Eliot's Community Treatment Residence in , supporting latency age children referred by the Department of Children and Families, is seeking a Milieu Manager three years of experience working with the population. Our ideal candidate will have the ability to establish a positive rapport with a culturally and economically diverse group of children and families.

Eliot’s Social Services Division includes short-term community-based assessment, stabilization and support programs (Emergency Residence) and longer term assessment and treatment programs (Community Treatment Residence) for latency age children and adolescents. The programs provide a safe and structured environment for children and youth to thrive, change and grow by focusing on treatment, skill-building, and permanency.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee day to day operations of the program’s milieu according to the program’s contract, DCF, DEEC and Eliot’s policies and procedures. 
•  Commit to the principles of Trauma Informed Care and the ARC (Attachment, Regulation and Competency) model.
• Become trained in Trauma Informed Care and Interventions, and ARC and use these models within all aspects of the work.
• Responsible for developing, facilitating, and adhering to all program activities.
• Responsible for hiring, training, supervising, and disciplining all assigned staff.
• Responsible for providing in shift training, modeling, coaching and feedback.
• Responsible for participating in Family Time, including modeling, and practicing effective skills and interventions with youth and family.
• Facilitate and attend as directed, all meetings associated with the operation of the program, including administrative, staff, shift change, and treatment team meetings.
•  Serve as a member of the administrative team and the on-call rotation.

Qualifications:

• BA/BS in related field with at least three years of related experience.
• Knowledge of issues specific to targeted population: Trauma, Community and Domestic Violence, Poverty, Substance Abuse and Family Dysfunction.
• Knowledge and experience with regulatory requirements regarding clinical and behavioral treatment of youth and children. Demonstrates organizational and supervisory skills.
• Supervisory experience in residential settings required
• Demonstrate sound judgment and effective, solution focused, problem solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively with diverse populations and cultural groups. 
• Ability to physically carry out Crisis Prevention Intervention techniques.

Schedule: Monday – Friday