Clinical Supervisor (Various Programs)

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 : Clinical Supervisor - Various Programs (see descriptions below)

Classification : Regular Full Time and Part-Time options available

Location : Oakland, CA / Hybrid

Regular Work Schedule : Monday-Friday

Compensation

Salary range: $90,000-$98,000 per year (Full-Time)

Additional 10% differential for qualified Spanish-speaking candidates

WestCoast Children’s Clinic is hiring experienced Clinical Supervisors to support our EMPOWR, C-Change, Outpatient, and/or STAT programs. You will oversee, train, and evaluate pre-licensed trainees and early-career practitioners who provide community-based mental health services to at-risk youth.

Your primary responsibility is to ensure high-quality care by mentoring staff and building their clinical competencies within a multidisciplinary team framework. You will also manage compliance, ensuring all supervisees meet licensing, supervision, billing, and documentation requirements. Finally, you will partner directly with Program Directors to shape clinic policies, procedures, and training needs.

Programs:

Our clinical programs provide team-based trauma-informed care that supports youth through every phase of treatment and healing. Multidisciplinary teams collaborate closely with youth/participants, their families, and community partners to promote safety, stability, and long-term wellness.

EMPOWR (EM bracing P rogress and O pportunities , W e R ise )

This program serves transition-aged youth (ages 16–24) facing serious mental health challenges, substance use, community violence, exploitation, or system involvement. Two multidisciplinary teams share a caseload to provide coordinated, culturally relevant care that helps participants achieve mental health stability, housing security, education, employment, and community connections.

C-Change: Transforming the Lives of Sexually Exploited Youth

Designed for Bay Area youth who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation, this program utilizes a multidisciplinary team to build long-term, trusting relationships through therapy and care coordination. Staff help participants access safe housing, healthcare, and education while supporting them to build autonomy, self-advocacy, and personal safety.

Outpatient Program

The Outpatient Program serves youth (ages 2–21) and families dealing with complex trauma, including abuse, neglect, community violence, or system involvement. Using a team-based approach with shared caseloads, providers deliver collaborative, client-driven individual and family therapy, case management, and care coordination.

STAT & Project AWOL

STAT is a short-term (up to 90 days) program providing immediate stabilization, trauma screenings, and transition support for children and young adults (ages 0–21) entering foster care due to sudden family separation. Under this program, Project AWOL provides 3 to 12 months of intensive therapy, tracking support, and safety planning for Alameda County foster youth who are missing from care or facing severe placement instability.

Responsibilities:

Provide direct supervision for clinicians, including MSWs, MFTs, interns, and other mental health professionals, with in-person supervision as program needs require.

Offer consultation and support for crises and complex clinical situations, including occasional after-hours Pacific Time availability.

Review, approve, and co-sign clinical documentation to ensure compliance with WCC standards and legal/ethical requirements.

Provide regular feedback on staff performance, timeliness, caseload management, and supervision effectiveness.

Deliver direct client services as needed to address gaps in care.

Complete 90-day and annual performance evaluations for supervisees.

Collaborate with Program Directors on crossover client care coordination and maintain timely communication.

Facilitate weekly group case conferences and participate in required meetings, trainings, team-building activities, and community events.

Ensure compliance with WestCoast policies and applicable regulations from licensing boards, accrediting bodies, and funding agencies.

Identify training needs and support staff development in service delivery, documentation, charting, record-keeping, and caseload management.

Assist supervisees in setting and achieving professional development goals.

Foster a collaborative, healthy team environment aligned with the team-based care model.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

CA Licensed (required), LCSW preferred

Minimum of 3 years clinical experience post licensure expected

Minimum of 2 years 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

Experienced in providing psychological services to clients who have complex, multiple

diagnosis histories

Experienced in 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

Competent in working with psychological issues related to diversity, including race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, immigration, language, sexual orientation, gender, and other identity variables.

Collaboration and team functioning - able to work independently and collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team, able to proactively collaborate with other supervisors and program directors to ensure the best possible training for supervisees and service delivery for clients

Efficiency and time management

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 Staff Affinity Groups such as Staff of Color, LGBTQ+, Equity and Inclusion, Health and Wellness, and more!

-Make a difference for the Bay Area’s most vulnerable populations: We serve hundreds of vulnerable kids and their families each year to create positive changes in their lives!

-Access a growth-oriented learning community: As a Joint Commission Accredited agency, we are dedicated to providing the highest standard of care, and offer extensive clinical trainings and seminars led by field experts.

We also offer:

Employer-paid medical and a variety of different plans (base plan, Kaiser HMO), dental, vision, life insurance, and long-term disability coverage for full-time employees. 50% paid coverage for dependent medical and dental.

Medical and Dependent Care FSA and commuter plans

Employer-paid life insurance long-term disability insurance

403(b) and ROTH retirement plan options, employer contribution targeted at 7.5% after first year of employment

Annual incentive compensation (10%)

Three weeks PTO during the first year of employment (for full time employees), 4+ weeks PTO with additional years of service

12 paid holidays plus one paid floating holiday per year

4 paid self-care days per year

Wellness stipend ($100.00 per month)

Professional development stipend and CEUs for trainings

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.