Program Director

Wayfinder Family Services•Sacramento, CA

12d•$120,000 - $130,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Program Director provides overall leadership for Wayfinder Family Services’ ATLAS program, an integrated children’s specialty mental health services program under contract with Sacramento County Behavioral Health Services. ATLAS connects Sacramento County children, youth, and families with community outreach, early intervention, outpatient mental health, and Therapeutic Behavioral Services. The Director is accountable for program performance, clinical quality, service outcomes, fiscal performance, and County contract compliance across all four service components. The role oversees compliance with applicable contract, regulatory, Medi-Cal, County, documentation, beneficiary-rights, confidentiality, licensing, and credentialing requirements. It ensures that services and activities are correctly classified across funding streams, monitors County and DHCS communications, and leads responses to monitoring, audits, and corrective action plans. The Director is also accountable for the program’s year-one implementation milestones, recruitment and retention, budget oversight, and crisis response. The role participates in a shared 24/7 on-call rotation with Clinical Program Managers. The position is based at the North Sacramento Office in Sacramento, California, is full-time, and involves up to 25% travel. The stated salary range is $120,000–$130,000 per year.

Requirements

Master’s degree in social work, marriage and family therapy, counseling, psychology, or a closely related field.
Current California Licensed Practitioner of the Healing Arts license, specifically LCSW or LMFT, in good standing with the Board of Behavioral Sciences.
At least five years of progressively responsible behavioral health program leadership experience, including three years supervising supervisors.
Demonstrated experience administering Medi-Cal specialty mental health services for children and youth, including EPSDT medical necessity, documentation, and utilization requirements.
Demonstrated experience leading program startup, expansion, or implementation to a defined schedule of contractual milestones.
Experience implementing and sustaining evidence-based practices with fidelity monitoring.
Experience with electronic health records in a behavioral health setting.
Valid California driver license, at least three years of good driving history, and approval by the agency’s insurance carrier to drive agency vehicles.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual in English and Spanish, or another language prevalent in ATLAS priority ZIP code communities.
Direct experience with PCIT or comparable manualized models.
SmartCare experience.

Responsibilities

Provide overall leadership for the ATLAS program and accountability for performance, clinical quality, service outcomes, fiscal performance, and County contract compliance across its four service components.
Maintain ATLAS operations in compliance with the Sacramento County Behavioral Health Services contract and applicable federal, state, County, and Mental Health Plan requirements.
Ensure service activities are correctly classified across Medi-Cal SMHS under EPSDT, BHSA Early Intervention, MH-MAA, BH-CONNECT CHW services, and County-allocated BHSA-funded Flexible Stabilization Supports; verify non-duplication and non-supplantation and maintain SmartCare as the system of record for funding stream classification.
Monitor County and DHCS communications, including BHINs and County policy issuances, and update service delivery and documentation practices as directed.
Lead the program’s response to County monitoring, audits, and corrective action plans in partnership with the Quality Assurance Specialist and Wayfinder’s Quality, Risk, and Performance Improvement division.
Hold accountability for the year-one implementation schedule, including staffing, certification, evidence-based practice launch, and service activation milestones established in the County contract.
Lead recruitment and retention strategy, with attention to cultural, racial, ethnic, and linguistic alignment with the communities served in priority ZIP codes; support bilingual Spanish capacity and prioritize candidates with lived experience from those communities.
Develop, oversee, and maintain the program budget in coordination with the Vice President of Finance.
Provide crisis response leadership and escalation authority for complex clinical, safety, and operational situations.
Participate in the shared 24/7 on-call rotation with the Clinical Program Managers.
Perform other duties as necessary or directed.