YRTC Facility Administrator

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Hiring Agency:

Health & Human Services - Agency 25

Location:

Hastings NE

Hiring Rate:

$1.000

Job Posting:

JR2026- YRTC Facility Administrator (Open)

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Job Description:

The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is seeking an experienced leader to serve as Facility Administrator for the Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Center (YRTC) in Hastings.

The Facility Administrator provides executive leadership and day-to-day oversight of YRTC-Hastings a 24/7 residential facility serving female youth committed to DHHS for rehabilitation and treatment. As the senior leader on-site this position is responsible for ensuring safe secure effective and compliant facility operations while creating an environment that supports rehabilitation treatment education and positive outcomes for youth.

Reporting to the Youth Facilities Senior Administrator the Facility Administrator is responsible for translating the broader direction and priorities of Nebraskas youth rehabilitation system into effective facility operations. This position leads the facilitys leadership team establishes clear expectations and accountability supports and develops the workforce and ensures consistent operational practices across the campus.

The Facility Administrator will have an important opportunity to continue strengthening and developing YRTC-Hastings and its culture programming and operations. This leader will work closely with the Youth Facilities Senior Administrator and partners across Children and Family Services behavioral health education human resources legal and other areas to ensure the facility effectively responds to the treatment behavioral educational and developmental needs of the youth it serves.

Salary: Anticipated range of $90000 - $100000 commensurate with education and experience if approved.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and day-to-day oversight of the facility ensuring safe secure effective and compliant 24/7 operations.

• Build a strong facility culture that supports employee engagement teamwork accountability professional development and high-quality services for youth.

• Oversee operations staffing safety and security treatment and rehabilitation services and other resources necessary to effectively serve youth.

• Ensure compliance with applicable laws regulations policies licensing requirements accreditation standards PREA requirements and juvenile justice best practices.

• Lead the facilitys response to critical incidents and operational challenges ensuring appropriate communication follow-up and corrective action.

• Monitor staffing levels workforce trends overtime turnover vacancies and other operational indicators and develop strategies to address workforce challenges.

• Promote trauma-informed evidence-based and developmentally appropriate approaches that balance safety accountability treatment and rehabilitation.

• Maintain a visible leadership presence and build strong relationships with youth teammates families community partners and other stakeholders.

• Oversee facility budgets and resources while ensuring responsible stewardship and alignment with operational priorities.

• Partner closely with the Youth Facilities Senior Administrator other facility leaders and DHHS leadership to strengthen consistency and advance system-wide priorities.

• Perform other leadership responsibilities necessary to support the safe and effective operations.

Requirements/Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelors degree in criminal justice public administration behavioral sciences social work psychology human services business administration or a closely related field and at least five years of progressively responsible leadership experience in juvenile justice corrections residential treatment behavioral health child welfare youth programming or another complex human service environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Leadership experience within a juvenile justice correctional secure residential behavioral health or other 24/7 facility environment.

• Demonstrated success improving facility operations workforce culture safety staffing or organizational performance.

• Knowledge of trauma-informed care evidence-based rehabilitation practices and juvenile justice systems.

• Experience with regulatory compliance licensing accreditation PREA quality assurance or similar oversight requirements.

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