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Wisconsin Community Services, Inc. · 5 hours ago

Youth Treatment Specialist Supervisor - Bakari Center

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

3+ years exp

Wisconsin Community Services, Inc. is a nonprofit human services organization dedicated to helping individuals overcome adversity. They are seeking a Youth Treatment Specialist Supervisor to oversee and assess youth treatment specialists, ensuring the day-to-day care and supervision of residents at their residential care center.

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Responsibilities

Provide one-to-one supervision of Lead Youth Treatment Specialists and Treatment Specialists to ensure professional growth and development and youths treatment plans are followed and regularly communicate with staff

Assist with interviewing and training staff

Provide leadership for operations team and role model for the Youth Treatment Specialists

Collaborate with the clinical supervisor and clinician to ensure staff are meeting youth’s emotional and behavioral health needs

Through supervision, ensure youth’s needs are being met by staff and team members

Lead shift transition meetings, staff meetings, and regularly communicate with staff

Review and approve on all documentation including communication logs, shift reports, serious incident reports as required by the funding and licensing agencies with the timelines identified

Provide oversight, structure, and ensure the daily youth programming schedule is always implemented including the co-facilitation of group programming

Always Ensure youth remain safe and supervised

Assist with investigations, evaluate and mediate youth and staff concerns and complaints, as needed

Administer medication and ensure staff are aware of medication changes in collaboration with medical providers and nursing staff

Uphold and promote a positive and supportive culture for youth and staff

Maintain confidentiality within all written and verbal communications

Provide staff coverage for vacations, call ins and staff shortages

Keep appropriate documentation for all funding sources

Adhere to state licensing/certification requirements

Adhere to WCS Policies and Procedures

Other duties as assigned

Provide coverage for absent staff and direct service to clients as needed

Qualification

Supervisory experienceChildYouth careCultural competenceCrisis interventionMicrosoft WordExcelPatienceMulti-taskingCommunication skillsTeam leadership

Required

A bachelor's or associate degree from a college or university with a focus on child and youth care work or in a social or behavioral science field

Be at least 21 years old (at least 2 years older than the oldest resident)

At least 3 years of experience in public or private institutional childcare for the type of population the center serves

At least one year of experience as a supervisor or satisfactory completion of at least one course for credit in supervisory skill development and personnel management or have 40 hours of documented in-service training involving supervisory skill development and personnel management

Have 2 years of experience in licensed institution childcare and be certified as a child and youth care worker meeting standards of the national organization of child and youth care workers association

Knowledge and skills to work with population age 12-17

Ability to display cultural competence by responding respectfully and effectively to people of all cultures, languages, classes, races, ethnic backgrounds, religions and other diversity factors in a manner that recognizes, affirms and values the worth of clients

Valid driver's license, automobile, and insurance sufficient to meet agency requirements

Meet all the employee requirements including references, criminal background check, drug test, and driver's license check

Working knowledge of positive child/youth development; patience and understanding of difficult life situations; the ability to interact with escalating youth and/or parents in a calm and professional manner; ability to follow oral and written instructions; ability to respond appropriately in crisis situations; proficient with Microsoft Word and Excel; perform basic computer functions; uses time efficiently and effectively; ability to multi-task; sensitivity towards cultural, ethnic and disability issues