YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH TEAM LEADER, JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE
POSITION SUMMARY:
Jewish Family Service of Cincinnati is seeking a
Team Leader to join our growing Youth Mental Health team. This leadership role is central to our mission of delivering high-quality, accessible counseling and care coordination services for youth, teens, and young adults, ages 5–30.
Jewish Family Service (JFS) is committed to strengthening lives and enhancing well-being in our community by providing expert support services rooted in compassion, respect, and dignity. As an agency, we are deeply mission-driven, working to ensure that individuals and families across the Cincinnati area—regardless of background—have access to the support they need to thrive. The Youth Mental Health team plays a vital role in this vision, offering prevention-oriented, strengths-based mental health care to young people navigating a critical stage of development.
The Team Leader provides supervision, coordination, and day-to-day support to a small, dedicated team of clinicians, ensuring the effective delivery of counseling and consultation services.In close collaboration with the Director of Youth Mental Health Services, the Team Leader helps guide clinical practice, maintain program quality, and ensure staff have the tools and resources needed to thrive.
At JFS, our agency culture prioritizes high quality client care, flexibility, employee engagement and meaningful workplace connections. We value collaboration, professional autonomy, and well-being—fostering a sense of purpose and satisfaction in the work we do. Team members are empowered to contribute their strengths in a setting where their voices are heard, and their work is deeply connected to the agency’s broader mission of serving our community.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Foster and maintain collaborative relationships with clients, families, community partners, and Youth Mental Health team members.
- Model and uphold high standards of customer service, promoting a culture of compassion, responsiveness, and respect.
- Provide clinical guidance on referrals, intakes, and service recommendations in alignment with program goals and best practices.
- Maintain a clinical caseload, delivering counseling, consultation, and care coordination to youth, teens, young adults, and their families in office and community settings.
- Collaborate with JFS leadership, internal programs, and team members to ensure integrated, effective service delivery. Communicate emerging needs and improvement opportunities to the Director.
- Support team members’ clinical development through mentorship, consultation, and feedback.
- Ensure timely, accurate documentation in compliance with agency, regulatory, and insurance requirements.
- Use electronic health records and related systems efficiently and in accordance with agency standards.
- Maintain consistent communication with staff and partners to support coordinated care.
- Participate in team meetings, agency events, trainings, and approved professional development activities.
- Meet role-specific productivity and performance benchmarks.
- Represent the Youth Mental Health team in internal and external communications, promoting awareness of services.
- Lead team meetings as assigned.
- Perform other duties as needed to support client care and team success.
POSITION QUALIFICATIONS:
- Master of Social Work or related field required.
- Must be independently licensed by the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board.
- Must have five years experience providing therapy, care coordination, and programming to a youth, teen, young adult, and family population.
- Must demonstrate leadership, collaboration, problem-solving, and supervision skills.
- Must communicate clearly and precisely.
- Must be proficient with use of a computer, Microsoft Office, and related products.
- Flexibility in schedule is required; occasional evening or weekend hours may be needed to support community programming.
This position description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel in the above position.
