Juvenile Program Specialist : Long Creek Youth Development Center- EMPLOYMENT REGISTER
State of Maine
South Portland, Maine
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JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$25.78–$33.36
SKILLS
Behavioral Health, Follow Through, Healthcare, Human Resources Software, Interpersonal Skills, Leadership, Lesson Plans, People Management, Project/Program Management, Reporting Skills, Student Conduct, Team Player, Training/Teaching, Treatment Plan
LOCATION
South Portland, Maine
POSTED
10 days ago
If you are a current State of Maine employee, please submit your application through the internal application process using the Find Jobs report in PRISM. Seasonal employees who do not have PRISM access should apply through the State's career page and indicate on the application that they have previously worked for the State. . Grade 19: $25.78/hr to $33.36/hr (rate includes $1.00 Direct Care Stipend) Job Class Code: 5217 04100.1762 Open: June 24, 2026 Close: July 09, 2026 MDOC is destigmatizing corrections for the betterment of all Maine communities. Through the 'Maine Model of Corrections', we promote the safety of our staff and residents while reducing barriers to meaningful rehabilitative opportunities. We facilitate restorative justice practices that equip justice-involved residents and clients with the skills they need to become contributing members of society upon release, including treatment, education, and job training.
We are committed to rebuilding lives and are searching for great team players with a professional attitude, well-developed integrity, and ethics to join us in this mission.
The Bureau of Human Resources is accepting applications to establish a register to fill a vacancy at the Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland.
This is paraprofessional support work as a working supervisor involving the interaction, care, security, treatment, and rehabilitation of juveniles committed to a correctional facility.
Responsibilities include providing direct care, modeling appropriate behavior, attitude, ethics, and morals, and implementing rehabilitative, protective, treatment, and behavioral health programs and services. As distinguishing characteristics from the Juvenile Program Workers, employees in the classification provide leadership to evaluate and supervise Juvenile Program Workers, assist in educational programs, and facilitate treatment groups. This classification is distinguished from traditional correctional officers in that the primary focus of this work involves the treatment, rehabilitation, and behavior modification of troubled youth. Work is performed under limited supervision.
Typical Duties:
Directs, assigns, and supervises Juvenile Program Workers and volunteers in order to ensure proper care, custody, and follow-through on group and individual treatment plans and activities of residents assigned to the unit.
•Evaluates subordinates' performance, examines task outcome against job standards, and discusses evaluation with employees in order to keep employee informed of progress, provide motivation, fairly and objectively document levels of achievement, recommend approval or denial of merit increase/promotion, recommend discipline (up to and including termination), and ensure maintenance of a competent and effective workforce.
• Accompanies and remains with students in classrooms and workshops and assists teachers/instructors in training/instructing students following established lesson plans, guidelines, and instructions in order to provide for the educational and/or vocational training needs of students and to intervene when necessary to control student behavior.
Implements and actively participates in individual and group treatment programs and activities in order to promote resident rehabilitation and support treatment programs.
Documents observations and prepares reports concerning individual and group interaction, participation, and progress made in treatment programs in order to provide professional and supervisory staff with accurate data for continuation or modification of treatment programs and activities.
Communicates with residents exhibiting behavioral problems, interpersonal conflicts, and noncompliance with rules; and redirects behavior, deescalates situations, and describes possible consequences in order to engage in appropriate treatment intervention, and to assist residents in meeting appropriate standards of behavior.
Mentors and acts a role model of appropriate behavior, attitude, ethics, and morals in order to encourage positive social change and promote a normative culture within the correctional facility's total learning environment.
Supervises, guides, and motivates residents to maintain living quarters in order to instill in residents a sense of responsibility and pride in proper care and to provide a pleasant, hygienic, and safe living environment.
Attends and participates in unit treatment team meetings, and reports on observed resident behaviors, participation levels, and progress toward treatment plan objectives in order to provide information and assist in the rehabilitation process.
Interprets situational requirements and implements