What are the responsibilities and job description for the Team Leader position at Tri-County Human Services?
Position Description:
Individuals in this position perform a variety of duties consistent with the needs of the Project Cope scope of services. Good interpersonal skills, good organization skills, and the ability to work independently are prerequisites of this position. This is a temporary 9-month long position.
Position Expectation:
In keeping with the mission and core values of Tri-County Human Services, all persons served, stakeholders, and fellow employees will be treated with dignity, respect, and shown sensitivity to their cultural diversity.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
- Leads a team of crisis counselors in the field.
- Is usually an experienced disaster behavioral health worker or behavioral health professional who supervises paraprofessional or less experienced crisis counselors.
- May help to assess people who require traditional mental health or substance use treatment.
- May be one of several team leads on staff with a provider, depending on the size and scope of the disaster.
- Functions as a resource to assigned individuals who are in the field and need assistance in assessing the persons served.
- Trains, debriefs, and provides supervision for the crisis counselors.
- Uses data to conduct ongoing needs assessment.
- Coordinates data collection activities and reviews data form submissions for accuracy.
- If the program is using the mobile application, the team leader reviews and accepts or rejects forms submitted through the mobile application.
- May use the mobile application to complete data forms.
- Provides coordination and oversight of the crisis counselors’ plans of service.
- May perform crisis counseling as needed.
- Performs other duties as assigned
Minimum Training and Experience:
- The minimum qualifications require a high school diploma and demonstrates knowledge of working with vulnerable individuals impacted by crisis.
- The preferred applicant may possess a bachelor’s degree in the behavioral health field.
- Two to three years’ experience in substance abuse disorders and/or mental health counseling, as well as experience in crisis counseling with the ability to communicate related experience to paraprofessionals reporting to this position is also preferred.
