13.1 Responsibilities and Relationships

Chapter 13
Section 1
Subject 13.1 Responsibilities and Relationships
Effective Date 5/2/2024 12:00 AM
  1. Duties and Standards
    1. Youth supervision Staff shall provide close supervision of youth under their care and maintain secure custody, which is as non-restrictive as possible.
    2. Youth supervision staff shall prevent unwholesome activities from occurring and be consistent in the administration of discipline.
    3. Youth supervision staff shall provide wide-awake supervision of each aspect of the daily living situation and adhere to the time schedule of the Juvenile Hall.  Sleeping on duty is strictly prohibited.
    4. Youth supervision Staff shall maintain current and complete activity sheets, reports, and count of youth.
    5. Youth supervision staff shall carry out designated Juvenile Hall programs and services and be available to advise and consult with staff, departments and agencies working with the youth.
    6. Youth supervision staff shall participate in mandated training and stay in compliance with Standards and Training in Corrections (STC) and/or department requirements.
  2. Youth Supervision: Staff Relationship with Youth
    1. Youth must clearly understand that the youth supervision staff is in charge.  All youth will be treated fairly and in a manner consistent with the Department’s Policy on Conduct and Employee Responsibility.
    2. Youth supervision staff are to enforce the orders of the Court by maintaining a safe and secure environment for youth in the Juvenile Hall.
    3. Probation Department policy states that Department employees shall not at any time fraternize or have contact with, juveniles or adults on probation or parole.  Inappropriate contact includes, but is not limited to, communication in written correspondence or telephone or by visiting the probationer or parolee’s residence or place of employment, except within the scope of their official capacity as a Deputy Probation Officer or Juvenile Services Officer.
    4. Whenever a youth supervision staff member receives correspondence from a probationer or parolee, that staff shall refer the correspondence to a Supervising Deputy Probation Officer.  If contact is by telephone, electronically or in person, refer youth to his/her probation officer and report the incident by means of an incident report as soon as reasonably possible and as indicated by the Department’s Conduct and Employee Responsibility policy.
    5.  Youth supervision staff working with youth of the opposite gender shall be sensitive to the youth’s feelings when asking the youth for personal information during booking or when the youth is showering, dressing, using the toilet or being searched.  Members of the same gender shall conduct strip searches, unless authorized by a Supervising Deputy Probation Officer in response to an emergency.