TJJD-Dorm Supervisor II - Senior T L- Crisis Stabi

Please paste the following URL into a browser to view the entire job posting on the CAPPS Careers page.https://erphcmprd.cpa.texas.gov/psp/candidateportal/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS\_HRAM\_FL.HRS\_CG\_SEARCH\_FL.GBL?Page=HRS\_APP\_JBPST\_FLandAction=UandFOCUS=ApplicantandSiteId=1andJobOpeningId=106892andPostingSeq=1Agency InformationWe are committed to transforming lives and building safter communities by working collaboratively, communicating openly, and upholding the highest standards of integrity and professionalism. Our team models accountability, transparency, and respect, taking proactive steps to ensure the physical and emotional safety of youth, staff, and the community. We strive for excellence through continuous growth, thoughtful decision making, and mission driven collaboration, supporting one another while embracing challenges that lead to meaningful, long-term impact.Job DescriptionTJJD provides residential treatment to youth committed to TJJD and assigned to a state-operated high-security juvenile correctional facility. Youth are assigned to the Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU) upon a determination of mental health concerns accompanied with aggressive, self-harm, and/or suicidal behaviors.Performs highly advanced (senior-level) work supervising the CSU/MHTP/BSU Juvenile Correctional Officers (JCOs); oversees the direct care operations for the CSU, MHTP (Mental Health Treatment Program), and BSU (Behavior Stabilization Unit) dorm: and the direct care staff and a regular team leader for those programs/dorms. Work involves establishing and maintaining a positive culture; implementing the Texas Model of trauma-informed corrections; and leading and developing the team.Performance of duties involves:collaborating with the superintendent, assistant superintendent, and the CSU/MHTP/BSU leadership team to understand and promote the vision and direction of the department;establishing and maintaining a positive dorm culture built on teamwork, coaching, and caring for youth;ensuring development of coaches and dorm culture in Texas Model concepts;maintaining presence on the dorm;active coaching for coaches on appropriate Texas Model engagement, activities, and interventions;providing oversight, coaching, and observing all shifts;ensuring facilitation of youth nurture groups and activities;ensuring daily schedule and activities are followed, including nurture groups;ensuring weekly dorm leadership meeting occurs involving case manager, senior coaches and the Nurse Program Manager, when available;providing technical assistance, training and direction to coaches;ensuring compliance with laws, rules, regulations, policies, procedures, and standards relating to dorm safety, youth movement, on-the-job training, and related operations and programs;planning, prioritizing, and scheduling dorm activities;ensuring youth service team meetings occur per policy;analyzing and using data to make and support decisions and make recommendations to improve programs and operations as well as to staff and schedule the dorm properly, understand trends related to violence, use of force, staff presence, and other indicators that can provide information regarding the health of the dorm and its culture;exhibiting and encouraging creativity in group activities used for regulation practice, life skills, and recreation, properly using agency guides and materials and sharing new ideas with leadership that may help other dorms;leading the team and youth to develop their own dorm identity, appropriate rituals and celebrations, and other concepts that create a sense of welcome and belonging for both staff and youth;representing the dorm during staff and special meetings and providing relevant information regarding the dorms operations and activities with the program supervisor, facility compliance officer, and facility administrators;acting as the dorms liaison with representatives of various facility programs and other community and juvenile justice agencies;ensuring adeq ate coach shift supervision and providing direct supervision of coaches and youth during periods of staff shortage or during emergencies; andproviding support, leadership, and direction as needed during crisis at facility.Works in close partnership with a variety of service providers and treatment program staff to ensure youth availability to all treatment programs. Serves as campus shift administrator on a rotational basis.Works under minimal supervision, with extensive latitude to use initiative and independent judgment. May be required to work in excess of 40 hours per workweek, be on-call, and occasional travel.Essential Job DutiesProvides oversight, leadership, training and technical assistance to coaches in the performance of their duties; promotes ethical leadership, excellent performance, confidentiality, a positive working environment, and professional development; monitors performance of duties; provides verbal and written feedback, coaching, and mentoring, all in accordance with the Texas Model; conducts performance reviews of supervised staff; reviews and approves performance evaluations completed for coaches; initiates or takes corrective personnel actions as necessary.Proactively promotes understanding of Texas Model goals and objectives and coaches staff on strategies to achieve treatment goals and objectives; coordinates the implementation of policy and procedural changes; collaborates with training specialists to identify training needs of dorm staff; ensures coaches complete training requirements in a timely manner; monitors processes to ensure coaches complete training requirements in a timely manner.Monitors and evaluates measures to maintain a safe residential setting; reviews security dorm placements and ensures youth are appropriately placed in accordance with the Texas Model; ensures proper head counts are conducted and documented, serious incident reports, suicide risk screenings, and contraband searches to ensure compliance with