Assistant Team Leader

Services For The Underserved, Inc.•New York, NY

1d•$80,000 - $80,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Assistant Team Leader supports the Team Leader in providing leadership and direct activities of a mobile multi-disciplinary treatment team. This role involves supporting staff, enforcing communication, leading meetings in the absence of the team leader, providing direction on individual cases, conducting side-by-side contacts and supervision meetings, and being available for emergency consultation. A significant portion of the role (50%) is dedicated to direct participant services as a member of the clinical staff, with the remaining 50% allocated to administrative and supervisory duties. The Assistant Team Leader is also responsible for ensuring cross-training among team members, shared responsibilities for recipients and charting, supporting staff in writing and revising service plans, and advocating for participant rights and preferences. Participation in an on-call rotation is also required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology, rehabilitation counseling, or a related field required.
Must have excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
Proficient in MS Word/Excel.
Ability to research material via the internet

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in social work, psychology, rehabilitation counseling, or a related field or licensure/registration as a registered nurse preferred.
Professional experience working in a multi-disciplinary mobile team.
Bilingual English/Spanish

Responsibilities

Supports the Team leader in directing and supervising staff activities
Enforces timely and effective communication
Leads team organizational and service planning meetings in absence of team leader
Provides direction to staff regarding individual cases
Conducts side-by-side contacts with staff
Conducts individual supervision meetings with team leader
Available by cell phone for emergency consultation/crisis intervention
50% of their time to direct participant services as a member of the clinical staff
50% of their time to administrative and supervisory duties
Ensure that over time team members will cross train one another so that each team member has the capacity to engage participants with regard to the entirety of roles and functions of the team as a whole
Ensure staff share responsibilities for the recipients and for charting
Supports staff in all areas of writing service plans
Actively participates in all activities in revising service plans as the participant’s needs change
Assures that advocacy for the rights and preferences of the participant are conducted
Responsibility for the recipients of ACT services and for the charting of services
Advocating for the rights and preferences of the participant whenever possible
Participates in an on-call rotation
Additional responsibilities as assigned by immediate supervisor or division head