JUVENILE DETENTION COUNSELOR II (CLASS CODE 6029)
City of New Orleans
- New Orleans, LA
- $41,407 per year
- Training
- Full-time
- Minimum age of twenty-one (21).*
- High school graduation or GED Equivalency Diploma issued by a State Department of Education.**
- Two (2) years and six (6) months of paid, full-time experience in one or more of the following:
- a correctional or detention facility;
- a youth mentoring program;
- a residential group home;
- a mental health or substance abuse treatment center;
- as a school floor monitor; as a school resource officer;
- as a probation or parole officer;
- as a teacher, including paraprofessional or alternative education;***
- security guard (private or public);
- law enforcement;
- in a social service position with responsibility for at least one of the following: case work, victim advocacy, family engagement, trauma recovery, child abuse investigation, or court liaison;
- military in a position with major responsibilities in at least one of the following: counseling, social work, human services, teaching, military police, or security; or
- a supervised placement performing direct care and/or counseling services.
Some positions with the Human Services Department require employees to obtain a Chauffer's License during the probationary period; failure to do so may result in termination.This position requires a one (1) year probationary period.NOTE: An additional shift differential premium will be paid to Human Services Department employees working 3pm-11pm or 11pm-7am shifts.This position requires a one (1) year probationary period.
- Prior to appointment, the hiring agency is required to verify applicant is at least 21 years of age. If selected for hire, applicants must provide a state issued identification card, driver's license or birth certificate to the hiring agency prior to their start date in this classification.
Applicants will not receive credit for unpaid work unless specified on the job announcement.
Partial credit only will be given for related part time employment.
Civil Service reserves the right to determine which degrees, education, or other credentials are related or closely related.
Experience credit will be granted for related provisional appointments (internal applicants).PROFESSIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE: The Civil Service Department defines this experience as experience gained in a position that required a Bachelor's Degree upon entrance.OFFERS OF EMPLOYMENT OR PROMOTION:
Prior to appointment, the hiring agency is required to verify education, driver's license, and/or professional licenses/certifications claimed by the applicant to qualify for this classification. If selected for hire, applicants must provide original documents of their qualifying credentials to the hiring agency prior to their start date in this job classification.
Offers of employment or promotion are required to be withdrawn for applicants who are found to have misrepresented their credentials during the application process.Revised 1/91, 4/03, 7/05, 2/07, 8/10, 2/12, 8/15, 6/16, 1/17, 1/19, 2/23, 8/23.
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