Clinical Program Manager - Santa Monica C3
The People Concern
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Job summary
The People Concern seeks a Clinical Program Manager in Santa Monica to lead the C3 Street Outreach team, ensuring high-quality, integrated care and housing connections for clients.
You will supervise staff, collaborate with City partners, and oversee administrative aspects including data and budgeting to support program goals.
Qualifications
- Masters degree in a mental health field (e.g., Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy, Psychology) and supervision hours available.
- Willingness to register with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences within one month of hire.
- Possible LPS designation and California Driver’s License with acceptable record.
Responsibilities
- Provide leadership to the multidisciplinary outreach team and ensure continuity of care with partner agencies.
- Supervise staff, provide support, and conduct annual performance evaluations.
- Lead in emergencies and crisis situations and coordinate with external psychiatry and medical providers.
- Oversee data collection, reporting, and outcomes for program evaluation.
- Assist with budget oversight and ensure program revenue/expenses align with budget.
Skills
Education
Job description
Posted Thursday, August 20, 2026 at 10:00 AM
The Santa Monica C3 Clinical Program Manager will provide leadership and oversight to the multidisciplinary C3 Street Outreach team of direct service staff and ensure that appropriate, high quality, and integrated care and services are provided to clients. This team is part of a City of Santa Monica strategy to combat homelessness. The goal of Santa Monica C3 is to identify, engage, and connect or re-connect homeless individuals to interim and/or permanent housing and supportive services. The Clinical Program Manager, in collaboration with the other Program Manager, the Assistant Director of Santa Monica Outreach and the Director of Westside Outreach, is also responsible for the efficiency of operations, coordinating services with partner agencies as needed, and fostering collaboration within the team between other departments and programs. The Clinical Program Manager will also collaborate on administrative aspects of team leadership, including data oversight and reporting of outcomes.
- Provide leadership to the multidisciplinary team, ensuring continuity of care and services between The People Concern agency resources and partnering agencies such as the City of Santa Monica, Santa Monica Police Department/Fire Department and LA County Department of Health Services.
- Provide individual and team supervision, support, and annual performance evaluations for assigned staff
- Provide guidance to staff as needed, including in emergencies and crisis situations
- Guide team in collaborating and coordinating with external providers, such as psychiatry and medical providers.
- Assist with client crisis management which includes assessment for voluntary and involuntary psychiatric hospitalizations.
- Conduct triage assessments with staff by responding to medical and mental health crisis situations, including writing LPS 5150 applications when warranted.
- Ensure that services emphasize customer choice and harm reduction.
- Be available to respond to emergency calls and situations on a 24-hour basis when needed.
- Assist in the screening, assessment, and enrollment of clients in a range of services.
- Ensure all paperwork and data collection is complete, timely, accurate, and current in agency records and electronic databases.
- Oversee documentation compliance by engaging in ongoing audits of electronic databases and chart reviews.
- Assist Program Director in budgetary oversight of program administration and ensure program revenue and expenses are within the adopted annual budget.
- Ensure adherence to funding source contracts and performance standards; prepare written reports on program activities as assigned and as required by funding sources.
- Provide training to staff on policies and procedures of the program.
- As needed, assist in the screening, assessment, and enrollment of participants including orientation to program policies resources and goals.
- Provide oversite regarding hiring and ensure Diverse and Equitable hiring practices to appropriately reflect the diversity of the population served.
- Ensure OSHA reports on completed on a monthly basis.
- Monitor that staff attend all required trainings.
- Other Duties as Assigned.
- Masters’ degree in mental health field (e.g., Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy, Psychology); supervision hours available for this position
- Ability to register with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) within one month of hire
- Willingness to become LPS (Lanterman-Petris-Short) designated
- Valid and current California Driver’s License with an acceptable driving record.
- One (1) year of experience providing direct supervision and management of staff.
- Minimum of two (2) years’ full-time experience working with the homeless, preferably those living with mental illness and/or substance addictions and medical challenges.
- Able to work in a high tolerance harm reduction model with individuals who have multiple barriers.
- Current registration and good standing with the BBS
- LPS designated
- Combination of field and office environment
- Regularly required to sit, stand, bend; occasionally lift or carry up to 35 lbs.
- On occasion walk or drive to different local sites
- Will necessitate working in busy and loud environments
- Will be exposed to elements like cold, heat, dust, noise and odor
- May need to bend, stoop, twist, and sit throughout the day
- Act as a role model
- Demonstrate a sense of responsibility
- Continuously learn and improve
- Acknowledge your own areas of improvement
- Hear and provide honest, specific and direct feedbackCreate an environment where everyone is welcomed valued and respected
The People Concern is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to non-discrimination in employment. We select the most qualified individual for the job basedon job-related qualifications regardless of race, color, age, sex, religion, national origin, disability, ancestry, marital status, credit history, sexual orientation, arrest and court record, genetic information, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, state or other applicable laws.
The People Concern empowers the most vulnerable among us to rebuild their lives. One of Los Angeles County’s largest social services agencies, The People Concern was formed in 2016 in a merger of two trusted social service organizations based in Los Angeles County, OPCC and Lamp Community. Informed by more than fifty-eight years of work in the community, The People Concern is a leading provider of, and advocate for, evidence-based solutions to the multi-faceted challenges inherent in homelessness and domestic violence.
With compassion and profound respect for those we serve, we provide a fully integrated system of care – including outreach, interim housing, mental and medical health care, substance abuse services, domestic violence services, life skills & wellness programs, and permanent supportive housing – tailored to the unique needs of homeless individuals, survivors of domestic violence, challenged youth, and others who have nowhere else to turn.
The People Concern’s model of integrated and comprehensive care empowers our participants to navigate the multi-faceted obstacles in their lives, become their best selves, and ultimately, connect with and contribute to their communities.
- Medical Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Retirement Planning (403b) & Matching
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Vacation Days
- Paid Sick Days
- Employee Assistance Plans (EAP)
- TELUS Health
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Basic Life / Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D)
- Voluntary Short- and Long-Term Disability
- Voluntary Pet Insurance
- Corporate Discounts: Discounts on Hotels, Theme Parks, Concerts, Movies, Restaurants & More
- The People Concern University & Certificates
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