Campus Resource Officer

In a career as a Campus Resource Officer, you will support the Boys Town mission by monitoring and ensuring safety and security conditions within Boys Town properties by patrolling campus and interacting with youth as needed. No matter your role at Boys Town, you contribute to helping us change the future of America's youth one step at a time.

Schedule:

2nd Shift Days: TBDMAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES:

Provides safe and effective services

Adheres to policies related to safety and boundaries with service recipients.

Attends safety and abuse risk management training as assigned.

Adheres to procedures related to managing high-risk activities and supervising service recipients.

Reports suspicious or inappropriate behaviors and policy violations.

Follows mandated abuse reporting requirements.

Ensures safety and security conditions within Boys Town properties

Actively monitors and ensures safety and security conditions within Boys Town properties by patrolling campus and Boys Town schools on foot, on a bicycle, or in a vehicle.

Makes regular interior and exterior patrols of Boys Town properties/buildings to ensure security and safety standards are met and maintained as directed by local policy, post orders, and applicable regulations.

Initiate positive, professional relationships with youth when working in schools. Officers must be a confident, moral role model for youth.

Maintains an awareness of youth whereabouts on campus through youth interaction, surveillance, calendars, schedules, and databases.

Locates distressed youth on campus from verbal directions provided and conducts calm dialogue with youth under stress.

With the assistance and supervision of School staff and Youth Care staff, calms and safely removes a youth from a program area and provides crisis intervention when the youth is in need.

Responds immediately to observed or dispatched calls from staff when they require assistance with youth or any program area in schools or on campus.

Escorts personnel to and from vehicles as requested.

Safely utilizes Boys Town vehicle to complete requirements of position.

Walks over moderate terrain throughout an eight-hour shift during calm to adverse weather conditions.

Checks all key stations and other designated areas to detect security violations. Secures doors and windows and monitors for intruders and other unusual conditions.

Observes and reports maintenance needs. Investigates and reports incidents involving personal injury, property damage, theft, and/or vandalism occurring on property or areas under jurisdiction and completes the designated reports. Communicates with Boys Town Police Department as necessary to report unusual and unsafe conditions.

Projects a secure campus by the observed presence of continuous patrol and inspection of Boys Town schools and campus grounds, and by immediate and professional response to dispatch orders for service.

Investigates security alarms and fire alarms. Contacts appropriate staff in response to computer room alarms.

Assists staff and guests to shelter in the event of severe weather warnings. Executes evacuation plan in response to fire alarm activity.

Proactively and creatively supports the Boys Town culture to maintain a safe, strong, and secure community.

Interacts personally and professionally with Boys Town youth, staff, and visitors on and off-campus.

Provides security for staff and youth during program changes or during mass movement of youth, including provide security for special events.

Investigates unauthorized personnel in accordance with policy and training.

Accurately and succinctly completes security reports and documentation of appropriate shift activities.

Enforces the 'Tobacco Free' Campus policy.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

High level of professionalism and interpersonal skills.

Proficient in Microsoft Office.

Ability to promote and maintain excellent public relations with youth, staff, visitors, and all employees and maintain confidentiality.

Ability to effectively blend candor, care, and empathy in dealing with others.

Ability to react and de-escalate youth in an empathetic and caring manner.

Ability to quickly assess situations and respond appropriately.

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