Juvenile Services Specialist I

Chesapeake, VA

Job Description

This is a great time to work for the City of Chesapeake! Juvenile Services is seeking a highly motivated individual to serve as a Juvenile Services Specialist in our secure detention facility. This role is responsible for supervising and supporting youth residents, promoting positive behavior, and ensuring a safe and structured environment.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Direct daily activities of residents using approved behavioral management strategies.
  • Exercise independent judgment and respond appropriately during crisis situations.
  • Maintain accurate documentation, including daily electronic log cards and incident reports.
  • Conduct individual and group counseling sessions with residents.
  • Perform crisis intervention and maintain case management files.
  • Transport residents to court appearances, appointments, or other authorized activities.
  • Plan and facilitate individual and group recreational activities.
  • Complete daily room and unit audits; assist nursing staff as a medical aide if assigned.
  • Conduct resident searches after outings or visits; supervise nightly showers.
  • Oversee residents in school, on the unit, and during recreational time.
  • Physically restrain residents when necessary to prevent injury and maintain safety.
  • Perform other duties as assigned in support of the facility's mission.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  • General understanding of counseling principles and practices, particularly with juvenile offenders.
  • Ability to build rapport with youth while maintaining professional boundaries.
  • Strong crisis management, communication, and observational skills.
  • Ability to remain calm under pressure and make sound decisions in emergency situations.
  • Familiarity with juvenile justice systems, trauma-informed care, or secure residential settings is a plus.

The City of Chesapeake offers an exceptional range of benefits. Please browse our Benefits Brochure, for a full list of benefits and employee perks.PDN-a0804da3-3b67-4ed8-b7d3-b8f228dff798
This is a great time to work for the City of Chesapeake! Juvenile Services is seeking a highly motivated individual to serve as a Juvenile Services Specialist in our secure detention facility. This role is responsible for supervising and supporting youth residents, promoting positive behavior, and ensuring a safe and structured environment.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Direct daily activities of residents using approved behavioral management strategies.
  • Exercise independent judgment and respond appropriately during crisis situations.
  • Maintain accurate documentation, including daily electronic log cards and incident reports.
  • Conduct individual and group counseling sessions with residents.
  • Perform crisis intervention and maintain case management files.
  • Transport residents to court appearances, appointments, or other authorized activities.
  • Plan and facilitate individual and group recreational activities.
  • Complete daily room and unit audits; assist nursing staff as a medical aide if assigned.
  • Conduct resident searches after outings or visits; supervise nightly showers.
  • Oversee residents in school, on the unit, and during recreational time.
  • Physically restrain residents when necessary to prevent injury and maintain safety.
  • Perform other duties as assigned in support of the facility's mission.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  • General understanding of counseling principles and practices, particularly with juvenile offenders.
  • Ability to build rapport with youth while maintaining professional boundaries.
  • Strong crisis management, communication, and observational skills.
  • Ability to remain calm under pressure and make sound decisions in emergency situations.
  • Familiarity with juvenile justice systems, trauma-informed care, or secure residential settings is a plus.

The City of Chesapeake offers an exceptional range of benefits. Please browse our Benefits Brochure, for a full list of benefits and employee perks.PDN-a0804da3-3b67-4ed8-b7d3-b8f228dff798

About City of Chesapeake

Chesapeake, Virginia is a vibrant community that enjoys the best of two worlds, one of urban variety, culture, and excitement, and another of rural landscapes and relaxed living. 

Located 20 minutes from the oceanfront, 15 minutes from downtown Norfolk, and 45 minutes from Colonial Williamsburg and the Outer Banks of North Carolina, Chesapeake is the perfect place in which to live, work, and raise a family. 

Home to beautiful parks, lakes, and rivers, Chesapeake has more miles of deepwater canals (part of the Intracoastal Waterway) than any other city in the country! 

The City of Chesapeake was formed through the merger of the City of South Norfolk and Norfolk County in 1963. It’s a community of communities, with each having its own distinctive history. 

Over the last decade, many national and international companies have taken advantage of the City’s ports, atmosphere, and highly qualified labor market by relocating to Chesapeake. 

Chesapeake’s neighborhoods offer a variety of comfortable housing alternatives, from apartments and town homes, to single-family residences and executive homes. The City is consistently ranked by the FBI as one of the safest U.S. cities (with populations over 150,000), which lends to the safe, community atmosphere that residents enjoy.

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Juvenile Services Specialist I
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Dec 3, 2025
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