PbS measures and monitors facility practices by collecting and reporting data from administrative records and survey responses from youths, staff and families to provide a holistic picture of the conditions and quality of life in residential facilities, highlights the practices that are effective in promoting youths’ healthy maturation and identifies those that are not. PbS data is reported every April and October. PbS trains staff to use the information to change practices and support reforms implementing the adolescent development approach.
Attracting and Keeping the Right Staff
Recruiting new staff to work for juvenile justice agencies has become a bit easier over the past year, according to about 70 professionals who gathered recently for the Performance-based Standards (PbS) Learning Institute’s 2023 Agency Coordinators Training. But attracting the right staff and keeping them remains a challenge.
As a follow up to the Strategies for Staff Recruitment and Retention resource from the 2022 training, this brief shares tips from the PbS Agency Coordinators and shares Staff Climate Survey results from the April 2023 data collection.
Attracting and Keeping the Right Staff
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