Trauma-Informed Clinical Director - Youth Residential Care
Listed on 2026-10-05
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Healthcare
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Description
Baltimore, MD.
Description
Nexus Family Healing is seeking an experienced Clinical Director to lead trauma-informed clinical services within our residential treatment program serving youth and adolescents with complex behavioral health needs in Baltimore, MD.
Nexus Family Healing is located on a historic site in the heart of Baltimore, Maryland, that has been helping kids in need for over 200 years, originally as an orphanage in the early 1800s. In 2012, Nexus Family Healing affiliated with this location, bringing our innovative trauma-informed practices to the youth of Baltimore. This location includes programs for youth and teens with emotional, behavioral and mental health or sexually problematic behaviors, a diagnostic center, a vocational program, a school and treatment foster care for ages 0-21.
At Nexus Family Healing, we embrace diversity, promote equity, and foster inclusion. As a national mental health organization, we serve a diverse group of youth and families, and we strive for our workforce to support and represent that diversity.
Schedule/Location/Pay:
Salary Range - $105,000 - $115,000
Full Time - On-site opportunity (1301 Woodbourne Ave, Baltimore, MD)
Nexus’ Comprehensive Benefits Include
- Paid Time Off
- Seven Paid Holidays
- Spring, Summer, Winter Breaks
- Multiple options for health insurance coverage
- No-cost life insurance
- Short/long-term disability insurance
- 401k match
- NEW – Talkspace Therapy Benefit for the whole family
- NEW – Hinge Health Benefit for the whole family
- NEW – Carrot Fertility Benefit
- Tuition assistance and training opportunities
- Advancement pathways and internal promotion
- And much more!
Primary Responsibilities
Program Management & Administration
- Provides program management and administration onsite and within the organization through a trauma-informed care lens.
- Develops, grows, and drives clinical programs and programming consistent with Trauma-Informed clinical best practice, community needs and organization directives.
- Initiates, identifies, and analyzes potential or current problems or risk factors at the agency and generates alternative sound decisions.
- Maintains responsibility for development and monitoring of admission and discharge criteria.
- Provide strategic oversight of clinical operations, including budget management, program policies, referrals, admissions, discharges, and quality assurance initiatives.
- Ensure compliance and program excellence by maintaining current policies and procedures, implementing Nexus treatment philosophies, and meeting all regulatory and safety requirements.
- Lead and develop clinical staff through recruitment, performance evaluation, coaching, training, and ongoing professional development.
- Foster a safe and supportive treatment environment by resolving conflicts, partnering with youth and families, and promoting physical and emotional safety across all program settings.
- Maintain professional and therapeutic standards by establishing appropriate boundaries with clients and families and using strengths-based, respectful communication.
- Ensure compliance and accurate documentation by adhering to licensing requirements, incident reporting procedures, and organizational policies and standards.
- Support client care and team collaboration through active participation in staff meetings, advocacy for client needs, crisis…
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