Team Leader - Children's Services

Make a Difference as a Team Leader with ReDiscover

Join ReDiscover’s Children's Community Services Team and be part of a mission-driven organization that’s been transforming lives for over 50 years. As a non-profit community mental health center serving southeastern Jackson County, Missouri, we’re passionate about helping individuals impacted by mental illness or substance use find hope, support, and healing.

Why ReDiscover?

• 700+ dedicated professionals
• Over five decades of community impact
• A culture grounded in compassion, collaboration, and growth

About the Children's Community Services Program

Our Children's Services program offers mental health services to school aged youth at home, school, or in their community. Our staff have smaller caseloads, are able to see clients one or more times a week, and have flexible schedules. This helps to ensure that a child's services are not disrupted due to transportation or family scheduling concerns.

What You’ll Do

• Provides clinical oversight and supervision to Qualified Mental Health Professionals.
• Creates a culture that fosters development, coaching and training opportunities as they arise to continue to drive a customer service focus. This includes providing regular supervision to assigned staff and regular collaboration and communication with Program Coordinator(s) concerning staff development.
• Significant cooperation with internal sources (administration, program coordinators, etc…) and external sources (schools, school districts, managed care companies and all other referral sources), to ensure that the services provided are of the highest quality, accessible in a timely fashion, and produce positive outcomes for those we serve.
• Manages administrative duties as assigned by the Program Coordinator.
• Helps oversee the new referral process to the school-based team and opens/closes charts as necessary.
• Provides feedback and communicates to appropriate management staff, including Program Coordinator, and, as appropriate, to funding sources.
• Serves on assigned school district and school based crisis response team.
• May provide limited face to face contact with clients with diverse characteristics. This includes, but is not limited to, conducting intakes and/or assessments, maintaining a small caseload and/or other client-centered functions necessary to maintain continuity of client care.

Requirements of the Position

• Availability to work a full-time schedule, (40-hours a pay-period), Monday to Friday.
• Master’s or Doctorate Degree in a social science field (as defined by the Department of Mental Health).
• A valid automobile driver’s license, appropriate automobile insurance, and a safe, reliable, registered automobile available for use during work are required.
• Experience working embedded full time in a school setting providing case management, therapy, and crisis response.
• Two (2) years of experience in direct service provision in a mental health or substance use disorder setting.
• Prior experience providing supervision preferred
• Strong communication and customer service skills.
• Comfort with electronic health records and intermediate computer proficiency (Microsoft Office and use of email).

Grow With Us

We’re committed to your professional development and will support your growth as a Children's Services Team Leader through training, collaboration, and meaningful work.

Ready to join a team that’s passionate about people? Apply today and help make wellness accessible for all.