Campus Resource Officer 2nd Shift

Monitors and ensures safety and security conditions within Boys Town properties by patrolling campus and schools. Interacts with youth as needed.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES:

Provides safe and effective services

• Adheres to policies related to safety and boundaries with service recipients.

• Attends safety and abuse risk management training as assigned.

• Adheres to procedures related to managing high-risk activities and supervising service recipients.

• Reports suspicious or inappropriate behaviors and policy violations.

• Follows mandated abuse reporting requirements.

Ensures safety and security conditions within Boys Town properties

• Actively monitors and ensures safety and security conditions within Boys Town properties by patrolling campus and Boys Town schools on foot, on a bicycle, or in a vehicle.

• Makes regular interior and exterior patrols of Boys Town properties/buildings to ensure security and safety standards are met and maintained as directed by local policy, post orders, and applicable regulations.

• Initiate positive, professional relationships with youth when working in schools. Officers must be a confident, moral role model for youth.

• Maintains an awareness of youth whereabouts on campus through youth interaction, surveillance, calendars, schedules, and databases.

• Locates distressed youth on campus from verbal directions provided and conducts calm dialogue with youth under stress.

• With the assistance and supervision of School staff and Youth Care staff, calms and safely removes a youth from a program area and provides crisis intervention when the youth is in need.

• Responds immediately to observed or dispatched calls from staff when they require assistance with youth or any program area in schools or on campus.

• Escorts personnel to and from vehicles as requested.

• Safely utilizes Boys Town vehicle to complete requirements of position.

• Walks over moderate terrain throughout an eight-hour shift during calm to adverse weather conditions.

• Checks all key stations and other designated areas to detect security violations. Secures doors and windows and monitors for intruders and other unusual conditions.

• Observes and reports maintenance needs. Investigates and reports incidents involving personal injury, property damage, theft, and/or vandalism occurring on property or areas under jurisdiction and completes the designated reports. Communicates with Boys Town Police Department as necessary to report unusual and unsafe conditions.

• Projects a secure campus by the observed presence of continuous patrol and inspection of Boys Town schools and campus grounds, and by immediate and professional response to dispatch orders for service.

• Investigates security alarms and fire alarms. Contacts appropriate staff in response to computer room alarms.

• Assists staff and guests to shelter in the event of severe weather warnings. Executes evacuation plan in response to fire alarm activity.

• Proactively and creatively supports the Boys Town culture to maintain a safe, strong, and secure community.

• Interacts personally and professionally with Boys Town youth, staff, and visitors on and off-campus.

• Provides security for staff and youth during program changes or during mass movement of youth, including provide security for special events.

• Investigates unauthorized personnel in accordance with policy and training.

• Accurately and succinctly completes security reports and documentation of appropriate shift activities.

• Enforces the 'Tobacco Free' Campus policy.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• High level of professionalism and interpersonal skills.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office.

• Ability to promote and maintain excellent public relations with youth, staff, visitors, and all employees and maintain confidentiality.

• Ability to effectively blend candor, care, and empathy in dealing with others.

• Ability to react and de-escalate youth in an empathetic and caring manner.

• Ability to quickly assess situations and respond appropriately.

• Excellent administrative and organizational skills.

• Ability to work independently or as a team, meet deadlines, and multi-task while maintaining quality standards.

• Ability to stand and/or walk for long periods of time.

• Ability to perform physical requirements/