Team Lead - Wisconsin Lifeline

Job Specifics:

• Job Title: Team Lead
• Work Schedule:7:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. shift on a 2-2-3 rotating schedule
• Work Location: Remote

The Team Lead provides real-time shift leadership and operational support for the 988 Wisconsin Lifeline program, helping ensure timely, consistent, person-centered crisis services across phone, chat, and text interactions. Working closely with Program Managers, Program Supervisors, Program Coordinators, and the clinical team, the Team Lead serves as an accessible resource to Lifeline Counselors by providing consultation, coaching, workflow coordination, crisis escalation support, and guidance on policies and procedures.

The Team Lead monitors day-to-day service needs, supports quality and documentation expectations, assists with onboarding and skill development, and helps maintain a supportive, accountable, and responsive team environment. This is a hands-on lead role and may provide direct crisis intervention services when operational needs require.

Demonstrate Family Services' Core Values and Behaviors in the work you do while fulfilling Family Services' mission to Protect, Heal and Care. Responsibilities will be performed within Agency policies, procedures, and guidelines.

• Serve as a primary real-time resource for Lifeline Counselors during assigned shifts, providing consultation, guidance, and decision-making support.
• Maintain active availability throughout the shift to support staff with complex interactions, outside interventions, safety concerns, and operational questions.
• Monitor shift workflow, counselor availability, service demand, and assigned responsibilities to support timely and consistent service delivery.
• Coordinate shift priorities, follow‑up contacts, handoffs, and outstanding operational needs in accordance with program procedures and best practices.
• Escalate clinical, staffing, technology, safety, or operational concerns to the appropriate leadership or clinical resource.

• Provide in-the‑moment coaching, mentoring, and constructive feedback to Lifeline Counselors and interns.
• Support onboarding and orientation, including call observation, monitored practice, shadowing, and reinforcement of program expectations.
• Identify recurring coaching, training, or performance themes and communicate observations to Program Supervisors and Program Managers for follow‑up.
• Model professional communication, accountability, collaboration, sound judgment, and effective crisis intervention practices.

• Provide consultation during high-risk, complex, or unusual crisis interactions and support appropriate escalation and intervention.
• Support staff with suicide risk assessment, safety planning, emergency intervention, mandated reporting, and resource coordination within established protocols.
• Coordinate with clinical and leadership teams to reinforce evidence-informed, trauma-informed, safety-oriented, culturally responsive, and person-centered practices.
• Provide direct crisis intervention services by phone, chat, or text when needed to support service levels or operational continuity.

• Support daily staffing coordination, schedule adherence, shift coverage, and workflow adjustments in partnership with program leadership.
• Gather and communicate operational information, trends, and data that support program evaluation, quality improvement, reporting, and workforce planning.
• Assist with maintaining program resources, information and referral tools, procedures, and reference materials.
• Identify workflow or process improvement opportunities and share recommendations with program leadership.
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