Juvenile Court Services Field Specialist pay range
State of North Carolina · class code 32002478
- Class code
- 32002478
- Pay group
- NC10
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- North Carolina
- The State of North Carolina published pay range for Juvenile Court Services Field Specialist is $43,267 to $75,718 per year.
- North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) keys this classification as class code 32002478.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The OSHR class specification for this class is published by North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR). The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 02/2024.
What the state says the job is
This professional work, performed as an Officer of the Court, ensures that juvenile court staff are properly equipped to provide quality services to meet the complex needs of juveniles and ensure the safety of the community. Positions deliver and/or facilitate the necessary professional development services to juvenile court staff within a judicial district. The role of these positions is to identify and develop resources in the community that will be used by juvenile court counselors to meet the needs of the juveniles they serve in accordance with best practices for graduated responses and community engagement. Positions also coordinate the district quality assurance process. Positions may sporadically supervise juveniles on a limited caseload.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Thorough knowledge of adolescent development and behavior, along with the dynamics of juvenile delinquency and family dysfunction Thorough knowledge of juvenile court program goals, rules, and regulations and thorough knowledge of juvenile law and court procedures, law enforcement agencies, officials, and their operational procedures Thorough knowledge of various counseling approaches, crisis intervention, individual therapy, and family therapy; and social agencies and community resources relevant to program needs Thorough knowledge of automated tracking and data gathering systems and how they impact programmatic areas and ability to gather and analyze data related to staff needs and track o ...
Minimum qualifications
Master's degree from an appropriately accredited institution and one year of experience in counseling or working with the juvenile/family client population and/or related human service case management experience; or Bachelor's degree from an appropriately accredited institution and three years of experience in counseling or working with the juvenile/family client population and/or related human service case management experience.
Special requirements
Applicants for positions designated as Juvenile Court Counselors are subject to and must meet the hiring and training standards established by the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission, as defined in Title 12, Chapter 9 of the NC Administrative Code, by the statutory authority of GS 17C. <h2
Quoted from the OSHR class specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) publishes this figure in OSHR salary schedules, joined to Class Specifications. Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
Job titles and their salary grades come from the Class Specifications, joined to the salary schedule.