Rehabilitation Technician, DJC

Rehabilitation Technician, DJC

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State of Idaho Opportunity

Applications will be accepted through 4:59 PM MST on the posting end date.

Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections, Lewiston facility is now hiring for full‑time Rehabilitation Technicians or Rehabilitation Technician Trainees.

IDJC is always looking for enthusiastic, caring and compassionate team members to join our efforts to rehabilitate the youth in our care. If you are interested in a challenging and rewarding career where you can make a difference in the lives of youth consider becoming a Rehabilitation Technician.

Shift differential available at a 5 percent increment!

• Treatment:
• Implements treatment strategies developed by treatment team.
• Conducts drug and alcohol and social skills training.
• Provides individual and group counseling; integrates daily activities with treatment goals.
• Encourages and motivates youth; acts as a role model for appropriate conduct and decision making.
• Provides input for development of treatment strategies; implements established intervention methods and facilitates problem‑solving sessions by youth.
• Supervision:
• Supervises youth to insure compliance with institutional policies and procedures, daily activity schedules, protection of individual rights, and maintenance of living unit security.
• Oversees free time and recreational activities to encourage positive group interaction.
• Plans and leads special recreational and educational activities.
• Assists youth with homework; intervenes in confrontations between youth to protect against injury or harassment.
• Provides orientation to youth about policies, procedures, and expectations.
• Reports accidents, changes in health, or other emergencies to nursing staff or security.
• Provides first aid; monitors personal hygiene of youth.
• Assigns and supervises housekeeping duties to maintain sanitary living conditions.
• Performs routine cleaning duties.
• Transports offenders to other facilities, outside appointments, work or community service activities.
• May search for runaways.
• May supervise youth in community service projects.
• May supervise and assist in the evaluation of job coaches.
• Charting:
• Logs observations of group and individual behavior.
• Charts treatment progress; maintains records and prepares reports.

• Minimum 6 months of working knowledge pertaining to individual and group behavior of youth; recreational activities for youth.
• Minimum 6 months of working knowledge of instilling values and motivating youth in learning positive life skills; using a personal computer to enter, retrieve and edit information.
• Meet entrance requirements established by the Idaho Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) academy for correction officers including the following:
• • Be at least 21 years of age
  • Be eligible for and in good standing to obtain a POST certification within 12 months of hire
  • Possess a high school diploma, GED or equivalent
• For those that served in the military, must have a discharge indicating honorable, uncharacterized, or general under honorable conditions.
• Hold a current and valid driver’s license in your state of residence; be a U.S. Citizen.
• No conviction, withheld judgment, suspicion or imposed conviction of the following:
  See POST IDAPA Code 11.11.01 for more information.
• A felony age eighteen (18) years old or older at the time of conviction.
• A misdemeanor DUI within the last 2 years or had 2 or more misdemeanor DUI within the last 2 years or had 2 or more misdemeanor DUI offenses within 5 years immediately preceding application.
• A misdemeanor crime involving domestic violence within the last 5 years preceding this application.
• A misdemeanor crime of deceit or a misdemeanor sex offense within the last 5 years preceding this application.
• A misdemeanor drug‑related offense within one (1) year immediately preceding this application.
• No purchase, possession, or use of marijuana, cannabis, hashish, hash oil, or THC in synthetic and natural forms within one (1) year immediately preceding job application.
• Willingness to: deal with violence, harassment, threats,…