Clinical Supervisor

WestCoast Children's Clinic, located in Oakland, California, is a non-profit community psychology clinic that provides mental health services to Bay Area children, youth and families. Working at WestCoast Children's Clinic means being part of an organization that is client-centered, trauma-informed, collaborative, and committed to justice and equity.

Position Details

Title: C-Change Clinical Supervisor

Classification: Part-Time Non-Exempt (Hourly), 20 hours per week

Note: Additional hours available to supervise in other WCC programs

Location: Oakland, CA / Hybrid

Regular Work Schedule: Part time - Monday, Wednesday, Friday

Compensation:

• Hourly pay range: $42.30-$44.23 per hour, based on licensure type
• Additional compensation for qualified bilingual - Spanish speaking- candidates (+10% of base salary)

C-Change: Transforming Lives of Sexually Exploited Minors

C-Change is a program dedicated to transforming the lives of sexually exploited minors. We offer comprehensive mental health services, including screening, advocacy, clinical case management, and psychotherapy, to youth at risk of or have been victims of sexual exploitation.

The Bay Area is a significant hub for child sex trafficking. In response to this critical issue, WestCoast Children's Clinic (WCC) established C-Change, an intensive mental health program designed to help these youth heal. Our staff build trusting relationships with exploited youth, providing consistent support throughout their healing journey. Through therapy, youth learn to reframe their self-perception and circumstances. Our team also connects them with vital resources such as safe housing, healthcare, and educational opportunities. With the assistance of C-Change staff, young people begin to recognize their inherent worth and learn essential self-advocacy skills.

C-Change Clinical Supervisor: Position Overview

The C-Change Clinical Supervisor is responsible for training and evaluating practitioners who provide community-based mental health services to youth who are at risk or have been identified as victims of exploitation. The ideal candidate will be proficient in supervising all aspects of service delivery using a multidisciplinary team approach, monitoring service quality, and developing staff competencies, particularly for those in training or early-career practitioners. Support practitioners in their ongoing professional development. The Clinical Supervisor is also accountable for ensuring that supervisees meet all applicable licensing, supervision, billing, and documentation requirements. This role involves collaborative work with WestCoast Program Directors to identify policy, procedure, and training needs.

Responsibilities:

• Provide direct, individual clinical supervision to both licensed and unlicensed clinical staff.
• Provide support and training to help clinicians meet WCC billable hours requirements, charting, caseload, record-keeping, documentation standards, and all other quality assurance standards.
• Collaboratively assist clinicians in identifying and monitoring progress towards their annual professional development goals.
• Ensure clinician compliance with all legal and ethical practices; co-sign progress notes, clinical forms, and correspondence for unlicensed clinicians as a legal representative of WCC.
• Complete 90-day and annual performance evaluations for clinicians.
• Offer ongoing, regular feedback and evaluation to clinicians regarding the quality and timeliness of their clinical work and caseload management.
• Solicit feedback from clinicians on the effectiveness of supervision.
• Promptly communicate any concerns about a clinician's work quality to the Program Director.
• Identify training needs and provide recommendations to the Program Director.
• Facilitate group supervision or case conferences as needed.
• Participate in WCC meetings, administrative program meetings, and required trainings.
• Adhere to supervisor requirements as stipulated by WCC policies and procedures, and the California Board of Psychology and Board of Behavioral Sciences rules and regulations.

Qualifications:

• California BBS Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) required
• Minimum of 3 years of post-licensure clinical experience.
• Minimum of 2 years of 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.
• Experience providing psychological services to clients with complex, multiple diagnoses.
• Experience 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 (Skills, Abilities & Knowledge):

• Knowledge of child and adolescent development, trauma, chemical dependency, dual diagnosis, domestic violence, and sexually exploited minors.
• Proficiency in addressing psychological issues related to race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic class.
• Collaboration and Team Functioning: Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team; proactive collaboration with other supervisors and program directors to ensure optimal training for supervisees and service delivery for clients.
• Efficiency and time management skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and writing skills.
• Knowledge of or ability to learn Medi-Cal reimbursement procedures and billing.

Why work here?

• Be part of a compassionate, driven team that is social justice-focused: We have several Staff Affinity Groups: BIPOC council, LGBTQIA+, Alianza Latine, Equity and Inclusion, and more
• Serve vulnerable kids and their families and create positive changes in their lives
• Exciting professional development opportunities for experienced clinical staff, including WCC's Supervisor in Training Program.
• As a Joint Commission-accredited agency, we provide the highest standard of care and offer extensive clinical training and seminars led by field experts. Training includes CSEC, Telehealth, Complex Trauma/Trauma-Informed Care, Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS), Supervisor in training program, and much more

Benefits:

• Medical Benefits for Employees
  • Variety of Medical plans (shared cost for part-time employees)
  • Dental and vision
  • Dependent medical, dental and vision
• Medical and Dependent Care FSA and commuter plans
• Three weeks PTO for full time employees (pro-rated for part-time employees)
• Wellness stipend
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Join us and make a difference in the lives of vulnerable children and families in the Bay Area.

WCC is passionate about leading and encouraging open conversations around race, gender, power, and privilege and how these impact community mental health. We are an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to diminishing the influence of privilege and discrimination in our field and our workplace, whether due to differences concerning age, citizenship, color, disability, marital or parental status, race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation.

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