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YOUR PATH TO PURPOSE BEGINS HERE
Are you passionate about helping, mentoring, and guiding youth? Are you seeking top-notch training, growth opportunities, and job security? Are you ready for a rewarding career that offers competitive pay, stellar benefits, and a supportive team environment?
If this sounds like you, come join our team!
DETENTION SERVICES OFFICER
$64,789.20 - $78,330.72
Ready to guide, empower, and inspire young lives?
The Los Angeles County Probation Department is looking for highly motivated individuals who can assist and advise youth on ways to redirect behavior into pro-social channels while assisting youth in managing their behavior through coaching, counseling, and acknowledging pro-social behavior.
Do you see yourself making a difference in the organization's mission and the community? Then come join our team!
Detention Services Officer (DSO) positions hold the status of sworn, peace officers in the Probation Department:
- DSOs supervise the activities of probation youth who are detained in juvenile halls. Incumbents serve as a member of a small team responsible for the order and security of a unit of probation youth, transports minors to medical care facilities and/or courts or other locations, and provides situational counseling, as necessary.
- Maintains order and control of a unit and takes appropriate action in connection with rule infractions or other disturbances.
- Maintains institutional security and takes appropriate action when necessary
- And more!
Minimum Requirements: Completion of 60 semester (or 90 quarter units) from an accredited college, including coursework in a social or behavioral science field.
GROUP SUPERVISOR (NIGHTS)
$48,318.72 - $61,675.68
The NIGHT SHIFT is hiring! Are you a night owl or need a job when the rest of the world is quiet? Continue to guide, empower, and inspire young lives as the sun rises at the end of the night shift!
Group Supervisor, Nights (GSN) positions hold the status of sworn, peace officers in the Probation Department:
- Ensures order and security during normal nighttime sleeping hours in a facility maintained for the custody, care, treatment, or rehabilitation of probation youth.
- Makes periodic rounds of the living unit to verify the presence of all probation youth assigned and to guard against problems.
- Takes appropriate action to prevent conflicts, rule infractions, or other disturbances and observes and records the behavior and actions of individual probation youth and comforts or disciplines as necessary.
- Inspects bedding to prevent misuse and ensure safety, and monitor ventilation and heating levels in the living unit to maintain a comfortable environment.
- Ensures that injured or ill probation youth obtain nursing or medical attention.
- And more!
Minimum Requirements: High school graduation or equivalent (GED), or high school proficiency test indicating high school graduation level.
BENEFITS
MEDICAL
FULL BENEFITS (MEDICAL, DENTAL, LIFE, AND VISION)
BONUS
2% BONUS WITH PROOF OF BACHELOR’S DEGREE
PTO
13 ANNUAL PAID HOLIDAYS, PLUS ADDITIONAL ACCRUED LEAVE BENEFITS
RETIREMENT
LACERA PENSION & EMPLOYER 4% DOLLAR-FOR-DOLLAR MATCH ON 457 (B) DEFERRED COMP PLAN
PAID ACADEMY
PAID 11-WEEK ACADEMY UPON CONDITIONAL OFFER OF EMPLOYMENT
INCENTIVES
BILINGUAL PAY ($100/ MONTH) ELIGIBILITY
HOW TO APPLY
It all starts with visiting LA County’s Career Site.
After reviewing the Job Description and Benefits start your application by clicking the "APPLY" button.
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I love that I get to make a difference in people's lives. Every single day.
OFFICER MARTINEZ
Detention Services Officer
DSO & GSN TESTIMONIALS
"[This job] helped me have a family, pay the mortgage, and, you know, just the stability. Having a good job and knowing that I will have a job no matter how bad the economy gets. I think that's a big factor."
"It is a very, very rewarding career if you want it to be. You could make this one of the best experiences you’ll have. And then when you retire at the end, you could look back and know there were a lot of positives that came out of it... Someone once told me, ’If you can get through to one, it's worth it.'"
"If you want to make a difference in people's lives, not just kids, it's very rewarding. Once you get to know these people, they're just regular people. They made mistakes and they're learning from it and you're trying to guide them."
"The county has been good to us and has provided essentially almost everything that we have, plus benefits and retirement packages. On the other side of it, there are the experiences you get, like I've traveled because of the department and I've met great people that are family friends now."
LACP ACADEMY
The LACP Academy consists of physical conditioning, defensive tactics, medical (first aid/CPR), physical skill out training, and lecture-based classroom setting courses with group breakout sessions in topics such as the Juvenile Justice System, Professionalism and Ethics, Communications, Supervision and Security, Behavioral Health, Abuse Prevention, Situational Awareness, and much more!
Our extensive training programs also pave the way for upward mobility and advancement opportunities. Join today!
ABOUT LACP
The Los Angeles County Probation Department (LACP) is the largest probation services agency in the United States, with about 4,500 employees, two-thirds of whom are sworn officers. We have numerous LA County located Halls and Camps to serve youths who are currently on probation and supervise adult probationers and state adult parolees in the CA Prison Realignment Plan (AB 109) throughout offices in LA County.
We focus on public education and awareness to foster a good understanding of Department operations through proactive communication and engagement linkages. The LACP’s objective is to develop an environment within the County where communities can participate in our efforts to rebuild lives and sustain healthy families.
The LACP has worked to build a foundation of trust with community groups, stakeholders, and agencies to carry out the mission of the Department to operate sustainable and ongoing public safety initiatives for youth and adult probation services in the County.
Our mission is to rebuild lives and provide for healthier and safer communities through positive change. Our goal is to do this with integrity and respect for our clients, public and employees.
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