Juvenile detention officer vs detention deputy

Differences between juvenile detention officer and detention deputy duties and responsibilities

Juvenile detention officer example responsibilities.

• Manage booking area and process all non-English speaking detainees; streamline process and reduce confrontational situations through effective communication and leadership.
• Attend regular training and maintain appropriate certifications such as CPR, first aid, crisis intervention, and suicide prevention.
• Provide counseling, guidance, and assessment services for juvenile rehabilitation in a youth detention facility.
• Operate and log information into JIS data system.
• Gain several certifications including CPR.
• Document program activities, monitors security operations, and performs a variety of administrative duties design to facilitate juvenile rehabilitation.
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Detention deputy example responsibilities.

• Train in grind control and self-defense techniques, CPR, ethics and security management.
• Oversee all aspects of booking inmates into the jail, including property inventory, pat-down, fingerprinting, and processing daily.
• Obtain necessary information and booking of prisoners.
• Patrol assign areas for evidence of unauthorize activities, infractions of rules, unsatisfactory attitudes or unsatisfactory adjustment of inmates.
• Serve as loader of special ammunition weapon; prepare ammunition while exercising safety precautions.