Youth Treatment Specialist Supervisor - Bakari Center

Job Code

2023-SPECIALI-021

Milwaukee

Residential Treatment Center

Full Time

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.

• 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 all documentation including communication logs, shift reports, serious incident