification meetings in the absence of the case management specialist.

• Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high‑school equivalency certificate.
• No experience required.

• Employment experience within the past 18 months.
• Associate’s degree in a related field (e.g., Criminal Justice, Social or Behavioral Sciences).

• Completion and successful passing of the Entrance Level Correctional Training Course during probation.
• Possession of a valid U.S. motor vehicle operator’s license if assigned duties requiring a vehicle.

• U.S. Citizenship or Resident Alien status.
• Age of at least 21 years.
• Thorough background check, including fingerprinting and drug testing.
• Oral interview; physical and psychological examinations.
• Subject to substance abuse testing per Code of Maryland Regulations.

State of Maryland benefits.

DJS is an equal‑opportunity employer, committed to diversity in the workplace, valuing diverse educational backgrounds and justice system contacts, welcoming Veterans, bilingual applicants, people with disabilities, and those with lived experience in the criminal/juvenile system.