Director, Clinical Behavioral Health & Wellness Initiatives

Divine Truth Unity Fellowship Church • Inland Empire, CA

9d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Clinical Director provides strategic leadership, clinical oversight, and programmatic direction for RPYA’s Behavioral Health and Wellness Services programs. This role is responsible for ensuring the delivery of trauma-informed, culturally responsive, LGBTQ+ affirming behavioral health services that support the emotional wellness, safety, stability, and resilience of LGBTQ+ youth and young adults. The Clinical Director oversees clinical operations, supervises behavioral health staff and interns, supports crisis response and care coordination efforts, and helps ensure compliance with applicable ethical, legal, confidentiality, documentation, and mandated reporting standards. Working collaboratively with Wellness Center leadership, Outreach staff, Program staff, and community partners, the Clinical Director provides oversight and strategic direction for RPYA’s Wellness Center operations and integrated behavioral health programming. This role directly supports and supervises Wellness Center leadership while helping develop coordinated systems of care that address behavioral health needs, crisis intervention, suicide prevention, family conflict, trauma, housing instability, substance use concerns, and barriers to care. This role also supports organizational development through policy implementation, clinical training, case consultation, program evaluation, partnership development, and the strengthening of trauma-informed and restorative practices across RPYA programs. RPYA is seeking a clinically grounded, collaborative, and mission-driven leader with experience supporting LGBTQ+ youth and communities impacted by trauma, mental health challenges, family rejection, housing instability, substance use, discrimination, and systemic barriers.

Requirements

• Active California clinical licensure in good standing required, including one of the following: Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC), Psychologist (PhD or PsyD)
• Minimum of 3–5 years of experience providing behavioral health services, counseling, crisis intervention, or clinical case management.
• Minimum of 2 years of supervisory, leadership, or program oversight experience.
• Experience working with LGBTQ+ youth, young adults, or communities impacted by trauma, housing instability, family rejection, discrimination, behavioral health challenges, or systemic barriers.
• Strong knowledge of trauma-informed care, suicide prevention, crisis intervention, mandated reporting, de-escalation, and youth behavioral health practices.
• Knowledge of ethical and legal standards related to behavioral health practice and clinical documentation.
• Ability to maintain professional boundaries, confidentiality, and sound clinical judgment.
• Strong leadership, communication, collaboration, and conflict resolution skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary and community-based team.
• Strong documentation, organizational, and follow-through skills.
• Ability to support youth and staff during emotionally intense or crisis-related situations.
• Valid California driver’s license, reliable transportation, and proof of insurance may be required depending on assignment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supervising associate clinicians, trainees, interns, or multidisciplinary behavioral health teams.
• Experience in nonprofit, community mental health, youth services, school-based care, crisis services, or LGBTQ+ affirming care environments.
• Experience working within Medi-Cal, grant-funded, public health, or county behavioral health systems.
• Familiarity with restorative justice, harm reduction, trauma recovery, and youth development principles.
• Experience supporting organizational policy development, clinical operations, or program evaluation.
• Experience providing training and staff development related to behavioral health and trauma-informed care.
• Familiarity with Inland Empire behavioral health, youth-serving, housing, and community support systems.
• Experience using EHR systems, case management platforms, or behavioral health documentation systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical oversight and leadership for RPYA’s behavioral health and wellness
• Supervise licensed and unlicensed clinical staff, interns, contractors, and designated behavioral health personnel.
• Support development and implementation of trauma-informed, youth-centered, restorative, and culturally responsive clinical practices.
• Ensure clinical services align with RPYA’s mission, values, policies, grant requirements, and community care standards.
• Provide ongoing clinical consultation, case conferencing, and support to behavioral health staff.
• Assist with crisis intervention, suicide risk response, safety planning, de-escalation support, and emergency response coordination.
• Support youth stabilization efforts and coordination with outside providers, hospitals, schools, caregivers, and community agencies as appropriate.
• Maintain appropriate clinical boundaries, ethical standards, and professional oversight.
• Support behavioral health operational workflows including documentation standards, service coordination, reporting requirements, and collaboration related to billing or funding activities.
• Assist in developing, expanding, and strengthening behavioral health programming and wellness services.
• Collaborate with leadership to establish clinical goals, workflows, service standards, and program priorities.
• Support implementation and ongoing review of clinical, safety, confidentiality, crisis response, and documentation protocols.
• Participate in policy review and development related to youth wellness, crisis response, trauma-informed care, suicide prevention, accessibility, and behavioral health operations.
• Monitor service quality, client engagement, referral pathways, and continuity of care.
• Assist with program evaluation, outcome tracking, quality improvement efforts, and reporting.
• Collaborate with Operations and Wellness Center leadership to support safe and compliant service delivery.
• Provide individual and group supervision to clinical staff and interns in accordance with applicable licensure standards.
• Support onboarding, mentorship, training, and professional development of behavioral health staff.
• Assist staff in building competency related to trauma-informed care, LGBTQ+ affirming practice, crisis response, mandated reporting, suicide assessment, de-escalation, documentation, and restorative approaches.
• Promote a collaborative, accountable, and supportive team environment.
• Provide consultation and guidance to non-clinical staff supporting youth experiencing emotional distress, crisis situations, or behavioral health concerns.
• Collaborate with Outreach and Housing-focused staff to support continuity of care, crisis stabilization, and resource coordination for youth experiencing instability or barriers to care.
• Collaborate with RPYA departments to support integrated care coordination and youth engagement.
• Develop and maintain relationships with behavioral health providers, hospitals, schools, substance use providers, shelters, county systems, and community-based organizations.
• Support referral partnerships and warm handoffs to outside providers and resources.
• Participate in multidisciplinary meetings, care planning discussions, and community collaboration efforts.
• Support advocacy efforts related to youth mental health access, crisis prevention, and affirming behavioral health services.
• Ensure timely, accurate, and confidential clinical documentation.
• Maintain compliance with HIPAA, confidentiality standards, mandated reporting laws, ethical guidelines, and organizational requirements.
• Support incident review, crisis documentation, and follow-up.
• Assist with audits, grant reporting, documentation review, and quality assurance.
• Ensure secure handling of protected client information and adherence to organizational data privacy practices.
• Collaborate with organizational leadership regarding risk management concerns, safety issues, and critical incidents.
• Serve as a member of RPYA leadership and contribute to organizational planning, strategy, and culture development.
• Promote trauma-informed, restorative, and equity-centered practices across the organization.
• Support initiatives that strengthen psychological safety, staff wellness, collaboration, and inclusion.
• Represent RPYA professionally with community partners, funders, schools, and external stakeholders.
• Participate in leadership meetings, organizational initiatives, trainings, and special projects as assigned.

Benefits

• RPYA team members play an active role in strengthening community wellness, expanding access to care, supporting youth leadership, and advancing equity across the Inland Empire.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director