Clinical Director of Behavioral Health

Clinical Director
Santa Cruz, CA
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Location:

Onsite – Santa Cruz, CA
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Schedule:

Full-Time - Exempt
💼 Department:
Crisis Stabilization Unit
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Reports to:

Associate Core Division Director
💰 Pay Range: $120,000 - $135,000/ Per Year

Sign On Bonus of $5,000- $10,000!

Aspiranet, a leading California-based nonprofit dedicated to supporting children, youth, and families, is seeking a dedicated and detail-oriented Clinical Director to lead our Crisis Stabilization Unit in Santa Cruz. If you are a licensed mental health professional with a passion for clinical excellence, staff development, and evidence-based care, this is your opportunity to make a profound impact. In this pivotal role, you’ll provide clinical supervision, guide program operations, and ensure the highest standards of behavioral health services for youth and families in crisis.

Join a mission-driven team where your leadership will help shape brighter futures across our community.

Aspiranet is a mission-driven social services agency with a proud legacy of supporting California communities since 1975. We are committed to ensuring that every child is loved, every family is supported, and every individual has the tools to succeed.

Our services span the state and are delivered through six dedicated divisions:
Foster Care and Adoption, providing support for children and families throughout the foster and adoption journey;
Transitional Aged Youth (TAY), offering programs that guide young adults as they transition from foster care to independent living;
Residential, delivering therapeutic care in structured, supportive environments to help youth thrive;
Intensive Home-Based Services, focused on meeting individualized needs within the home, school, and community;
Behavioral Health, delivering short-term, intensive mental health services for youth at risk; and Family and Community, emphasizing early intervention and family-strengthening supports.

At Aspiranet, every role contributes to something greater—helping to create a future where opportunity, hope, and healing are within everyone’s reach.

The Clinical Director is responsible for the leadership, oversight, and continuous improvement of behavioral health programs at the designated location. This role integrates clinical supervision, program operations, and quality assurance to ensure services are delivered in alignment with evidence-based practices, regulatory standards, and agency policies.

• Provide group clinical supervision to program staff
• Provide individual clinical supervision to program staff
• Provide training to program staff within clinical supervision
• Communicate on a regular basis with program management about staff's performance.
• Immediately notify management of high risk situations.
• Provide input regarding staff's performance evaluations.
• Provide clinical direction that is in alignment with agency practice standards.
• Provide clinical supervision in compliance with the BBS.
• Complete required written and/or verbal reports.
• Develop and maintain positive working relationship with staff and program management.
• Represent self and Agency in a professional manner.
• Maintain appropriate professional boundaries with staff and program management.
• Complete own administrative paperwork (time sheets, mileage, time off requests, phone bills & other expense reimbursements, weekly schedule, etc.) on time.
• Demonstrate sensitivity and responsiveness to cultural differences.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

• California Licensed Marriage Family Therapist or Licensed Clinical Social Worker
• Meets the BBS qualifications to provide clinical supervision
• Ability to develop and provide training
• Ability to supervise to evidence based practices utilized by the agency (must be trained in the EB practices)
• Two years experience providing clinical supervision to staff in the field of family or child mental health or related field.

On-site role in Santa Cruz, CA.

• Competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits package, and a 403(b) retirement plan with employer matching.
• Access to the free Aspiranet…