Juvenile Rehabilitation Officer 2 (JRO2)

The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is accepting applications for a Juvenile Rehabilitation Officer 2 to join our team at Echo Glen Children’s Center to provide security and safety services for residents, staff, and visitors in our juvenile rehabilitation residential facility.

• Assist counselors on the floor
• Be a positive role model to our youth residents
• Intervene, if necessary, when conflicts arise
• Ensure a safe and secure environment for our youth to learn new ways of relating to themselves and others
• Learn about the Juvenile Rehabilitation philosophy and treatment model
• Support rehabilitative programming for our youth
• Maintain awareness of verbal and written information from previous shifts
• Operate communication devices such as two-way radio, and telephone
• Recognize and assess problem situations and immediately respond to emergent situations
• Assess youth behavior for risk to self and others
• Supervise youth during administration of prescription and non-prescription medications
• Monitor and supervise youth at all times, and intervene by using Juvenile Rehabilitation (JR) approved methods and techniques for verbal de-escalation, physical control and/or restraints as necessary to restore safety and order
• Conduct routine and random security duties including perimeter, grounds, building checks, headcounts, Suicide Precaution Level (SPL) checks, key control, room searches for contraband and pat/frisk and strip searches according to policy
• Escort/supervises youth during facility movements and appointments
• Perform basic data and retrieval functions using computerized system, and input incident reports and client tracking into the Automated Client Tracking (ACT) system

• One year as a Juvenile Rehabilitation Officer 1
• One year of relevant experience (full-time equivalency) in counseling, criminal justice, juvenile justice, education, psychology, sociology, behavioral health, or social service
• Two years of college will substitute for one year of experience

• Medical, dental, and basic life insurance
• Basic life and long-term disability insurance
• Flexible spending account for health care expenses
• Dependent care assistance
• Auto, boat, home, and renter insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Retirement and Deferred Compensation
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness
• Paid holidays and personal holiday
• Sick leave
• Vacation (Annual Leave)
• Military Leave
• Bereavement Leave

The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is committed to Washington’s children and youth growing up safe, healthy, and thriving. We invite all candidates to join us in our mission to create a diverse and equitable workplace that reflects the communities we serve.