Youth Services Aide

Open Until Filled GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Within the assigned dormitory and during active programming hours (10:00 PM - 8:00 AM), this position is responsible for providing supervision, safety, and security for adjudicated male youth ages 12-21 in a juvenile correctional setting. Duties include offering guidance, mentorship, and support; implementing appropriate correction and behavioral interventions; teaching and modeling positive skills; and coordinating daily services and activities to ensure a safe, structured, and therapeutic environment.

Preference may be given to applicants with at least one year of work experience with youth services. However, anyone interested in an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of youth is encouraged to apply. The Boys' School will provide training and mentorship to ensure that new team members have the resources and knowledge to succeed in this role. Working for the State of Wyoming it offers more than a paycheck.

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid vacation, sick leave, FMLA, and holidays
• Retirement - Pension and 457B plans that help you build a secure future
• Meaningful work that makes a difference for Wyoming communities and MUCH MORE!

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$1,000.00 Hiring Bonus. See notes section for eligibility.

Human Resource Contact: judie.petersen3

• Utilizes cameras and physical visual checks to monitor students while sleeping, maintaining these checks frequently.
• Documents unusual events.
• Monitors physical plant, focusing on safety issues.
• During morning hours, assists in preparing the students for cleaning, breakfast, hygiene, physical training/educational group activities, and school.
• Provide support and assistance to students.
• Completes building & perimeter checks frequently.
• Promptly responds to emergencies or crises.
• Applies physical and non-physical intervention skills in crises where students are hostile, aggressive, and in danger of harming themselves, others, and/or property.

Preference may be given to applicants with a high school diploma and one year of work experience with the public or youth. However, anyone interested in an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of youth is encouraged to apply. The Wyoming Boys' School will provide training and mentorship to ensure that new team members have the resources and knowledge to succeed in this role.

• Knowledge of RIGHT RESPONSE principles.
• Knowledge of physical and non-physical intervention skills in crises.
• Skills in observation, basic report writing, and verbal/non-verbal communication.

Education:

High School Diploma

Experience:

0-1 year of progressive work experience (typically in Youth Services)

OR

Education & Experience Substitution: 1-2 years of progressive work experience (typically in Youth Services)

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:
None

• This position takes place in potentially dangerous or unusual environmental stress situations.
• Must remain awake and alert during shift.
• Must complete the mandatory State of Wyoming and Wyoming Boys' School Training.

• FLSA:
  Non-Exempt
• Insurance and Retirement Benefits Package
• All positions within the Department of Family Services will require a background information check, including the taking of fingerprints, which will be completed through the Wyoming Department of Criminal Investigation, the Department of Family Services, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, for every successful applicant.
• Qualifying eligibility and criteria for the hiring bonus
  • Accepting a full-time position
  • One-time bonus of $1,000.00 – first installment of $500.00 paid on the last working day of your first month of employment, and the second installment of $500.00 paid after completion of six months of employment.
  • Failure to complete one year of service with Wyoming Boys' School will result in a full refund owed to DFS-Wyoming Boys' School from the next or final paycheck.

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The State of Wyoming is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively supports the ADA and reasonably accommodates qualified applicants with disabilities.

Class Specifications are subject to change; please refer to the A & I HRD Website to ensure that you have the most recent version.