Clinical Supervisor - Behavioral Health - $100,000 + Benefits
About The Position
The Clinical Supervisor provides clinical leadership for a behavioral health treatment center at a well-established Alaska nonprofit. The role supervises the treatment team, maintains clinical quality standards, and carries a reduced caseload to remain engaged in direct clinical work. The supervisor collaborates closely with the treatment center’s Administrator and reports to a newly restructured clinical leadership team. The position oversees clinical supervision and quality assurance, including standards for assessments, treatment plans, documentation, and evidence-based practice. Direct services include assessment, treatment planning, and therapy for children, youth, and adults experiencing mental health and substance use disorders. The role is onsite in Southcentral Alaska; full-time and part-time arrangements are available. The organization is open to candidates relocating from the Lower 48, but does not provide relocation assistance.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in a behavioral health field, such as sociology, counseling, psychology, psychiatric nursing, addiction studies, human services, or social work.
- Appropriate Alaska licensure with supervision capabilities: LCSW, LPC, LMSW, or LBSW.
- At least two years of mental health and substance use clinical experience with children, youth, and adults.
- Eligible to enroll, or currently enrolled, as a provider in Alaska Medicaid.
- Working knowledge of evidence-based treatment for co-occurring disorders and of clinical documentation and billing standards.
- Calm, approachable presence under pressure and genuine interest in developing other clinicians.
Nice To Haves
- Experience supervising clinicians, interns, or associate-level staff.
Responsibilities
- Provide individual and group clinical supervision to the treatment team, including clinicians working toward licensure.
- Lead case consultation and treatment-planning reviews, and support staff with complex client situations, ethical questions, and crisis response.
- Model and coach strengths-based, trauma-informed, harm-reduction, and restorative approaches.
- Support clinical staff hiring, onboarding, training, and professional development in partnership with the Administrator.
- Review clinical documentation for quality, timeliness, and compliance with licensing, accreditation, and Alaska Medicaid requirements.
- Maintain fidelity to evidence-based treatment models and lead continuous improvement of clinical workflows and standards.
- Participate in quality assurance initiatives, in-service training, utilization review, and data reporting.
- Advise the treatment team on confidentiality regulations and ethical standards.
- Carry a reduced caseload, providing assessment, treatment planning, and therapy to children, youth, and adults with mental health and substance use disorders.
- Provide clinical coverage and crisis consultation as needed.
- Partner with the Administrator on scheduling, productivity, access, and day-to-day center operations.
- Coordinate with other organizational programs to support an integrated continuum of care.
Benefits
- Medical insurance with a choice of plans, including vision and hearing; the organization covers the large majority of the premium.
- Dental insurance with employer cost-sharing.
- Over four weeks of paid time off to start, increasing with tenure.
- 11 paid holidays and 2 floating holidays.
- Separate sick leave accrual.
- Flexible scheduling and a family-oriented workplace.
- Generous bereavement leave and paid jury duty leave.
- Employer-paid life and AD&D insurance.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- 401(k) with employer match after the first year.
- Professional development assistance, including tuition reimbursement, after six months.
- Paid family leave of up to eight weeks after six months.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
