Juvenile Justice Counselor 1/2 (PCN 063802M)

* NOW OFFERING A $2,500 SIGN-ON BONUS *

This position is open to All Applicants.
 

This position will be filled at either the 1 or 2 level depending on the applicant’s qualifications and job experience.  
It is recommended that you apply for all levels if you are qualified.

Juvenile Justice Counselor 1: $23.67/hourly 
Juvenile Justice Counselor 2: $26.89/hourly

What You Will Be Doing:

The Fairbanks Youth Facility (FYF) Treatment Unit is a 16-bed, long-term treatment program that provides an environment for treatment of juvenile offenders that is safe and secure for the offender and the community with a focus in working with youth who have been identified as having mild-to-moderate neurobehavioral disorders as well as neurotypical youth. 

The FYF Detention Unit is a 12-bed, short-term Co-Ed program that is the initial contact point for youth entering a secure facility and serves youth detained and awaiting court decisions, bail processing, and/or placement. Some of our residents have mild-to-severe mental health needs in addition to their justice system challenges. 

As a member of the Fairbanks Youth Facility team, your role involves supervising juveniles with diverse emotional behaviors in both secure confinement and community-based settings. You'll need to understand the legal aspects of juvenile residents in detention, treatment, and community environments. Responsibilities include maintaining order, facilitating group movements, and transporting juveniles into the community. Tasks also involve completing detention admissions, implementing treatment interventions, and integrating victim and community restoration principles. Managing a caseload of residents, you'll review intake interviews, medical history, psychological assessments, and family background.

Additionally, you'll recognize, and document concerning behaviors, participate in skill-building sessions, and provide consistent support for behavior regulation and correction. You may also lead competency development groups like Prime for Life, Anger Replacement Training, and Life Skill Development.

Our Organization, Mission, and Culture:

The Division of Juvenile Justice’s mission is to hold juvenile offenders accountable for their behavior; promote the safety and restoration of victims and communities; and assist offenders and their families in developing the skills to prevent crime. As a Juvenile Justice Counselor, you will support this mission by working with the youth on their individual needs and maintaining the security and safety of residents, visitors, staff, and facility buildings. 

You will be part of a team that takes prides in creating a positive environment for both team members and juveniles. In this role, each day you will be contributing to building a stronger community by supporting our youth, guiding them to be successful and happy.   

Our core values include:

• Prioritizing Safety – of our youth, staff, families, and communities.
• Responsiveness – providing timely response to youth, families, victims, staff, and justice partners.
• Professional Relationships – recognizing that successful treatment services provided to our clients, coworkers, victims, and others rely on positive, respectful, and collaborative relationships and a spirit of inclusiveness.
• Dedication – doing the right things for the right reasons and modeling relentless integrity and leadership.

• Respect – for the inherent value of each person's unique strengths and individual differences.

The Benefits of Joining Our Team:

Offering a $2,500 sign-on bonus, to be paid in two equal installments of $1,250, minus mandatory deductions. The first installment will be paid upon the completion of the first pay period after hire in which the employee works the full pay period. If hired at the first level, the second installment will be paid upon successful completion of the probationary period. If hired at the second level, the second installment will be paid at the midway point of the probationary period.

Joining our team will give you an opportunity to make meaningful change within the lives of youth in Alaska. The Division of Juvenile Justice prides ourselves on empowering our team through a variety of training and offers professional development through various career paths. 

We foster a culture of integrity, trust, and respect. The team members within the Division of Juvenile Justice have a lot of pride in the work we do by making a positive impact one juvenile’s life at a time. 

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

This position is at the Fairbanks Youth Facility, located at 1502 Wilbur Street in Fairbanks, Alaska. As a Detention/Treatment Unit Staff on a 24-hour unit, you will cover various 8-hour shifts that will include holidays, weekends, and occasional overtime. The shifts may be on both the Treatment and Detention Units depending on the needs of the facility. The shift schedule is prepared quarterly and many scheduling requests are done a month out. Escorts are a part of this position with various community work service and other outing, court, medical, and/or release escorts. Air travel may be required at times. 

Who We Are Looking For:

In addition to the Minimum Qualifications below, we are looking for a candidate with the following competencies:

• Conscientiousness: Displays a high level of effort and commitment towards performing work; demonstrates responsible behavior.
• Integrity/Honesty: Contributes to maintaining the integrity of the organization; displays high standards of ethical conduct and understands the impact of violating these standards on an organization, self, and others; is trustworthy.
• Interpersonal Skills: Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences.
• Stress Tolerance: Deals calmly and effectively with high stress situations (for example, tight deadlines, hostile individuals, emergency situations, dangerous situations).