Juvenile Center Support Clerk

Job Opportunity

The Kings County Probation Department is currently seeking qualified individuals for the position of:
Juvenile Center Support Clerk $38,750.40 - $47,299.20 Annually Build your career with the Kings County Probation Department in a role that truly matters. As a Juvenile Center Support Clerk, you'll help keep the Juvenile Center running smoothly by managing key records, assisting staff, and supporting a safe, structured environment for youth. This is a great opportunity to get hands-on experience, learn the inner workings of juvenile services, and grow into future administrative or probation-related roles.

If you're dependable, detail-oriented, and ready for a meaningful step forward in your public service career, we encourage you to apply!

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Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job. Some duties, knowledge, skills, and abilities may be performed in a learning capacity for entry-level (I Level) positions.

• Performs a variety of general clerical and administrative duties in support of Juvenile Services Officers.
• Performs a variety of duties concerning the booking and processing of justice involved individuals; initiates and completes applicable booking forms and enters booking/release information; processes transfers and/or releases of justice involved individuals.
• Accesses, enters, verifies, and retrieves data and information regarding justice involved individuals using a variety office equipment including computers, computer networks, databases, and information systems.
• Answers a high volume of incoming telephone calls and e-mails; provides information and answers questions; takes and conveys messages; refers issues to the appropriate staff or department; replies to voicemail and email messages.
• Monitors movement and activity of justice involved individuals through direct visual contact and a video monitoring system; communicates with justice involved individuals in rooms or other secured areas via intercom; ensures compliance with regulatory requirements and department policies and procedures.
• Observes activity through a video monitoring system and gives verbal direction to justice involved individuals regarding action or movement and advises staff of immediate or potential problems; notifies appropriate personnel in emergency situations.
• Composes, types/keyboards and processes a variety of rough draft and final documents, such as general correspondence, reports, forms, letters, schedules, records, bills, purchase orders, requisitions, and statistical and financial data; proofreads, edits and corrects prepared materials, ensuring accuracy, completeness, compliance with department policies, and correct grammar, punctuation and spelling.
• Creates, organizes, archives, scans, copies, maintains, and retrieves records, documents, reports, and files; maintains and/or establishes filing systems; audits files for compliance with federal, state, and local laws and records retention schedules.
• Collects, opens, and distributes incoming mail, packages, email communications, correspondence, reports, requests for service, and complaints to appropriate staff.
• Performs a wide variety of routine and/or repetitive tasks, such as, filing, preparing work orders; enters, edits and retrieves data and prepares regular or special reports; may perform high volume production typing/keyboarding/data entry.
• Prepares, processes, and maintains various departmental files and retrieves records; maintains confidentiality of department records.
• Observes and complies with County and mandated safety rules, regulations and protocols.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

Please note :
Work experience for the last 15 years must be included in the work history portion of your application. It is also important…