Supervisor, Mental Health Technicians

Supervisor, Mental Health Technicians

Midwest Center for Youth and Families is seeking a Supervisor, Mental Health Technicians Available Hours: 11pm - 7:30am (non-exempt/hourly position), Full-time. Midwest Center for Youth and Families (a subsidiary of UHS) has been in operation since 1997, serving youth across the country that are in need of psychiatric treatment for a variety of mental health issues. The Midwest Center is a respected healthcare provider, fully accredited, 74-bed private, residential treatment facility with locations in Valparaiso and Kouts, IN. We are dedicated to care of the hearts and minds of our patients with compassion and superior quality behavioral healthcare services through our full-immersion Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) program for children and adolescents ages 10 - 18 who struggle with emotional, behavioral and mental health challenges. The Patriot Support Program at Midwest Center offers specialized treatment designed to address the behavioral health needs and challenges of the children of active-duty military, reserve, and national guard members. Join us as the leaders providing service excellence to patients, their families and each other!

Position Summary: Responsible for ensuring coordinated delivery of patient care in accordance with the established standards of care, mental health practices, and Facility policies, goals, and objectives. This position assists in contributing to the philosophy, educational, and performance improvement efforts while providing supervision to milieu staff. Collaborates closely with other Directors to ensure regulatory compliance.

Job Duties:

• Ensure staff deliver care in accordance with established standards of care & practice
• Monitor & coach staff for implementation of policies & procedures
• Ensure unit compliance with the Joint Commission, State and other regulatory standards & patient rights
• Evaluate program effectiveness & help formulate plans for improvement
• Manage staff work schedules & compliance with policy
• Complete staff evaluations & training within specified timeframes
• Counsel & utilize disciplinary action as necessary in coordination with HR
• Assist HR with interviewing candidates as needed
• Continually evaluate staff activities, morale, & interpersonal relationships. Promote healthy work-life balance & solutions for improvement in these areas
• Assist in providing education &/or training for staff when gaps in clinical knowledge are identified. Assist in the orientation of new employees through onboarding & coaching
• Must master implementation of DBT skills to crisis/behavior
• Must be an expert of the first 40 pages of the DBT binder & expert knowledge of DBT skills
• Ensure staff are providing appropriate skills coaching to patients
• Oversees FTE management & milieu budgets

Benefit & Rewards Highlights:

• Loan Forgiveness Program if offered.
• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program
• Tuition savings to continue your nursing education with Chamberlain University
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries!
• Pet Insurance

Qualifications:

Job Requirements: Bachelor's degree & four years of work experience in a residential treatment facility or behavioral healthcare facility is required. Two years of supervision work experience required. Must be 21 years old.

EEO Statement: All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.