Juvenile Rehabilitation Unit Manager; WMS- Chehalis

Juvenile Rehabilitation Living Unit Manager (WMS
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Our vision is to ensure that "All Washington's children and youth grow up safe and healthy, thriving physically, emotionally, and educationally, nurtured by family and community".

The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is looking for a Juvenile Rehabilitation Living Unit Manager to oversee all aspects of a 24/7 institution living unit at Green Hill School, a Juvenile Rehabilitation maximum security facility that provides treatment and reentry programming services for younger offenders.

The Opportunity:

As a Juvenile Rehabilitation Living Unit Manager, you will oversee treatment, transition and reentry programming, and services provided to residents, including Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Substance Use Disorder (SUD), youth with a sex offense, mental health, education and vocation, and work-based learning. You will use your expertise to support effective communication throughout the organization and the community and assure the highest standards of ethical conduct.

Some of what you will do:

• Administer all aspects of a maximum/medium security institution facility residential program for youth and young adults committed to JR.
• Develop and maintain staffing plan to most effectively utilize resources.
• Administer, manage, supervise and direct staff.
• Model professional standards of conduct and enforce state standards for ethics and use of state resource.
• Maintain communication with leadership and staff.
• Collaborate and communicate with identified liaison with Department of-Corrections (DOC).
• Train, coach, mentor, motivate and model performance.
• Maintain adherence to both internal and external audit requirements and ensures corrective action plans and facility improvement plans are completed and implemented in a timely manner to include: PREA, PbS, NCCHC, DCYF Safety Management, and Department of Health (DOH).
• Implement and provide oversight of evidence and research based, family-oriented treatment services.

Required Qualifications:

An equivalent combination of education and professional experience in casework, counseling, probation and parole, social services, planning, directing, and/or facilitation youth group activities totaling eight (8) years OR Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution of higher education, in Public Administration, Social Sciences or a closely allied field, and four years of professional experience. OR A Master's degree in public administration, Social Sciences or a closely allied field, and three years of professional experience.

OR Two years as a Juvenile Rehabilitation Supervisor or Juvenile Rehabilitation Coordinator.

And:

The incumbent must possess expertise in providing services to youth and young adults and have an understanding of: adolescent development; at-risk behavior; principles/techniques and trends in juvenile rehabilitation. Incumbent should also possess knowledge of: juvenile risk and protective factors; evidence/researched based intervention programs that reduce recidivism; JR's Integrated Treatment Model including Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Functional Family Parole/Therapy; principles of supervision and treatment of Substance Use Disorder (SUD), youth with a sex-offense and/or mental health issues;

principles of casework practices, management, public administration and supervision. Familiarity with:
Human Resource specifications;
Washington State Juvenile Justice Act;
Washington Administrative Code and Revised Code of Washington as it pertains to juveniles: DCYF Administrative Policies; JR Policies; case law and the Collective Bargaining Master Agreement.

In addition to those required qualifications, our ideal applicant will also have some or all of the following:

• Preference will be given to supervisory experience with residential programs in juvenile justice.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze challenging situations in a social services environment and prioritize appropriate courses of action applying sound judgment and professional standards.
• Demonstrated understanding of adolescent development and juvenile rehabilitation practices and principles; experience providing cognitive/behavioral therapeutic interventions.
• Expertise in providing services to youth and young adults and have an understanding of: adolescent development; at-risk behavior; principles/techniques and trends in juvenile rehabilitation.
• Knowledge of: juvenile risk and protective factors; evidence/researched based intervention programs that reduce recidivism; JR's Integrated Treatment Model including Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Functional Family Parole/Therapy; principles of supervision and treatment of Substance Use Disorder (SUD), youth with a sex-offense and/or mental health issues; principles of casework practices, management, public administration and supervision. Familiarity with:
  Human Resource specifications;
  Washington State…