Senior Team Leader

Make a bigger difference Senior Team Leader-Experience with Jewish Teens Mental Health At The Jewish Board, we don't just make a difference - we make a bigger difference as we serve 45,000 New Yorkers every year. Join our dedicated team that's been helping communities across New York City for almost 150 years and see just how big of a difference you can make. How you can make a bigger difference: HereNow, a program within JCS, is a teen mental health initiative that provides resources and programming to Jewish teams (13-18), parents and youth-facing professionals in the NY-Metro area. Through web-based and social media plataforms, HereNow empowers teens to use their own voices to talk about mental health issues and share resources. In-person programming is informed by a network of Jewish youth organizations, with a focus on anti-stigma, prevention and fostering resilience. The program manager is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the HereNow program. This includes building and maintaining community partnerships, engaging teens to participate in and contribute to the creation of web-based content and running programs that are responsive to emergent mental health needs and trends of Jewish teens. Reasons you'll love working with us: If you have a particular age range or population you're interested in working with, you can find your niche here. Our clients and staff are as diverse as the city we work in, and include people of all cultures, religions, races, gender expressions, and sexual orientations. We're committed to supporting your career development by encouraging mobility and advancement across different program types and jobs. With 70 locations throughout the five boroughs, you can work close to where you live. Generous vacation time and paid holidays will help you achieve a healthy work/life balance. We offer an excellent benefits package with affordable, high-quality health and dental insurance with low co-pays. You'll receive ongoing support through high-quality supervision, specialized trainings from our Continuing Education team, and an education benefit. KEY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Ongoing identification of information and resources about mental health for teens, parents and youth. Developing and maintaining a network of Jewish Youth-facing organization and community partners. Recruiting teens to write articles for HerNow; will edit and oversee all submissions. Management of the Social Media Teen Leadership committee, including ongoing communications and meetings to drive content creation. In partnership with Jewish Board's marketing department, coordination with 70 Faces Media for the preparation of online materials. Running programming and conducting training around teen mental health to professionals, parents and teens. Providing consultation and referrals to teens and parents around community-based and mental health resources. Representing HereNow within The Jewish Board, at the UJA-Federation, and in Youth Mental Health Roundtables. EDUCATIONAL / TRAINING REQUIRED: Bachelor's Degree plus five years of post-college relevant experience required or master's degree in human service, or public health-related field, Social Work or Mental Health. Counseling degree a plus. EXPERIENCE REQUIRED / LANGUAGE PREFERENCE: Experience working in Jewish camps or youth movements a plus. Strong cultural competence regarding Jewish religious, spiritual, cultural and communal practice. Hebrew language a plus. WORK ENVIRONMENT/PHYSICAL EFFORT: This role is hybrid; it will include community-based work that requires travel to different locations To perform the essential functions of this job the candidate must be able to travel within the five boroughs carrying equipment such as a notebook, forms, laptop, mobile hotspot and cell phone weighing up to approximately 10 pounds. To perform the essential functions of this job, the incumbent is routinely required to sit (70% of the time) and stand (30% of the time) If you join us, you'll have these great benefits: Generous vacation time, in addition to paid agency holidays and sick days Affordable and high-quality medical/dental/vision plans Tuition assistance and educational loan forgiveness Free continuing education opportunities 403(b) retirement benefits and a pension Flexible spending accounts for health and transportation 24/7 Accessible Employee Assistance Program Life and disability insurance Who we are: The Jewish Board delivers innovative, high-quality, and compassionate mental health and social services to over 45,000 New Yorkers each year. We are unique in serving everyone from infants and their families to children, teens, and adults. We are proud to employ and serve people of all religions, races, cultural backgrounds, gender expressions, and sexual orientations. We are committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams to help support our mission, and we strongly encourage candidates from historically marginalized backgrounds to apply to work with us. More on Equal Opportunity: We respect diversity and accordingly are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage, citizenship status, age, disability, sex, gender, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, partnership status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. This applies with respect to recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, termination, assignments, benefits, employee activities, access to facilities and programs, and all other terms and condition of employment as well as general treatment during employment. We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified employees with disabilities, without regard to any protected classifications, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. Any employees who need assistance to perform their job duties because of a physical or mental condition should contact human resources. Other details Job Family Direct Care [200s] Pay Type Salary Employment Indicator 8833 - Hospital - Professional Employees Min Hiring Rate $73,000.00 Travel Required Yes Required Education Bachelor's Degree Minimum Salary: 16 Maximum Salary: 73000.00 Salary Unit: Yearly

Created: 2024-10-19