Lead Clinician (Long Term Foster Care)

The Village Family Services; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The Village Family Services in Los Angeles seeks a Lead Clinician to oversee trauma-informed clinical services, supervise clinicians, and coordinate weekly psychotherapy and assessments across home, school, and office settings.

Requirements include a Master’s or Doctorate in psychology, social work, or related field, supervisory experience and licensure in the state, and bilingual English/Spanish with the ability to read and interpret complex documents.

Qualifications

• Master's or Doctorate in psychology, social work, counseling, or related field.
• Must have supervisory experience and be licensed to practice in the state.
• Bilingual English/Spanish; ability to read, analyze, and interpret complex documents.

Responsibilities

• Oversee clinicians providing trauma-informed weekly individual psychotherapy and group psychotherapy.
• Coordinate clinical services and oversee assessments and safety plans.
• Train new clinicians and supervise staff; participate in staff and stakeholders meetings.
• Ensure compliance with Federal, State, and County regulations and agency policies.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Bilingual English/Spanish

Education

Master's or Doctorate

Job description

The Village Family Services is a bilingual, community-based nonprofit serving children, youth, and families across Los Angeles County. Founded in 1997, the organization focuses on protecting children from abuse, preserving families, and strengthening community safety. Services include culturally responsive foster care and adoption, outpatient mental health and wraparound support, and housing and stabilization for youth experiencing homelessness. The agency uses a trauma-informed, strengths-based approach rooted in the lived experiences of the communities it serves and supported more than 2,600 children, youth, and families in Fiscal Year 2024–2025. The Village Family Services envisions a community where children, youth, and families are safe, supported, and free from abuse, neglect, and instability.

Position Description

The Lead Clinician must adhere and apply to agency policiesand procedures, code of ethics, Federal regulations, State mandates, the Flores Settlement Agreement, Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, Perez-Olano Settlement Agreement, and the Violence against Women Reauthorization.

The Lead Clinician coordinates clinical services, trains new clinicians, and supervises clinical staff. Lead Clinician will also be responsible for overseeing the clinicians providing trauma- informed weekly individual psychotherapy and group psychotherapy as well as their completion of Assessments. Lead Clinician will participate in weekly staff meetings, ongoing trainings, and stakeholders meeting.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Master's or doctorate degree in psychology, social work, counseling, marriage and family counseling, or another relevant behavioral health discipline from an accredited program, university, or college where clinical experience is a program requirement and includes 2 years of post-graduate direct service delivery experience.
• Must have supervisory experience and be licensed s to provide clinical services in the state where the care provider is located.
• Bilingual English/Spanish, ability to read, analyze, and interpret the most complex documents.

VACCINATIONS REQUIRED: Be able to show proof of immunization or immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases transmitted by the respiratory route, including:

• Varicella: two doses of varicella vaccine (at least four weeks apart) OR born in the United States before 1980 with a reported history of chickenpox (verified by an adult present at the time of illness) OR titers indicating varicella immunity OR documentation from a healthcare provider verifying previous infection.
• MMR: two doses of MMR vaccine (at least four weeks apart) OR titers indicating immunity to all three diseases.
• Influenza: one dose annually during flu season.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• The Lead Clinician will be available to clinicians and resource parents 24 hours a day, seven days a week in case of any incident or emergency
• The Lead Clinician is responsible to monitor the safety, well-being, and protection of Children.
• Prepare and submit management reports to program staff, local representatives, and other stakeholders as approved by the Program Director.
• Conduct monthly supervision meetings with all supervisees and maintain an ongoing record of the outcomes of the meetings conducted.
• Coordinates clinical services, trains new clinicians, and supervises clinical staff.
• Ensure that clinicians are providing comprehensive services, trauma-informed individual psychotherapy and group psychotherapy on a weekly basis, and collateral services as needed in the home (in case of a crisis), school and/or office environment.
• Ensure clinicians are completing the assessment, Assessment for Risk, case review, individual Service Plan, Serious Incident Report, Behavioral Plan, Safety Plan (when applicable), and weekly case notes on a timely basis.
• Oversee the support clinicians provide resource parents with behavioral goals and the support to sponsors when needed.
• Conduct and/or participate in weekly staff meetings, ongoing trainings and stakeholders’ meetings.
• Oversee the Initial Mental Health Assessment, in the Trafficking Addendum (if applicable), Clinical Safety Plan (if applicable), Individual Service Plan and Serious Incident Reports (SIR) (if applicable).
• Lead Clinician will oversee collaborations with resource parents, sponsors, case coordinator, FFS, case worker, teachers, medical doctors, psychiatrist, law enforcement, probation department and case managers for an interdisciplinary team approach.
• Lead Clinician will participate in identifying victims of trafficking attending to the Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) and complete a Trafficking Addendum (if applicable).
• Maintain Confidentiality guidelines and the State regulations and the safety of clients.
• Ensure clinicians provide resources of Mental Health services in the area of residence of the Sponsor to support an appropriate transition for client in case of a straight release.
• Oversee clinicians providing Mental Health crisis intervention (if needed) and resources for caregivers in case of an emergency.
• Ensure programs comply with all Federal, State, and County regulations.
• Oversee the clinicians completed paperwork (Notes, Assessments, SIR’s (if applicable) and discharge documentation meet required deadlines.
• Must provide child-facing services on site Performs other duties as assigned.