Juvenile Corrections Officer

Growing up is hard to do. Kids who break the law or are abandoned sometimes end up serving time in a correctional facility. It’s the Juvenile Corrections Officer’s job to maintain order in the facility and help kids get straightened out so they can re-enter society safely and become productive members of it.

This job is part of the corrections field, and your goal as a Juvenile Corrections Officer is to give kids a second chance. To make this happen, you’re part Counselor and part Teacher to these kids. You listen, ask questions, and guide them in goal setting as a Juvenile Corrections Officer.

Of course, change doesn’t happen overnight, and your main responsibility as a Juvenile Corrections Officer is to make sure the juveniles follow the rules. You enforce those rules by reviewing them with new inmates, reminding current residents about them, and implementing consequences for those who choose not to abide by them.

Since it’s also your job to protect the inmates, you’re well versed in self-defense, and possibly even trained in martial arts. You know how to respond to every emergency, from fires to inmates armed with weapons.

For every inmate, there’s a file full of paperwork. When they arrive, you process them, show them their cell or bed, and run down the list of rules. Throughout their stay, you keep careful records for other staff members who work with them, such as Psychiatrists, Doctors, Lawyers, Judges, Probation Officers, and Security Guards.