Clinical Supervisor (Various Programs)

About the role

WestCoast Children's Clinic, a non-profit community psychology clinic, provides mental health services to Bay Area children, youth, and families. The position involves overseeing, training, and evaluating pre-licensed trainees and early-career practitioners who provide community-based mental health services to at-risk youth.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct supervision for clinicians, including MSWs, MFTs, interns, and other mental health professionals, with in-person supervision as program needs require.
• Offer consultation and support for crises and complex clinical situations, including occasional after-hours Pacific Time availability.
• Review, approve, and co-sign clinical documentation to ensure compliance with WCC standards and legal/ethical requirements.
• Provide regular feedback on staff performance, timeliness, caseload management, and supervision effectiveness.
• Deliver direct client services as needed to address gaps in care.
• Complete 90-day and annual performance evaluations for supervisees.
• Collaborate with Program Directors on crossover client care coordination and maintain timely communication.
• Facilitate weekly group case conferences and participate in required meetings, trainings, team-building activities, and community events.
• Ensure compliance with WestCoast policies and applicable regulations from licensing boards, accrediting bodies, and funding agencies.
• Identify training needs and support staff development in service delivery, documentation, charting, record-keeping, and caseload management.
• Assist supervisees in setting and achieving professional development goals.
• Foster a collaborative, healthy team environment aligned with the team-based care model.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• CA Licensed (required), LCSW preferred
• Minimum of 3 years clinical experience post licensure expected
• Minimum of 2 years experience as a supervisor of clinical work
• Demonstrated experience working with and/or supervising work with sexually exploited, high risk and transition aged foster youth
• Demonstrated experience providing and/or supervising community-based mental health treatment
• Demonstrated clinical experience with foster care, child protective services, juvenile justice, community mental health, and/or community psychology models
• Experienced in providing psychological services to clients who have complex, multiple diagnosis histories
• Experienced in providing parent support and family therapy to adolescents and their families, particularly those involved in the juvenile justice system, foster care, group home or residential treatment settings.

Competencies

• Knowledge of child and adolescent development, trauma, chemical dependency, dual diagnosis, domestic violence and sexually exploited minors
• Competent in working with psychological issues related to diversity, including race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, immigration, language, sexual orientation, gender, and other identity variables.
• Collaboration and team functioning - able to work independently and collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team, able to proactively collaborate with other supervisors and program directors to ensure the best possible training for supervisees and service delivery for clients
• Efficiency and time management
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and writing skills
• Knowledge of or ability to learn Medi-Cal reimbursement procedures and billing