- Salary
- $69k – $121k/yr
- Location
- Leesburg, VA, VA
- Closing date
- Today
- Source
- GovernmentJobs
Description
The Loudoun County Youth Services Department is currently seeking qualified and committed candidates for the Youth Services Supervisor position, serving the Youth Detention Center and RISE Youth Shelter located in Leesburg, Virginia. This position plays a vital role in ensuring the safety, security, and well-being of youth placed in our residential programs.
Loudoun County is one of the fastest-growing counties in the nation, celebrated for its exceptional quality of life, vibrant communities, and robust economy. Located just 40 miles west of Washington, D.C., Loudoun offers a unique mix of cultural, recreational, and educational experiences, making it an ideal place to live and work. We aim to provide a physically and emotionally safe and secure environment for youth placed in our care temporarily by the court.
This position supervises staff.
Essential Job Functions:
- Manages services for a 24-hour secure facility; oversees admission and release procedures, staff supervision, and control room operations; and monitors compliance with all procedures, polices, and regulatory standards.
- Manages staff performance in accordance with County Human Resources (HR) policies; provides regular feedback, direction, mentoring, coaching, and training to staff; completes appraisals of performance; ensures staff adhere to all applicable policies and procedures of the Department and the County; ensures staff is trained and certifications are current; and advises supervisor of challenges with staffing, workload, or performance.
- Administers medication in accordance with the Virginia Medication Administration guidelines and requirements.
- Assists with training coworkers; explains program policies and procedures.
- Maintains required program documentation.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Knowledge of occupational hazards and safety precautions.
- Knowledge of Virginia Juvenile Justice System.
- Knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local regulations.
- Ability to respond to emergencies and take command of situation while awaiting back up or assistance.
- Ability to communicate effectively in understandable terms, orally and in writing.
Work Environment:
- Position is an essential position, defined as County employees who are not excused from reporting to work in order to ensure the continuity of County operations and/or to maintain 24-hour critical operations and services during an emergency, or when the County Government or a County facility is closed.
- In the event of an emergency may be required to work and may be assigned to an alternate work site to carry out duties that support the needs of County residents or employees.
- May serve on call in a rotational capacity; may be subject to recall.
- May be required to work and may be assigned to an alternate work site to carry out duties that support the needs of the County's residents or employees.
- Must be available for duty beyond normal workday as required to perform functions of position for assigned department.
- May be exposed to communicable diseases and behaviors of high-risk youth.
- Must be able to wear a full duty belt weighing three (3) pounds for up to 16 hours.
- This position requires performing crisis intervention with youth including the possibility of utilizing physical restraints and exerting in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally.
- This position requires working in a secure setting with mentally and physically demanding situations and involves some degree of risk to personal safety.
- Work is performed in a safe and secure work environment that may periodically have unpredicted requirements or demands.
Skills
CPRCompliance