Director of Scholar and Wellness
Director of Scholar and Wellness
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Job Description
Title: Director of Scholar Wellness
FLSA: Full Time
Reports To: SVP TLC Learning Institute
Organization Summary:
The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth (TLC) is a social enterprise company serving the Greater Philadelphia Area for over 50 years. Founded in 1970 and incorporated in 1983 TLC is an entrepreneurial nonprofit providing innovative education coaching and counseling services to public school students and their families. For more information please visit .
Position Summary:
The Director of Student Wellness will lead the expansion of a robust schoolbased mental health services model including developing implementing and overseeing comprehensive mental health and wellness programs within Breakthrough Public Schools. Under the leadership of the Managing Director of Culture the Director of Student Wellness will support the implementation of a federal grant to expand the schools schoolbased mental health program. The role offers the opportunity to develop innovative schoolbased mental health support and external partnership models rooted in student family and staff needs. Successful candidates are fierce advocates for mental health services. They believe in the power of collective impact and build teams that are innovative and centered on equity. This role requires a strong background in mental health leadership program development and collaboration.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Program Development:
Create shortterm and longterm plans to enhance mental health support destigmatize mental health issues and prioritize overall wellbeing.
Develop and implement crisis intervention protocols and offer guidance and immediate support to students staff and the school community during times of crisis or emotional distress.
Develop implement and manage mental health and wellness programs initiatives and resources tailored to students needs.
Implement multitiered behavior support with fidelity in collaboration with principals school teams and social workers.
Collect analyze and report program effectiveness engagement and outcomes data.
Skills and Knowledge:
Leadership and Team Management:
Lead a team of social workers and counselors by providing coaching and development ensuring a cohesive and effective approach to mental health support.
Provide training and support to educators and staff that enhance their understanding of socialemotional learning (SEL) principles and their ability to incorporate these strategies into practice.
Recruit hire train and supervise the departments counselors and support staff.
Partnerships and Collaboration:
Establish and maintain partnerships with external mental health organizations practitioners and community resources.
Organize awareness campaigns seminars workshops and training sessions to educate key stakeholders including but not limited to employees students families and caregivers on topics including mental health stress management and selfcare.
Collaboration with the Project Director of Stop School Violence initiative.
To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty accurately. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Demonstrated commitment and passionate belief in Breakthroughs mission values and educational model
Proven ability to create and maintain a strong positive adult culture achieved through empowering coaching and management practices
Have a track record of designing programs to measurably meet the needs of students
Hold a strong understanding of psychological principles mental health and trauma practices and wellbeing strategies
Use data to identify assess and understand opportunities and challenges make decisions and drive toward solutions
Relentless drive to achieve goals
Thrive in a fastpaced environment and have the capacity to remain calm and focused when faced with unexpected challenges
Work collaboratively with all stakeholders to innovate problemsolve and/or resolve conflict
Demonstrate a strong commitment to growth professional learning and equitycentered leadership
Education and Experience:
5 years combined leadership experience in student wellness and program management preferably in an environment serving a high number of atrisk students.
Masters or Doctoral degree in Psychology Counseling Social Work or related field.
Licensed clinician holding a minimum of one of the following: LCSW LICSW LMFT or LPC.
Hold or have the ability to gain a Pupil Services License (OH)
Other Duties:
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties and responsibilities may change at any time with or without notice.
Hours of Work:
This is a fulltime 40 hours per week position
Work Environment:
This is a Hybrid position between School and Home
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
