POSITION: Clinical Supervisor

REPORTS TO: Deputy Chief Program Officer - Health

STATUS: Full-Time, Regular, Exempt

COMPENSATION: $95,000 - $100,000 annually; $2,500 Sign-on Bonus Post 90 Days of Hire

BENEFITS: Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance; Employee Assistance Program; 403(b) Retirement Plan; Paid Holidays, Sick, Vacation, and Flexible Work Schedule

LOCATION: Sacramento, CA (this position is eligible for part-time remote work)

JOB SUMMARY:

The Clinical Supervisor is responsible for providing both individual and group clinical supervision to Master’s level counseling student interns. In collaboration with the CPO and DCPO, the Clinical Supervisor will develop the Center’s new clinical training program for Master’s level counseling and social work students. This program will train student clinicians to become affirming, inclusive providers for the LGBTQ+ community. This program will provide free therapeutic counseling for LGBTQ+ youth 13-24 and adults, with the expressed goals of suicide prevention, increased sense of belonging and positive mental health outcomes. The Clinical Supervisor will assist with the day-to-day operations of the Mental Health Department, which include tasks such as relationship building with universities, growing contracts between the Center and clinical student programs, recruiting clinical students, provide mental health subject-specific training, grant reporting, and other administrative duties related to mental health programming. The Clinical Supervisor also ensures that clinical supervision and documentation are reviewed and completed within the Center's standards and professional guidelines and works with universities to ensure compliance with learning contracts and documentation. The Clinical Supervisor will also provide crisis intervention and counseling services.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1.     Develop and implement the Center’s new student clinical training program.

2.     Provide weekly individual and group clinical supervision, ensuring compliance and quality affirming care.

3.     Provide crisis counseling and therapeutic services as needed.

Develop and implement the Center’s new student clinical training program:

1.     Build relationships with university clinical programs, grow collaborative clinical counseling university contracts and ensure compliance with university requirements.

2.     Recruit Master’s level clinical students who are motivated to serve the LGBTQ+ community, including youth ages 13-24, and passionate about becoming inclusive and affirming clinicians.

3.     Review and complete necessary university clinical supervisor training and documentation to become an approved clinical site for students.

4.     Maintain licensure in good standing and ensure compliance with BBS guidelines for providing clinical supervision.

Provide weekly individual and group clinical supervision, ensuring compliance and quality affirming care:

1.     Provide clinical supervision of master’s level trainees/interns, both individual and group

2.     Provide ongoing training for students to increase clinical learning with trauma-informed, inclusive and culturally responsive therapeutic modalities and provision of affirming therapeutic techniques and services.

3.     Review and complete client and university documentation within the Center’s and professional/BBS guidelines.

4.     Assist with day-to-day mental health department operations and administrative duties, including grant reporting, and counselor compliance with policies and protocols.

5.     Provide onboarding, training, and consultation to staff and student interns/trainees.

6.     Assist with the university partnership agreements and the recruitment of new counseling interns/trainees.

7.     Provide support, guidance, and training to agency staff and students as needed.

8.     Represent the agency in a professional manner with universities and community partners.

9.     Submit timesheets and university documentation, including student learning contracts, in a timely manner, per agency and university requirements.

10.  Provide coverage for Mental Health Program Manager duties, as needed.

11.  Other duties as assigned.

Provide crisis counseling and therapeutic services:

1.     Provide culturally responsive, trauma-informed, inclusive and affirming crisis intervention and counseling services, both walk-in and ongoing counseling.

2.     Complete client documentation per agency and BBS guidelines.

3.     Maintain strict client confidentiality and suspected child abuse and elder abuse reporting requirements.

4.     Provide suicide risk assessments, and appropriate linkage to crisis and ongoing resources.

General Duties:

1.     Functions as a strategic member of the Center team, ensuring mission driven services and programming.

2.     Facilitate or participate in staff meetings, planning meetings, and other meetings as required

3.     Highly collaborative with staff and leaders within the organization, and with universities and community partners.

4.     Available for clinical consultation with students and staff.

5.     Manage a variety of tasks in developing and managing the clinical training program for master’s level counseling and social work students and other related duties, as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

1.     Experience working with the LGBTQ+ community and familiarity with issues of particular relevance to LGBTQ+ people, especially transgender individuals and their families.

2.     LCSW or LMFT, with a minimum of 3-5 years of Clinical Supervisor experience required, post licensing.

3.     Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.

4.     Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with people of diverse races, ethnicities, nationalities, sexual orientations, gender identities, socio-economic backgrounds, religions, ages, English-speaking abilities, immigration status, and physical abilities in an intersectional environment.

5.     Availability: Center business hours, with some flexibility to include evening and weekend hours to meet the needs of the program.

6.     Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

REQUIREMENTS:

1.     Passion for the Center’s mission and work to create a region where LGBTQ people thrive, and a commitment to follow all policies and procedures of the organization. 

2.     Knowledge and understanding of the issues, needs, and interests of 2S/LGBTQIA+ individuals, including a comprehensive understanding of the intersections of race, gender, gender identities, and sexual orientation.

3.     Experience working with queer and transgender Black, Indigenous, and other persons of color experiencing homelessness, undocumented community members and asylum seekers, people living with HIV/AIDS, people with mental health and addiction issues, non-native English speakers, having modeled a client-centered approach is critical.

4.     Education and Licensure: LCSW or LMFT with 3+ years of post-Licensure required; Completion of BBS requirements for supervising ASWs, AMFT’s and APCCs is required.

5.     Current BBS Registration and active certificate of insurance for professional liability is required.

6.     Experience: A minimum of 3-5 years of clinical supervision experience is required.

7.     Computer/Office Equipment Skills: Superior proficiency working with Microsoft Office, particularly Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneDrive, Teams, and database systems.

8.     Access to reliable automobile transportation with a valid driver’s license and proof of insurance is required. Travel by automobile throughout the Sacramento area will be required.

9.     Physical Demands:  The person in this position may be required to sit or stand for extended periods, maneuver in tight storage space, move objects up to 25 pounds, ascend/descend stairs, operate office equipment, open and close filing cabinets and boxes, observe visitors, and communicate messages by telephone.

10.  Offers of employment may be contingent on satisfactory results of a criminal history background check.

11.  Employees must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

12.  The Sacramento LGBT Community Center is a drug-free workplace; employees may be subject to a drug test.

13.  Vaccination Requirement: All employees are required to be vaccinated for COVID-19 and are encouraged to stay up to date annually or obtain an approved medical or religious exemption. Documentation will be required before your first day of work.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION:

The Sacramento LGBT Community Center works to create a region where all LGBTQ+ people can thrive.  We support health and wellness, advocate for equity and justice, and work to uplift a diverse and culturally rich LGBTQ+ community.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY:

The Sacramento LGBT Community Center is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All individuals, including those of color, women, persons with disabilities, and persons who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex are encouraged to apply. The Center maintains a policy of non-discrimination with respect to employees, volunteers, interns, and applicants. No aspect of employment will be influenced in any matter by actual or perceived race, color, religion, religious creed, ancestry, sex, age, national origin, marital status, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, physical or mental disability (including HIV or AIDS), medical/mental condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by statute; nor as to any individuals associating with an individual of any legally protected class.

TO APPLY:

Please submit application materials through our career portal at saccenter.org/careers. No phone calls please. Posting will remain up until position is filled.