Team Lead (Full-time) ($50,600 - $58,650 DOQ + Bonus Potential)

At Beech Acres Parenting Center, we uncover the natural gifts of children by unleashing the power of parents and caregivers. As a contemporary parenting center, Beech Acres serves over 30,000 people annually through a wide range of services including foster care, kinship care, adoption, behavioral health support in schools, parent coaching and much more. All of our programs are founded in our Natural Strength Parenting framework which enables parents to unlock their own potential by building on their unique strengths. For more information, visit www.beechacres.org

Why you will love working at Beech Acres

Culture That Matters

Intentional. Strength-Based. Mindful.

At Beech Acres Parenting Center we are empowering parents and strengthening kids together. A career at Beech Acres will help you discern your unique purpose, discover and develop your own natural strengths, and learn to be present, fully engaged and accepting in the moment. It’s how we empower our families and it’s how we empower each other.

We're a spirited team that believes in having fun and making an impact in our community and beyond. We’ve built a culture that values our team members’ strengths where we embrace our differences and live the value of Inclusion to all. We believe that cultivating a feeling of belonging among our employees, partners, children and adults in a child’s world begins with a just, equitable and diverse organization. We work towards this through our policies, practices, and our daily personal interaction. Beyond that, we aspire to influence the systems and communities in which we do our work by providing thought leadership, co-creation, advocacy, and support.

That’s culture that matters.

Our Perks at Work

• At Beech Acres, we take pride in offering you a competitive benefits package, inclusive of base pay, incentives, and other benefits. Your total compensation includes benefits that go beyond wages and are provided to you. Our Perks at Work includes a Bonus Points recognition, Cell Phone Reimbursements, Flexibility in the way that you work, paid leave plans, and best in the city Paid time off plans amongst many others.
• Beech Acres success is dependent upon our people, and our total rewards are designed to create and sustain an environment that encourages and rewards outstanding commitment to client service, personal accountability and the achievement of results. We believe working here offers more value and rewards than just your total compensation. We work in an environment that encourages commitment, spirit and collaboration and we provide outstanding results to our community. We are committed to not only our mission but to your growth and development as an employee and individual.
  
  
  

If you have what it takes and have the heart and passion for helping support families and children, then we invite you to apply to be part of positive change in schools, pediatric offices, workplaces, and our community!

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The Beyond the Classroom team at Beech Acres Parenting Center ("The Beech" as we like to call it!) is seeking a Team Lead to provide day-to-day oversight and leadership of Beyond the Classroom functions at Little Miami Local School District. This role serves as a liaison between the school and Beech Acres Parenting Center (BAPC) to ensure the collaborative service delivery and support for children, parents and families.

• Serves as the leader for school based team, regularly analyzes, and is accountable for team performance of goals and overall performance to goals (both school, client, and agency related goals).
• Coordinates BAPC BtC staff assigned to the school/district.
• Ensures school based service delivery aligns with the vision and mission of BtC and BAPC.
• Provides oversight and coordination of service connection and delivery for families to ensure continuity of care. Consistently engages families in a welcoming and inclusive manner to build ongoing involvement.
• Supports the day-to-day relationship with key school partners and utilizes best-in-class customer service delivery to ensure customer needs are met. Escalates customer concerns VP as needed.
• Leads team huddles to facilitate coordination and management of common caseloads.
• Provides needs assessments as appropriate in schools served. Connects parents, children and families to resources, internal to BAPC or external, based on what has been discovered during the needs assessment process.
• Ensures any referral connections are made successfully, removes barriers to scheduling, and provides routine check-ins and family outreach to identify progress and any additional needs.
• Consistently meets and/or exceeds targets for completion of assessments to initiate first parent contact and drive involvement in services.
• Serves as first point of contact for triage of non-clinical issues within school, with parents, school administrators, etc.
• As appropriate, provides coordination and leadership of school events, programming, etc. to encourage family involvement and outreach.
• In schools where Beech Acres prevention work is present provides support in TCE led school events, programming, etc. to encourage family involvement and outreach.
• Attends and engages in school administration meetings (and other meetings, as appropriate), participates and supports to school efforts and initiatives, and provides training for school staff on relevant topics.
• Assists students in crisis support services, as needed.
• Ensures that mandatory reporting procedures are maintained.
• Coordinates and develops communication materials that meet the needs of school, parents and families.
• Works in close collaboration with BtC managers and supervisors to manage relationships with school administration and key leaders.
• May facilitate team or organizational professional development, based on areas of subject matter expertise.
• Maintains compliance with all company policies and procedures.
• This role is school based in nature and may require work outside of standard business hours to support family events, school events, etc. Travel to BAPC campuses and within the community is required.
• When there is a program, school or district need for the Team Lead to provide clinical supervision, in addition to functional supervision, all state, accreditation and Clinical Best Practice compliance standards will be met.
  
  
  

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree is required, preferably in a Social Services/Human Services area of study + Minimum of 3-5 years of experience meeting the needs of kids and/or families.
• Master’s Degree and LISW or LPCC required only if clinical supervision is included in school/district placement.
• Previous experience in a supervisory or team lead role is preferred.
• Knowledge of mental health, community resources engagement and/or population health is preferred.
• Previous experience in a school-based services setting is preferred.
• Previous experience with quality improvement or continuous improvement methodology is preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to effectively communicate with internal and external customers.
• Outstanding ability to build and foster trusting relationships. Strong networker with the ability to engage diverse audiences and meet families where they are.
• Excellent computer proficiency (MS Office – Word, Excel and Outlook)
• Must be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines, while maintaining a positive attitude and providing exemplary customer service.
• Ability to work collaboratively and to engage and motivate teams towards achievement of goals and targets.
  
  
  

Beech Acres is an Equal Opportunity Employer

BAPC provides equal employment opportunities (“EEO”) to all persons, consistent with applicable federal, state and local equal employment opportunity laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, religion, ancestry, military or veteran status, color, national origin, or any other applicable statutorily protected group status under local, state, or federal law. This applies to all phases of the employment relationship including recruitment, hiring, compensation, advancement, and discipline.