Youth Transition Programs Lead (Trauma-Informed)

Children's Hope Alliance; Statesville (NC); Presencial; USD 70.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Children's Hope Alliance in North Carolina seeks a Team Lead to oversee the Healthy Transitions grant program for youth and young adults aged 16-25 facing serious mental illness or co-occurring conditions. The role includes supervising a multidisciplinary team, managing grant activities and deliverables, and ensuring services align with System of Care, trauma-informed, and youth-driven approaches.

The position requires strong leadership, collaboration with state and community partners, training

Formación

• Bachelor's Degree within a human services field.
• Two years of previous work experience with the population: 16–24-year-olds with a mental health condition and/or a co-occurring condition.
• Experience supervising others preferred.
• Experience supervising a program preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Ensure the grant deliverables are met as identified in the Scope of Work.
• Support development, implementation, and evaluation activities of the Healthy Transitions Project.
• Support efforts to meet or exceed Healthy Transition Project grant goals and objectives.
• Ensure program services are coordinated and delivered in accordance with System of Care principles, trauma-informed approaches, person-centered / self-directed care, and honor youth voice and choice.
• Ensure program activities and events for internal and external audiences leverage youth and family peers, youth leadership, and youth self-advocacy.
• Responsible for oversight and management of program operations and team processes in accordance with CHA global and program-specific policies and procedures.
• Manage program and team member compliance with agency, program, and grant requirements.
• Manage referral process and caseload assignment.
• Oversee processes for outreach and engagement, screening and assessment, care and support planning, coordinated service delivery, discharge planning, and aftercare planning.
• Ensure recipient care and support planning is youth-driven and addresses the individual’s barriers to transition to adulthood.
• Facilitate weekly team meetings to ensure emerging and urgent needs of program recipients are addressed promptly.
• Provide supervision, performance coaching, and support to program staff.
• Conduct performance evaluations and support individual professional development goals.
• Interview, hire and train new members of the Healthy Transitions Team.
• Build and model a supportive and performance-driven team culture.
• Participate in leadership development opportunities.
• Build relationships with community organizations, government entities, providers, and other entities that serve youth and young adults to drive systems change and promote youth voice.
• Serve as the primary liaison with the state-level Healthy Transitions team.
• Partner with NC State Healthy Transitions Team at UNCG and direct service providers to develop and provide training and presentations to community stakeholders and the mental health workforce about the NC Healthy Transitions project.
• Partner with the NC State Healthy Transitions Team at UNCG, NC DMHDDSAS, and fellow CHA Healthy Transitions Team members to define, implement, support, and sustain the role of Youth & Young Adult Peer Support, assist with updates to System of Care Guidelines for transition age youth, and provide input into associated policy-level change.
• Collaborate effectively with internal and external stakeholders who provide direct support to youth and young adults to promote youth and young adult-driven care with improved access and engagement.
• Remain abreast of current and emerging industry trends and best practices for transition age youth.
• Complete all documentation within agency deadlines, according to regulatory guidelines.
• Prepare reports and reviews in a timely, clear, and concise manner as requested or assigned.
• Complete assigned training within required time limits.
• Other duties as assigned.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Supervision

Team coordination

Communication

Trauma-informed care

System of Care (SOC)

Youth engagement

Project management

Educación

Bachelor's Degree in human services

Descripción del empleo

Children's Hope Alliance in North Carolina seeks a Team Lead to oversee the Healthy Transitions grant program for youth and young adults aged 16-25 facing serious mental illness or co-occurring conditions. The role includes supervising a multidisciplinary team, managing grant activities and deliverables, and ensuring services align with System of Care, trauma-informed, and youth-driven approaches.

The position requires strong leadership, collaboration with state and community partners, training