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About the Role

The Secure Detention Counselor II position's primary responsibility is to serve as a member of the rapid response team and ensure facility safety and security protocols are being adhered to, including conducting security inspections, responding to critical incidents, and follow up reporting.

Responsibilities

Supervises, counsels, and instructs facility residents in daily living, recreational, and/or educational activities.
Assists staff with training compliance and provides security screening (metal detector) of staff and visitors.
Coordinates and assists in training compliance for staff.
Provides assistance to shift supervisors in the supervision and observation of facility residents and the implementation of program activities.
Maintains narrative log records of shift activities and reviews them for accuracy.
Assists in the supervision of residents and supervises visitation programs.
Assists with resident phone calls.
Provides informal guidance and counsel to juveniles.
Participates as a team member in implementing appropriate treatment strategies for facility residents.
Attends casework planning meetings.
Maintains appropriate records, files, and/or logs.
Distributes and inventories all necessary supplies used by residents.
Supervises overall safety and security procedures.
Responds to critical incidents and completes necessary follow-up reports.
Provides direct supervision of residents as required.
Conducts random facility security checks on each scheduled shift, reports findings to shift supervisor, and completes security log.
Ensures that residents are cared for in a safe, structured, secure environment.
Performs other related activities as needed.

Requirements

Must be able to work a flexible schedule with variable hours including day, evening, weekend, holiday, and subject to call hours.
Must be able to effectively perform agency-approved restraint techniques.
Ability to work with an economically and culturally diverse population.
Capable of working in a stressful environment.
Ability to become TCI, First/Aid CPR certified.

Skills

Demonstrated communication skills, both oral and written, including attention to detail.

Location

Albany, NY 12211

Work Type

Full-Time
Evening

Experience Level

2 years of full-time paid experience working with at-risk youth in a residential setting
4 years of full-time paid experience working with at-risk youth in a residential setting

Education Level

Associate's degree in human services (or equivalent)

Salary/Compensations

$32.50 - $32.50 Hourly

About the Company

Together for Youth is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, military status, sex, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, disability, marital status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable, and accessible environment where diversity is valued and recognized as a source of strength and enrichment.
We seek to attract talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures.
As a federal contractor, Together for Youth will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.
However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

Equal Opportunity

Together for Youth is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, military status, sex, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, disability, marital status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable, and accessible environment where diversity is valued and recognized as a source of strength and enrichment.
We seek to attract talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures.
As a federal contractor, Together for Youth will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.
However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)