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Wisconsin Community Services, Inc. · 13 hours ago

Clinical Milieu Supervisor - Bakari Center

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

3+ years exp

Wisconsin Community Services, Inc. is seeking a Clinical Milieu Supervisor for the Bakari Center, a therapeutic milieu environment for youth. The role involves supporting youth and guiding staff in creating a positive treatment milieu, supervising staff, and promoting Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) while ensuring collaborative program culture.

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Responsibilities

Provide clinical leadership for operations team and role model for Lead Youth Treatment Specialists and Youth Treatment Specialists

Supervise the milieu implementation of therapy by supporting therapeutic interactions through coaching staff on skill use throughout daily activities, modeling appropriate behavior, teaching and reinforcing use and generalization of skills through a token economy system

Collaborate with the clinical team to ensure youth’s emotional and behavioral health needs are met and youth treatment specialists are carrying out treatment plans

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

Use evidence-based best practices for youth with mental health, substance use and life needs.This includes the innovative Integrated Treatment Model (ITM) including Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), trauma informed care, motivational interviewing, youth centered, and culturally reverent approaches while celebrating youth’s development and identity

Co-facilitate Dialectical Behavior Therapy groups and other group topics pertaining to healthy relationships, fatherhood, independent living skills, substance use education, and cultural identity development curriculums

Assist with interviewing and hiring program staff and assist with mediating staff and youth complaints, concerns and grievances

Write and deliver staff performance evaluations and staff coaching and disciplinary actions

Providing coverage for clinical staff including individual sessions, facilitating various groups and managing behavior protocols

Lead and participate in staff meetings, daily shift transition meetings and program planning sessions to develop and implement engaging activities that motivate staff and align with program goals

Provide one-on-one and group coaching sessions for staff to improve their understanding of their roles and responsibilities, and problem-solve personnel concerns with the management team

Calmly and responsibly respond during crisis situations and intervene to de-escalate using trained and approved methods and techniques of verbal and physical intervention to maintain safety in the environment

Assist with authoring and facilitating staff training on clinical topics such as developmental theories, suicide, mental health diagnoses, substance use, treatment model and other topics for new staff training and ongoing training hours

Co-facilitate parent education groups and engage families in programming

Participate in QA/QI projects such as curriculum review, measures to ensure fidelity to programming, reviewing clinical work for fidelity and other performance improvement projects as identified

Fulfill on-call rotation of services and responsibilities for management and staffing needs, clinical questions, staffing concerns and programmatic needs

Interact with youth in a professional, positive and therapeutic manner according to policy, procedure, training and agency values

Observe and document youth participation in activities and interactions with others per program standards (youth logs and youth related reports) in an electronic database

Ensure that all staff who work with residents are aware of the requirements of Wisconsin Chapter DCF 52 and ensure that staff are aware of the requirements of s. 48.78 or 938.78, Stats., s. 51.30, Stats., and Ch. DHS 92 on confidentiality and s. 51.61, Stats., and Ch. DHS 94 on patient rights and the rights otherwise accorded under DHS 34 and the criminal and civil penalties for violating those statutes and rules

Maintain youth and family confidentiality within all written and verbal communications

Adhere to State licensing requirements

Adhere to WCS Policies and Procedures

Other duties as assigned

Qualification

Dialectical Behavior TherapyClinical supervisionYouth services programmingCrisis interventionCultural competenceTrainingDevelopmentProfessional communicationBasic computer functionsOrganizational skillsTeamwork

Required

Master's degree in social work or related field from an accredited college or university

Current state of licensure as an Advanced Practicing Social Worker, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Professional Counselor, or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist or agreement to have minimally training licensure within 90 days of hire

A minimum of three (3) years in youth services programming working with youth with mental health and substance use needs, with at least one (1) year working in a clinical, supervisory, or administrative role

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

General knowledge of budget concepts and formulation

Ability to prepare reports using proper writing skills

Strong organizational skills, ability to manage multiple complex tasks, strong professional communication and teamwork

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

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