Milieu Supervisor

Nexus Family Healing•South Harbor Township, MN

just now•$55,000 - $60,000•Onsite

About The Position

Nexus Family Healing is excited to add a Milieu Supervisor to our Mille Lacs agency! Nexus-Mille Lacs offers trauma-informed, family-centered, nationally recognized treatment for boys, ages 10-19, with significant mental health issues and harmful sexual behaviors. We strive to provide the best quality care for our youth as well as our employees. Nexus treatment programs have been creating brighter futures for over 50 years. At Nexus Family Healing, we embrace diversity, promote equity, and foster inclusion. As a national mental health organization, we serve a diverse group of youth and families, and we strive for our workforce to support and represent that diversity. Position Summary: The Milieu Supervisor is responsible to provide trauma-informed milieu leadership and mentorship in the treatment guidance plans through effective communication, organization, and planning of the daily operations of the program and assigned unit.

Requirements

High School diploma or equivalent.
Minimum of two (2) years of experience working in a related industry.
Minimum of one (1) year supervisory experience required.
Valid driver’s license required. Must meet state regulating agency and Home Office driving requirements

Nice To Haves

Associate or bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology, or a clinically related field preferred.
Minimum of one (1) year of experience working with clients and families preferred.

Responsibilities

Prepares assigned staff work schedules in a timely and proactive manner to ensure adequate staff and client ratios, maximization of the treatment processes, and emotional and physical safety of the clients.
Assists in the planning and scheduling of trauma-informed daily treatment services such as ensuring transportation needs are met, scheduling of family time and contact, special events, functions, and approved program trips.
Ensures that staff are performing their assigned duties and interacting with clients in a calm, therapeutic, and trauma-informed manner while reinforcing program and client related decisions.
Contributes to the development of guidance plans and ensures adherence to guidance plans and provides mentoring and support to the assigned direct and indirect team members.
Coordinates and ensures that all shift related client and staff documentation is completed in a timely manner using the proper format and ensures all proper notifications are made to leadership, referral agents, and client’s families.
Participates as a multi-disciplinary team member in developing and implementing client treatment plans and interventions.
Monitors the delivery of treatment services to clients for proper follow-through within the program and to ensure family inclusion and communication.
Tracks the daily needs of youth related to clothing, dietary needs, court/treatment plan/referral source meetings, family time and contact and ensures plans are in place to meet such needs in a safe and timely manner to include all necessary documentation related to such activities is provided for the effectively management of said activities.
Leads the assignment of Youth Care Professionals as youths’ “primary” staff in working with youth to conduct youth check-ins, youth advocacy, and communicating the youth needs to the staff team.
Assists in the review of new applicants and participates in the interview and selection of staff/team members, ensuring they have the ability to work effectively with families and are able to utilize strengths-based, traumainformed practices.
Ensures that new youth care professionals are mentored properly and completes all required shadowing responsibilities.
Provides direct floor coverage during staff absences, emergencies and for on-call coverage, as needed, according to program guidelines.
Provides on the job coaching, training, and mentoring to staff and leads them in the implementation of individualized responses and interventions, and trauma-informed youth interactions, for a calm, positive and therapeutic environment.
Ensures staff timecards are accurately maintained and approved in a timely manner.
Provides direct supervision of assigned staff and provide performance management for staff on an ongoing basis. Conduct formal and informal performance evaluations that are timely, constructive, strength-based, and include a development component.