Treatment specialist

Position Summary :

Responsible for supervising and assessing youth treatment specialists as they interact with residents and provide for the day-to-day care and supervision of residents at 24-hour Residential Care Center, Type II.

The Center is licensed under DCF 52 to provide a Type II residential treatment facility for 24 youth (ages 12-17). Residents include adjudicated youth under Department supervision including youth in the Milwaukee County Accountability Program;

Multi-system youth (Delinquency and CHIPS) in transition; Wraparound Milwaukee youth; Youth who are receiving Aftercare upon release from a juvenile correctional facility

Essential Functions :

• 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.
• 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.

Other Duties and Responsibilities :

Provide coverage for absent staff and direct service to clients as needed. Other job-related duties as may be necessary to carry out the responsibilities of the position.

PM21

Job Qualifications :

Minimal Qualifications :

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 child care 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 child care 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.

Last updated : 2024-07-28