The Kings County Probation Department is currently seeking qualified individuals for the position of:
JUVENILE CENTER SUPPORT CLERK
$38,750.40 - $47,299.20 Annually
Build your career with the Kings County Probation Department in a role that truly matters. As a Juvenile Center Support Clerk, you’ll help keep the Juvenile Center running smoothly by managing key records, assisting staff, and supporting a safe, structured environment for youth. This is a great opportunity to get hands-on experience, learn the inner workings of juvenile services, and grow into future administrative or probation-related roles. If you’re dependable, detail-oriented, and ready for a meaningful step forward in your public service career, we encourage you to apply!
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Please click here for a video about the Kings County Probation Department.Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job.
Some duties, knowledge, skills, and abilities may be performed in a learning capacity for entry-level (I Level) positions.
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Performs a variety of general clerical and administrative duties in support of Juvenile Services Officers.
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Performs a variety of duties concerning the booking and processing of justice involved individuals; initiates and completes applicable booking forms and enters booking/release information; processes transfers and/or releases of justice involved individuals.
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Accesses, enters, verifies, and retrieves data and information regarding justice involved individuals using a variety office equipment including computers, computer networks, databases, and information systems.
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Answers a high volume of incoming telephone calls and e-mails; provides information and answers questions; takes and conveys messages; refers issues to the appropriate staff or department; replies to voicemail and email messages.
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Monitors movement and activity of justice involved individuals through direct visual contact and a video monitoring system; communicates with justice involved individuals in rooms or other secured areas via intercom; ensures compliance with regulatory requirements and department policies and procedures.
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Observes activity through a video monitoring system and gives verbal direction to justice involved individuals regarding action or movement and advises staff of immediate or potential problems; notifies appropriate personnel in emergency situations.
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Composes, types/keyboards and processes a variety of rough draft and final documents, such as general correspondence, reports, forms, letters, schedules, records, bills, purchase orders, requisitions, and statistical and financial data; proofreads, edits and corrects prepared materials, ensuring accuracy, completeness, compliance with department policies, and correct grammar, punctuation and spelling.
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Creates, organizes, archives, scans, copies, maintains, and retrieves records, documents, reports, and files; maintains and/or establishes filing systems; audits files for compliance with federal, state, and local laws and records retention schedules.
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Collects, opens, and distributes incoming mail, packages, email communications, correspondence, reports, requests for service, and complaints to appropriate staff.
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Performs a wide variety of routine and/or repetitive tasks, such as, filing, preparing work orders; enters, edits and retrieves data and prepares regular or special reports; may perform high volume production typing/keyboarding/data entry.
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Prepares, processes, and maintains various departmental files and retrieves records; maintains confidentiality of department records.
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Observes and complies with County and mandated safety rules, regulations and protocols.
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Performs related duties as assigned.
Please note: Work experience for the last 15 years must be included in the work history portion of your application. It is also important that your application show all the relevant education and experience that you possess, even if it extends beyond the required past 15 years.
A resume may be attached, but it is not a substitute for completing the application and supplemental questions. Failure to submit a completed application may eliminate you from the recruitment.
When completing the work history portion of your application please include each level position title and level as a separate entry when applicable (e.g., If you were a Level I and promoted to Level II, each level should be entered separately to reflect the time held at each level).
Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Education:
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Equivalent to completion of the twelfth (12th) grade.
Experience:
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One (1) year of typing and general clerical experience. (Clerical experience in an institutional or correctional facility, in a law enforcement environment or experience as an emergency dispatcher is highly desirable.) (Substitution: Equivalent to an associate degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in business, office practices, or a closely related field may be substituted for the required experience.)
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS
Licenses:
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Possession of a valid California driver’s license issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles at the time of appointment.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
Qualify for security clearance through a background investigation and fingerprint check. Ability to work standard eight-hour shifts or alternate shifts, such as ten- or twelve-hour shifts, work irregular hours including emergencies, evenings, weekends and holidays, work varying shifts as necessary, and work overtime or mandated overtime. Ability to work in a locked detentions facility which enforces a “lock down, no hostages” policy. Perform data entry with speed and accuracy at a level sufficient to perform the duties of the position.
For a complete description of duties and qualifications, please view the detailed job specification below.
Juvenile Center Support Clerk
All completed applications and supplemental questionnaires will be reviewed. Depending upon the number of applicants who meet the minimum qualifications, the examination process may include a screening committee (pass/fail) and/or written examination (pass/fail) and/or an oral examination (100%) which may include a written practical component to determine placement on the eligible list.
Note: Those applicants who are among the top 40 written test scores will be invited to participate in the oral examination process.
