Facility Manager - Secure Youth Facility

Spectrum Human Services•Highland Park, MI

12h•Onsite

About The Position

Spectrum provides treatment and detention support for youth aged 12 - 20 in a highly secure facility. The company is looking for experienced supervisors with strong leadership skills to provide coaching, resolve issues, and serve as a link between subordinates and upper management. The Facility Manager supervises all support personnel and operations on their designated shift, ensuring mandated staff ratios are maintained, all required documentation is completed, and daily shift reports are provided to the Center Director. This manager is the designated contact person responsible for supervising in the Center Director’s absence and ensures operations comply with SJJS procedures, Wayne County and Michigan Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) regulatory and contractual requirements, Child Caring Institution licensing standards, and Spectrum’s Personnel Policies and Procedures. Successful Facility Managers are great communicators, guiding and training supervisors and employees, know policies, are well-versed in facility processes, and can write well to communicate across departments to ensure operations function well at all times. The youth in this program may receive individual counseling emphasizing personal accountability and restorative justice. Spectrum Juvenile Justice Services utilizes the Forward Focused Treatment Model©, an evidence-based clinical treatment program for adolescents with serious offending behaviors, based on current research in adolescent brain development and juvenile justice treatment, including trauma-focused assessment and treatment. Treatment is guided by a developmentally informed conceptualization of each youth’s risks and needs and utilizes a multimodal and multi-pronged approach.

Requirements

A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and 2 years of work experience in a child-caring institution
OR Two years of college from an accredited college or university and 3 years of work experience in a child-caring institution
OR A high school diploma and 4 years of work experience in a child-caring institution
Complete and return a record of no findings on the DHHS Central Registry Clearance
A criminal history background check free of felony convictions
A physical examination which indicates satisfactory health status free from communicable diseases including TB
Physical ability to perform the functions of this job description with or without accommodation
Reliable transportation
A valid State of Michigan Driver’s License
Experienced supervisor with strong leadership skills
Organized and able to respond to challenges with decisive action
Great communicator
Know policies and are well-versed in facility processes
Able to write well

Responsibilities

Supervise all support personnel and operations on their designated shift
Ensure that mandated staff ratios are maintained
Ensure all required documentation is completed
Provide daily shift reports to the Center Director
Serve as the designated contact person responsible for supervising in the Center Director’s absence
Ensure operations comply with SJJS procedures, Wayne County and Michigan Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) regulatory and contractual requirements, Child Caring Institution licensing standards, and Spectrum’s Personnel Policies and Procedures
Guide and train supervisors and employees
Communicate across departments to ensure that operations function well at all times