Director, Bureau of Youth Services

Introduction

The Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF), Division of Safety & Permanence (DSP), Bureau of Youth Services (BYS) is currently recruiting to fill Director, Bureau of Youth Services position. DCF offers great benefits
, personal growth opportunities and work-life balance as a State of Wisconsin employee; and the intrinsic reward associated with serving the children and families of Wisconsin. To learn more about DCF’s complete compensation package, please visit our Total Rewards Calculator!

This position may allow hybrid work for a portion of the work schedule up to 90% depending on the employee’s preference and needs of the work unit. Any hybrid work flexibility that may be available will be discussed in more detail in the interview process.

For positions that do allow hybrid work flexibility, employees may need to report to a DCF office location on short notice. There is no mileage reimbursement when traveling to the headquarter location. Our DCF locations are in the following cities:
Madison, Milwaukee, Green Bay, Eau Claire, and Rhinelander.
Employees need to report to the 201 W. Washington Ave. Madison, WI office or the 635 N 26 St. Milwaukee, WI office on their first day for onboarding and orientation.

High speed internet access is required to meet the needs of remote work.

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DCF is committed to the important work of helping children, youth and families become safer, more secure and progress down the road to true independence. For more information about DCF, visit our website at (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

This recruitment may be used for similar vacancies that become available in the near future.

Director, Bureau of Youth Services is part of the DSP senior management team and provides statewide leadership to the Wisconsin child protective services, youth justice, runaway and homeless youth and other adolescent programs. In addition, this position consults and coordinates with Budget, Finance, BITS, and the Bureau of Strategic Agency Programs (BSAP) as needed. The position supervises the managers and staff of the bureau.

The position also works with county, tribal, and private agencies involved in the delivery of youth justice, child protection and youth services and has the primary responsibility for oversight of community-based youth justice services in Wisconsin.

The position manages the following functions: community-based youth justice (YJ) including the diversion of youth from the justice system, the prevention of delinquency, the treatment of youth in conflict with the law, truants and other status offenders, and the reduction of crossover youth and recidivism. Additionally, this position manages the development and implementation of a cohesive youth services safety net including independent living (IL) runaway and homeless youth services (RHY), Brighter Futures prevention programs (BFI), anti-human trafficking (AHT), and other programs designed to support positive outcomes for youth in the areas of education, employment, housing, and social emotional development.

This position is responsible for promoting effective and coordinated services to youth in all jurisdictions of the state, and for strengthening a community of service providers with training, data, and continuous quality improvement in the above programs. This position provides quality oversight and technical assistance to the county child welfare systems and local and regional youth service and YJ providers.

The position is responsible for working to ensure compliance with federal requirements.

The duties include the development and implementation of program policies and procedures to ensure effective delivery of YJ, IL, RHY, AHT, and BFI…