Clinical Program Manager - Residential Services

Clinical Program Manager, Residential Services

Location: On-Site – Turlock, CA

Schedule: Full-Time | Exempt | Shift: Monday - Friday

Department: Residential Division – STRTP Program

Reports to: Program Director

Pay Range: $ – $ annually (DOE)

Are you passionate about developing others, leading with purpose, and making a meaningful difference? Join Aspiranet, a trusted nonprofit founded in 1975, with locations across California, dedicated to ensuring all children and youth are loved, supported, and given the resources they need to thrive.

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Make a Meaningful Impact

Aspiranet, a leading California-based nonprofit dedicated to supporting children, youth, and families, is seeking a compassionate and committed Clinical Lead Program Manager to join our Residential division. In this division, you’ll help create safe, structured environments where youth can heal, grow, and thrive. Our programs provide therapeutic care tailored to each individual’s needs, focusing on emotional well-being, life skills development, and relationship building.

If you’re driven to support youth on their path toward stability and empowerment, we’d be delighted to have you on our team.

📝️ Position Summary

The Program Manager is responsible for the leadership, clinical oversight, and operational management of a clinical services provided in a Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program (STRTP). This role ensures the delivery of trauma-informed, evidence-based clinical services with fidelity to approved models, compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards, effective supervision of staff, and performance within approved budgetary limits.

Why This Opportunity is Unique

• Small, intentionally designed program serving up to 19 youth, allowing for meaningful clinical oversight and impact
• Rural setting that fosters strong relationships, collaboration, and consistency of care
• Opportunity to focus on clinical quality, staff development, and program integrity
• Be part of an organization with a long-standing reputation for innovation, collaboration, and commitment to child welfare

🔍 Program Manager – Job Duties

• Provide clinical and operational leadership for a Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program (STRTP), ensuring high-quality clinical services that align with Agency policies, safety standards, regulatory requirements, The Joint Commission, the Professional Code of Ethics, and approved budgetary parameters.
• Champion trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and evidence-based practices across the program, providing hands-on clinical guidance to ensure fidelity to approved treatment models while supporting staff growth from entry-level to advanced practice.
• Serve as a clinical resource and thought partner to multidisciplinary staff, offering consultation, coaching, and skill-building support to strengthen assessment, treatment planning, intervention delivery, and crisis response.
• Lead quality assurance and continuous improvement initiatives, including review of clinical documentation, outcome data, and program indicators, using findings to inform training, supervision, and enhancements to clinical practice.
• Recruit, hire, onboard, and develop program staff, with a strong emphasis on building trauma-informed competencies, reflective practice, ethical decision-making, and confidence in working with youth with complex needs.
• Provide regular, structured individual and group supervision, integrating clinical oversight, professional development, feedback, and support to promote staff effectiveness, retention, and high-quality service delivery.
• Educate and support staff in meeting Agency, regulatory, and funder requirements, ensuring understanding and adherence to confidentiality standards, professional boundaries, documentation expectations, and clinical model fidelity.
• Oversee coordination and delivery of program services, ensuring clinical, case management, and service documentation is timely, accurate, strengths-based, and reflective of trauma-informed practice.
• Build and maintain collaborative relationships with youth, families, community partners, funders, and oversight entities, serving as a knowledgeable and approachable clinical representative of…