Senior Team Leader
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For nearly 150 years, The Jewish Board has been delivering innovative, best-in-class mental and behavioral health services. We are unique in serving everyone from infants and their families, to children, teens, and adults. That adds up to countless opportunities to use your skills, training, and compassion to make a difference in the lives of over 45,000 New Yorkers each year.

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Make a bigger differenceSenior Team Leader - Experience with Jewish Teens Mental HealthAt 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 teens (13-18), parents, and youth-facing professionals in the NY-Metro area. Through web-based and social media platforms, 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.

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 organizations and community partners.• Recruiting teens to write articles for HereNow; 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.

Our Values.

Our values help guide us in everything we do, from our relationships with fellow staff to the clients and communities we serve.

Treat every personwith dignity. We act with respect and caring towards our clients, colleagues, and communities.

Strive tobe outstanding. We are exceptional professionals in all that we do.

Embrace eachother's differences. We create a fair and inclusive environment for all.

Engage individuals and familiesas our partners. We heal our communities one person at a time through thoughtful collaboration.

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