Duration: 6+ Months
Shifts: Wed to Sat - 1:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Training and Payment
- CDHS/DYS will pay for the training period
- Total training duration: 6.5 weeks
- 3.5 weeks of Academy Training
- 3 weeks of On-the-Job Training (YCTO) - Youth Care Training Orientation
Work Schedule
- Work Week: Sunday – Saturday
- Working Hours: Full Time - 30-40 hours/week
Requirements
- Driver's License required
- Travel required for:
- Transportation of youth in state vehicles
- Travel to assigned trainings and/or alternate work sites
- Academy attendance in Grand Junction, Denver, or Colorado Springs
Employment Contingencies
- Continued employment is contingent upon successful completion of:
- DYS Pre-service Training Academy
- Field Training Program (FTO)
- Mandatory annual training in all subject areas
Background Check Requirements
Full Background for CDHS employees (all Direct contact with vulnerable persons):
- CBI name check and fingerprint check
- ICON Colorado court database
- Medicare fraud database
- Reference checks
- Professional license verification (licensure requirements)
- Drug screen
- PREA (Division of Youth Services)
- Trails check (direct contact with children)
- CAPS (direct contact with adults – Mental Health Institutes, Regional Centers, Veterans Community Living Centers)
Position Overview
- Provides 24-hour/7 days per week supervision of youth in DYS State Operated Secure Facilities
- Direct-care and essential position
- Maintains safety and security through appropriate supervision of youth
- Organizes and directs daily living and leisure activities of youth
- Follows living unit master schedule, shift supervisor and/or other administrative direction
- Provides corrective cognitive, emotional or behavioral experiences within a youth center program using a trauma responsive approach
- Adheres to prevailing legal standards, CDHS Policy, DYS Policy, DYS Audit Standards and youth center specific procedures
- Serves a complex adolescent population with various behavioral health disorders, trauma, and criminal behaviors
Training Schedule
Pre Service Academy Training Dates:
Important Note: Location considerations for orientation:
- Golden or Greeley candidates must travel to south Denver for orientation (1.5 hours each way from Greeley for 3 weeks)
- Pueblo and Colorado Springs candidates attend orientation in Colorado Springs
- Grand Junction candidates attend orientation in Grand Junction
Training Acronyms:
- MI - Motivational Interviewing
- PSI - Physical Supports and Interventions
- DBT - Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
Available Training Dates:
- August 5, 2025 - August 27, 2025
- September 2, 2025 - September 24, 2025
- October 7, 2025 - October 29, 2025
- November 4, 2025 - November 26, 2025
- December 2, 2025 - December 24, 2025
- January 6, 2026 - January 28, 2026
Core Job Duties
Direct Care and Supervision
- Provides direct care, supervision, safety, and security of youth in a secure facility
- Continuously observes and manages youth behavior
- Enforces rules and intervenes in crises using de-escalation techniques
- Uses approved physical responses when necessary
- Conducts searches and monitors for contraband
- Maintains safety protocols including suicide prevention
- Implements behavioral or safety plans
- Makes real-time decisions about youth behavior, safety interventions, and appropriate communication methods
- Evaluates and manages youth with diverse needs
- Maintains appropriate boundaries
- Ensures safety without excessive force
- Adheres to agency policies and standards at all times
Documentation and Record Keeping
- Provides accurate and timely documentation of:
- Youth behavior
- Unit activities
- Searches
- Incident reports
- Status updates (Suicide Precaution Monitoring and Medical Watch)
- Maintains records in both hard copy and digital systems (TRAILS database)
- Handles legal and property documentation
- Ensures critical youth information is properly communicated to relevant parties
- Completes suicide risk assessments within required timeframes
- Reports any abuse as mandatory reporters under state law
- Determines necessary details for accurate reporting and smooth staff transitions
- Follows complex reporting protocols and adapts to changing data systems
Professional Environment and Communication
- Maintains a respectful, positive, and professional environment within the Youth Center
- Communicates respectfully with all individuals including:
- Youth
- Coworkers
- Supervisors
- External partners
- Adheres to CDHS Code of Conduct, Sanctuary 7 Commitments, and DYS policies and legal standards
- Follows proper protocols for scheduling, timekeeping, and supervisor directives
- Completes additional assigned duties as needed
- Fosters a healthy work culture
- Applies relevant policies and procedures in day-to-day operations
- Consults policies and supervisors to maintain positive and compliant work environment
Training and Professional Development
- Actively participates in all assigned training
- Successfully completes required testing or skill demonstrations
- Maintains all necessary certifications including:
- DYS Pre-Service and Youth Center Orientation
- Current mandatory training
- Assigned online modules through Cornerstone
- Maintains physical readiness
- Supports the agency's behavioral management strategies
- Prepares for and engages with training effectively
- Masters required skills and retains/applies new knowledge
- Demonstrates proficiency at an acceptable pace
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About our Company: -
22nd Century Technologies, Inc., is one of the fastest growing IT Service Integrator and Workforce Solution companies in the United States. Founded in 1997, 22nd Century Technologies is a Certified National Minority Business Enterprise with 6,000+ people including 600+ Cyber SMEs nationwide supporting our customers in all 50 states, Canada, and Mexico. With HQs in Somerset, NJ and Mclean, VA, 22nd Century has 14 offices throughout the United States. As part of our unrelenting focus on quality and compliance, 22nd Century Technologies’ delivery is based on Certified Matured Processes including CMMI L3 Dev & SVC, ISO 20000, ISO 27001, and ISO 9001 quality processes. With a strong focus on the public sector, 22nd Century currently holds government contracts with 14 out of 15 Federal Executive agencies including DoD, 37 other Federal agencies, 50 States, 115+ Local agencies, and 37 School Districts. In the last three years, we have expanded our services to Fortune 500 and other commercial clients and currently support 80+ commercial clients.
Recognized among “Best Company to Work For” by Forbes, 22nd Century Technologies, Inc., consistently exceeds our clients’ expectations by focusing on their absolute satisfaction with jobs while keeping our employees motivated.
“22nd Century Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer" and “US Citizens & all other parties authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply."
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
Job Types: Full-time, Contract
Pay: $29.36 per hour
Education:
- High school or equivalent (Required)
Experience:
- at-risk or justice-involved youth: 2 years (Required)
- 24/7 supervision in a secure facility environment: 2 years (Required)
- behavioral intervention: 2 years (Required)
License/Certification:
- Driver's License (Required)
Ability to Commute:
- Golden, CO 80401 (Required)
Work Location: In person
