Career Opportunity

On-call Barber, Juvenile Probation (7303)

Recruitment: RTF0156443-01081432

Published: August 14, 2025

Apply using SmartRecruiters, the City and County of San Francisco's application portal.

About:

This is an on-call position limited to 1040 hours of work in a rolling 12-month period.

San Francisco is a vibrant and dynamic city, on the forefront of economic growth & innovation, urban development, arts & entertainment, as well as social issues & change. This rich tapestry of culture and ideas is sustained by our City's commitment to heighten the quality of life for the diverse population of San Franciscans and residents of the greater Bay Area. Our employees play an important role not only in making our City what it is today, but also in shaping the future of San Francisco.

• Salary range for 7303 position: $79,196 to $96,278
• Recruitment ID: TEX-7303-156444
• Application open date: August 14, 2025
• Application close date: No earlier than 11:59pm, August 27, 2025

Are you passionate about Juvenile Justice, Public Safety, and the Community we serve? Are you a dedicated professional who wants to maximize their impact in the lives of some of San Francisco’s most marginalized youth? If so, we encourage you to take advantage of this unique opportunity to join a team that is devoted to re-imagining Juvenile Justice, committed to racial equity, and focused on ensuring long-term public safety through the development, enrichment, and accountability of young people we serve throughout San Francisco. Click here to read more about the San Francisco Juvenile Probation Department (JPD). 

The San Francisco Juvenile Probation Department’s mission is to serve the needs of youth and families who are brought to our attention with care and compassion.  We engage fiscally sound and culturally competent strategies that promote the best interests of the youth, and provide victims with opportunities for restoration.

Our equity-centered goals are to:

• Reimagine how the City addresses juvenile crime, from referral through reentry, in collaboration with the community and our system partners, emphasizing research and evidence-based practices, and sustainably addressing pervasive racial disparities throughout the system. 
• Advance a Whole Family Engagement strategy that places racial equity at its center to ensure that all youth have equal access to successful outcomes, and that advances youth-and family-centered case plans and goal development, with the supports and resources necessary to help justice-involved youth thrive. 
• Bolster equitable leadership development opportunities for BIPOC staff; implement change that meaningfully improves the workplace experience of BIPOC staff; enact our organizational belief of redemption and helping people to succeed.

Role description

Under general supervision, barbers perform the duties of a skilled barber in an institution and related duties as required.

Requires responsibility for: following established methods and procedures; making continual personal contact with patients. Nature of work requires some physical effort involving continuous light work with considerable standing.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:

1. Gives haircuts and shaves to patients and ambulatory inmates.

2. Sterilizes and sharpens barber tools.

3. Keeps shop clean and sanitary.

4. Maintains barbering supplies, and requisitions supplies needed.

5. Performs other personal services incidental to barbering.

How to qualify

Training and Experience: Requires education equivalent to completion of a course in a barber college of recognized standing, supplemented by at least three years of practice as a licensed barber.

License: Requires a registered barber's license issued by the state board of barber examiners.

The ideal candidate will have good knowledge of the methods, materials and equipment used in barbering work, modern barbering aseptic methods, and shop sanitation. An ideal candidate will also have the ability to get along well with others. 

What else should I know?

The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.