Juvenile Care Supervisor

Responsible for supervising the Juvenile Care Workers and provides basic care and behavior management for youth placed in County youth care facilities by referring agencies; does related work as required.

• Trains, assigns, supervises and evaluates the work and activities of Juvenile Care Workers and student interns on an assigned shift;
• Makes needed operational decisions pertaining to the operation of a youth care facility on an assigned shift;
• Contacts on-call supervisor for emergency consultations in accordance with established program policies and procedures.

• Administers and analyzes results of psychological testing to arrive at a diagnoses;
• Drafts written psychological assessments based on diagnoses of psychological testing;
• Participates in intake interviews of youth entering a youth care facility and makes intake decisions in consultation with other supervisory personnel;
• Provides basic care and supervision to youth in youth care to assure that health, nutritional, educational, social and recreational needs are met.

• Develops and coordinates community resources to provide interesting and worthwhile leisure time activities for youth;
• Serves as a facilitator for youth activities and support groups;
• Supervises family visits on assigned shifts and monitors youth in all activities and situations;
• Performs non-crisis intervention activities as required.

• Graduation from a college or university of recognized standing with a Bachelor’s Degree in sociology, psychology, social work, criminal justice or a closely related field;
  and
• One (1) years’ experience in working with and counseling youth;
  or
• Any equivalent combination of experience and training totaling five (5) years.

• Driver’s License issued by the State of Montana;
• Licensed by the State of Montana as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor or Licensed Clinical Social Worker; and
• CPR and First Aid Certification (within 6 months).