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Administrative Assistant in Mental and Behavioral Health - Full-time

Children's Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · Full time

Posted Sep 17, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

This role supports mental and behavioral health and child well-being teams in person. What draws you to administrative work in that setting?

What they are checking: Whether they understand the emotional weight of the work and have a real reason to be there.

Tell me about a time you managed calendars and scheduling for several busy professionals at once.

What they are checking: Whether they can juggle competing schedules and changes without things falling through the cracks.

Tell me about a mistake you caught in a document or record before it went out. How did you catch it?

What they are checking: Whether they have a real habit of checking their work, since errors in these records can affect a child's case.

Working around stories of abuse and neglect can be hard even for support staff. How do you take care of yourself in that kind of environment?

What they are checking: Whether they have realistic boundaries and coping habits so they can stay in the role for the long term.

What would you do

A parent calls the front line upset and crying about their child's placement. You are not a clinician. What do you say and do?

What they are checking: Whether they can respond with care, stay within their role and get the right staff member involved quickly.

Two managers each ask for something urgent by end of day and you only have time for one. How do you decide?

What they are checking: Whether they clarify priorities with the people involved instead of quietly guessing and letting one person down.

Someone walks into the office visibly agitated and wants to see a case worker who is not there. How do you handle it?

What they are checking: Whether they can de-escalate calmly and know when to follow safety procedures in a human services office.

How would you organize a shared drive or filing system that has become a mess over several years?

What they are checking: Whether they can bring order to shared information in a way the whole team will actually follow.

About the work

You will handle records about children in foster care and families involved with child welfare. How do you protect that information day to day?

What they are checking: Whether they treat confidentiality as concrete habits around files, screens, phones and conversations.

Which software do you use to track tasks, documents and meetings, and how comfortable are you learning a new records system?

What they are checking: Whether they have solid Microsoft Office and data entry skills and can pick up an agency system quickly.

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The full job description

As published by Children's Wisconsin.

At Children’s Wisconsin, we believe kids deserve the best. Every child deserves a safe and loving home. When parents are unable to provide this on their own, intervention is needed to ensure these children are free of abuse and neglect. We provide child well-being services to help children live in a safe and nurturing environment. We provide services to parents needing education and guidance to improve their parenting skills so their children can remain with them. We also provide services to children who are placed with foster families until they can return home or become part of an adoptive family. Our experienced professionals provide the following services to families in Milwaukee County and at locations throughout Wisconsin. • Foster Care • Treatment Foster Care • Adoption • Respite Care • Child Advocacy Centers • Family Case Management • Family Finding We offer a wide variety of rewarding career opportunities and are seeking individuals dedicated to helping us achieve our vision of the healthiest kids in the country. If you want to work for an organization that makes a difference for children and families, and encourages you to be at your best every day, please apply today. Please follow this link for a closer look at what it’s like to work at Children’s Wisconsin: https://www.instagram.com/lifeatcw/ **This position is in-person located at our 76th Street Clinic which is at 620 South 76th Street Milwaukee, WI.** Job Summary Provides high level confidential administrative and special project support to the Director(s) to whom they report. Uses judgment and discretion to solve a variety of complex office related situations. Interacts with staff at all levels and remains flexible and efficient. Essential Functions • Receives and greets all guests and visitors, determines nature of their business, and refers them to the appropriate staff member/department. Answers routine questions relative to general department functions. Refers questions requiring more detailed response to appropriate department personnel. • Answers phone calls to department’s main lines and responds to general inquiries. Also provides back-up coverage for other phone lines within the department. Records and relays messages to appropriate personnel, appraising individuals of calls requiring immediate attention. • Drafts/transcribes/types specialized and confidential reports, letters, memos, and other correspondence and proof-reads same for proper format, grammar, and spelling. • Coordinates meeting and special event requests [invitees, materials, location, audiovisual] ensuring appropriate stakeholders and key individuals are available to make meetings. • Sorts, opens, and distributes departmental mail. • Manages the ordering and inventory of office supplies, consumable products and periodicals. • Maintains records and online storage. Maintains historical documentation including meeting minutes, documents, statistical data, budgets and actual costs. • Performs Account Payable departmental function coordination ensuring invoices are properly coded, processed and assigned to correct cost center and subaccounts in the allotted timeframe. • Coordinates the review of department policies and procedures. Education: • High School graduate or Certificate of General Educational Development (GED) or High School Equivalency Diploma (HSED) required Experience: • 1+ years specialized training or experience in administrative support or equivalent related work experience required or relevant education • Prefer bilingual (Spanish) Knowledge, Skills and Abilities • Demonstrated computer skills utilizing MS Office Applications – Windows, Word, Powerpoint, Outlook, and Excel. • Good judgment and organizational ability to prioritize and organize work load to meet daily demands as well as respond to urgent situations. • Requires excellent customer service and interpersonal skills in order to greet and assist guests and respond to their needs in a professional, pleasant and efficient manner. • Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality when exposed to matters pertaining to a wide variety of organizational issues. This is a full-time position, ideally M-F 9-5:30pm with some flexibility with start and end times. Children's Wisconsin is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees. We treat everyone with dignity, respect, and fairness. We do not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by the law.

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