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Maryland State Agency Job Announcement
Skilled and Professional Services
Statewide Recruitment
This is an open and continuous recruitment for DJS Entry-Level Direct Care positions. The resulting eligible list will be used to fill future vacancies statewide. Candidates may only apply for the entry-level direct care exam once every 12 months.
Only qualified applicants who submit fully completed applicant packets will be scheduled for the examination. For an application packet consisting of the DJS Entry Level Direct Care Recruitment & Examination Application (DJS-100), the DJS Applicant Willingness Statement, and detailed job specifications, go to www.DJS.state.md.us and click on Current Job Announcements.
For consideration, submit ONE fully completed applicant packet to: Department of Juvenile Services, Office of Human Resources-2nd Floor, One Center Plaza, 120 W. Fayette Street
Baltimore MD 21201
Application packets are available at this address or from the following links:
DJS job application and willingness questionnaire, MS Word document
DJS job application and willingness questionnaire, Adobe Acrobat file
Please check all job titles for which you would like to be considered.
DJS Community Detention Officer I ($30,200 - $47,420) Description: Supervision and guidance to juveniles under court ordered placement in the DJS Community Detention Program. Employees ensure juveniles’ compliance with the terms and conditions of community detention through supervision, field visits, surveillance and electronic monitoring. Employees may be required to work evenings, nights, weekends and holidays. The work requires travel to various locations, such as schools, homes, places of employment and court to investigate and confirm location of juveniles.
Minimum Qualifications: Education: Requires high school diploma or GED Experience: One year experience working with groups of children or youth in a structured environment, such as a recreation center or school setting.
DJS Youth Center Cook I ($30,200 - $47,420) Description: Supervision of juveniles engaged in the preparation and serving of meals, and the clean up of kitchen and dining areas at a Department of Juvenile Services committed facility. Employees work a rotating shift and may be required to work weekends and holidays. Employees are exposed to potentially hazardous conditions, such as working with degreaser and other cleaning solvents, burns from steam tables and other cooking equipment, and cuts from sharp kitchen utensils. The work may require moving and stacking bags of food and kitchen items and supplies.
Minimum Qualifications: Education: Requires high school diploma or GED. Experience: One year experience cooking, baking or preparing large quantities of food in a restaurant, institutional or military setting. Experience in a fast food restaurant or short-order cook does not qualify.
DJS Youth Transportation Officer Trainee & I ($28,434 - $47,420) Description: Entry level work (trainee) and intermediate level work (I), transporting and escorting youth who have been detained or placed in a facility operated by the Department of Juvenile Services.
Minimum Qualifications: Education: Requires high school diploma or GED. Experience: No experience for Trainee level. For the I level, one year experience working with groups of children or youth in a structured environment, such as a recreation center or school setting. Valid Driver’s license for both levels.
DJS Resident Advisor Trainee & I ($28,434 - $47,420) Description: Supervision and guidance to juveniles residing in a DJS facility by observing and interacting with juveniles, assisting them with everyday life skills and advising them of appropriate alternative behaviors as needed. Employees are assigned to a regular shift (day, evening, night) but may be required to work other shifts, weekends and holidays as required by staffing needs, and may be subject to call-in based on staffing needs.
Minimum Qualifications: Education: Requires high school diploma or GED. Experience: No experience for Trainee level. For the I level, one year of experience working with groups of children or youth in a structured environment, such as a recreation center or school. Note: An Associate of Arts degree in criminal justice or the social behavioral science from an accredited college or university or 60 credit hours from an accredited college or university, including 15 hours in criminal justice or the social behavioral sciences may be substituted for the required experience.
DJS Youth Recreation Specialist I ($30,200 - $47,420) Description: Recreational program services for juveniles who have been detained or placed in a DJS facility. Supervision and custody of juveniles participating in recreational and leisure activities.
Minimum Qualifications: Education: Requires high school diploma or GEDExperience: One year experience supervising recreational activities of children or youth in a recreation center, fitness center or school setting. Note: An Associate of Arts degree in recreational program, such as Parks, Recreational Leisure Studies, Sports and Fitness Administration, or Health and Physical Education or 60 credit hours with 30 credits in the required areas may be substituted for the required experience.
SELECTION PROCESS: Applicants who meet minimum qualifications for these classifications will be scheduled and admitted into the examination that consists of a video and a written exam. Successful candidates will be ranked as BEST QUALIFIED, BETTER QUALIFIED, or QUALIFIED and placed on the eligible list for at least one year. Candidates wishing to continue through the screening process will be required to provide proof of U.S. citizenship or resident alien status; provide proof of high school diploma or G.E.D.; be subject to a comprehensive background investigation; complete an interview and successfully complete physical and psychological examinations.
EXAMINATION: The written and video exams are designed to measure the candidates’ knowledge, skills and abilities as they relate to the duties of these job classifications.
Appropriate accommodations for individuals with disabilities are available upon request by calling: 410/230-3282
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