Youth Mental Health Residential Supervisor

Bellefaire JCB is among the nation’s largest, most experienced child service agencies providing a variety of mental health, substance abuse, education, and prevention services. Bellefaire JCB helps more than 43,000 youth and their families yearly achieve resiliency, dignity and self-sufficiency through its more than 25 programs, including the Intensive Treatment Program. Our Intensive Treatment Program is a co-ed therapeutic residential treatment program for youth, ages 8 through 17, with significant mental health and psychiatric needs. The program provides a safe, secure home-like setting where their path toward healing can begin. The Intensive Treatment Program specializes in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)—a cognitive behavioral treatment approach that emphasizes the development of four skill sets: mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance

Essential Responsibilities (others may be assigned):

• Manage and oversee the operations and facilitation of shift duties and responsibilities within the Intensive Treatment Programs
• Provide direct supervision of staff and clients during scheduled shifts, including during instructional, therapeutic, and recreational activities.
• Provide administrative supervision to the program and staff including, but not limited to, hiring, supervision, evaluation, as well as disciplinary actions and termination of employees. Oversee staff scheduling and obtain staff coverage when necessary
• Support, enhance and evaluate staff skills through positive and effective role modeling and training, ensuring consistent and quality service is delivered. Lead effective therapeutic interactions between staff and clients.
• Responsible for contributing to the development and delivery of each client’s individualized treatment plan and schedule
• Participate in residential and departmental training sessions and workshops as part of staff development programming
• Attend staff meetings, treatment conferences, team meetings, supervision, and other meetings. Provide trainings as needed to staff and supervisors
• Provide therapeutic crisis intervention when needed
• Maintain appropriate relations with other programs as well as other providers. Provide care management or other services on behalf of clients, or as assigned by the Program Clinical Supervisor or Director
  
  

Qualifications:

• Education: Minimum Associate’s Degree required. Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, Social Work, or related field preferred.
• Work Experience: Working with mental and behavioral health disorders. Previous residential treatment experience preferred.
  
  

Life at Bellefaire:

We value our employees and their commitment to our mission and offer competitive total rewards (benefits and compensation) options to our valued employees and their families, including domestic partners. Our rich options include:

• Four weeks of paid vacation, twelve paid sick days, ten paid legal holidays, and. up to four religious holidays*
• Full benefits-eligible, including a zero-cost health plan option, dental, and vision insurance
• Retirement matching program towards our defined pension
• This position now offers an annual pay of $45,000 - $50,000 with a $2,000 new hire bonus!
  
  

*Please know that those accruals are based on 40 hours a week, anything below that amount and the days will be prorated accordingly

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Bellefaire JCB is an equal opportunity employer, and hires its employees without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.

Bellefaire JCB is a partner agency of the Wingspan Care Group, a non-profit administrative service organization providing a united, community-based network of services so member agencies can focus on mission-related goals and operate in a more cost-effective and efficient manner.