Resident Care Specialist

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Job Posting Title Resident Care Specialist

Agency 400 OFFICE OF JUVENILE AFFAIRS

Supervisory Organization Central Oklahoma Juvenile Center, Tecumseh, Oklahoma

The Office of Juvenile Affairs is seeking a Resident Care Specialist to provide care, custody, and security for at‑risk youth at the Central Oklahoma Juvenile Center in Tecumseh, Oklahoma. A hope‑centered agency, the Office focuses on recognizing strengths, promoting resilience, and building a future‑oriented mindset in both staff and residents. Previous security experience working with juveniles in a residential care and treatment facility is a plus.

Sign‑On and Continuous Service Bonuses $5,000 sign‑on bonus available. $6,000 continuous service bonus available. Must meet eligibility criteria.

Positions in this job family provide direct care, supervision, security, transportation, and role modeling to adjudicated youth in the custody of the juvenile justice system. Responsibilities include paraprofessional guidance and counseling to residents, controls aggressive behaviors, documentation of behaviors and activities, and monitoring and moderation of resident behavior.

RCS I All direct‑care staff shall be at least 21 years of age and possess a high school diploma or its equivalent.

RCS II Requirements at this level consist of those identified at Level I and the completion of thirty semester hours from an accredited college or university or one year of security experience.

Central Oklahoma Juvenile Center is a 24‑hour facility. This position is subject to shift work and applicants must be willing to work any shift as needed to provide coverage. Overtime may be required if necessary to maintain the facility.

• 1st Shift 7:00am to 3:00pm
• 2nd Shift 3:00pm to 11:00pm
• 3rd Shift 11:00pm to 7:00am

• Provides security and supervision to adjudicated residents in a variety of situations and activities.
• Performs routine duties in care, custody, education, and treatment of residents; observes, records, and reports health symptoms, behavior, and activity of residents.
• Manages aggressive and non‑aggressive behavior through verbal and physical intervention using prescribed and approved techniques; quickly responds to physical assaults, riots, and other emergency situations.
• Conducts count of residents and enforces institutional rules and regulations; observes resident and staff activities on multiple surveillance monitor screens.
• Provides paraprofessional counseling and instruction to residents by directing their daily activities, maintaining order, providing support, and helping them develop and achieve personal goals; serves on a treatment team to review residents’ progress, treatment and educational plans; serves as a group leader by reviewing and assessing the adjustment and functioning of a group of residents.
• Inspects the facility’s living areas and work locations to ensure health and safety standards are being met, conducts searches for unauthorized objects, materials, and contraband; maintains security in an assigned area or post; controls movement of residents to and from living quarters for activities and off‑campus appointments; maintains order and discipline during programs, meals, and recreation periods by utilizing empathic verbal communication skills.
• Patrols facility grounds, juvenile living quarters and work areas on an assigned shift while observing the activities and movements of residents; checks authorized persons in or out of buildings and grounds area while assuring unauthorized persons are denied access.
• Checks the physical security of the facility, including doors, windows, and lighting.
• Completes written and/or typed reports on a variety of incidents and residents’ behaviors; sends and receives verbal transmissions over a hand‑held radio; maintains a written log of daily facility activities; communicates by telephone with emergency responder agencies in crisis situations.
• Provide safe and secure transport services for OJA custody youth to and from…