Youth Services Behavioral Specialist pay range
State of North Carolina · class code 32001278
- Class code
- 32001278
- Pay group
- NC05
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- North Carolina
- The State of North Carolina published pay range for Youth Services Behavioral Specialist is $33,902 to $59,327 per year.
- North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) keys this classification as class code 32001278.
- 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
These positions provide counseling and therapeutic intervention while supervising juvenile offenders housed in a youth development center, the most restrictive, intensive dispositional option available to North Carolina's juvenile courts. Positions ensure the safety and security of juveniles and staff at all times while serving as a member of a therapeutic treatment team. Positions provide skills training and counseling to youth by following a highly structured protocol. Positions supervise and monitor juveniles' behavior in order to promote rehabilitation and successful reintegration into the community. Positions are responsible for implementing individual and group treatment plans to effect behavioral changes required for youthful offender rehabilitation while providing security, controlling and maintaining custody, and safeguarding juveniles from each other.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Basic knowledge and understanding of various cultures, group dynamics, techniques of communicating with adolescents, and behavioral and developmental challenges and their treatment Basic knowledge of the methods and procedures of discipline and rehabilitation of juveniles Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with all levels of staff Ability to communicate effectively with juveniles, families, and other treatment team members to explain the behavior and progress of the juvenile and establish rapport with juveniles Skilled in the application of crisis intervention techniques and emergency treatment procedures
Minimum qualifications
Bachelor's degree from an appropriately accredited institution; or High school or General Educational Development (GED) diploma and four years of related human services experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Special requirements
Applicants for positions designated as Juvenile Justice Officers 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.