Clinical Supervisor
Job Description
Job DescriptionSalary: $100-$120/hr
About the Organization:
DHTI is a community-based nonprofit organization locatedin Alameda County, CA,established in 2011. Our mission is to promote the health, well-being, and belonging of immigrant, refugee, and BIPOC communities by connecting them to healthcare career pathways in the U.S. and supporting immigrant and refugeemental health throughwellnessand early intervention programming and services.
Since 2019, DHTI has served as a provider of Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI) services for Alameda Countys Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) communitiesthrough our Sidra Community Wellness program. In FY 2026/27, Sidras services will transition to theSpecialty Mental Health Services (SMHS) Early Intervention (EI) model under the Behavioral Health Services Act (BHSA).
About the Opportunity:
DHTI is hiring a Clinical Supervisor (CS) to supporttheclinicalintegrityand ethicaloversightof SMHS Early Intervention services,and the well-being of staff providing services through this program.
SMHSEarlyInterventionprograms include:
- Outreach
- Access and Linkage to Care
- Early Treatment Services and Supports
Position Summary:
The CS provides clinical supervision, documentation oversight, quality assurance guidance, and support to providersfor Medi-Cal-compliant service delivery within DHTIsSMHSEIprogram serving immigrant and refugee communities, including MENA populations.
The program willrequireMedi-Cal certificationfor DHTIs office site, fee-for-service billing (Medi-Cal and Medi-Cal Administrative Activities billing),andrequisite documentation and productivity standards.
This position reports to the Community Wellness Program Manager.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to,the following:
- Provide weekly individual clinical supervision to:
- Non-licensed clinicians (registered ASW/AMFT, etc.)
- Behavioral health interns
- Non-licensed clinicians (registered ASW/AMFT, etc.)
- Facilitate weekly groupsupervisionandteam caseconsultationfor the full EI teamensuring multi-disciplinary team collaboration in the delivery of holistic early intervention SMHS requirements
- Support staff in delivering EI services including:
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- Determininglevel of care and stepped care as needed
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- Culturally responsive mental healthtreatment andsupporttreatment
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- Determiningrisk and providing crisisintervention
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- Mental Health Consultation
- Culturally responsiveindividual and group-basedsupportthrough treatment planning
- Reviewservice documentation and progress notes to meet SMHS Medi-Cal standards.
- Provide written and verbal feedback to strengthen clinical formulation, medical necessity, treatment planning, and service coding
- Assistin developing systems that align with productivity standards
- Collaborate with Program Manager to support Medi-Cal certification readiness
- Provide guidance related to:
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- Ethically sound practice
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- Evidence-based treatment approaches with diverse clients
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- BHSAEI regulations
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- Documentation compliance
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- Audit preparedness
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- Clinical quality assurance
- Participate in monthly in-person training with the team focused on SMHS service delivery, documentation,clinical skill-building, and staff care and wellbeing.
- Meet weekly with Program Managerfor case consultation, productivity monitoring, and program alignment.
- Identifylearning themes andclinical teachingand coachingmoments based on clientpresentations, role-playedscenariosand best practices
- Maintain supervision notes and generate a process forverifying experience hoursneededforlicensureofASW,AMFTinterns; intervenewithcoverageand/or ifclient safety concernsarise
Minimum Qualifications:
- Active licensure in California as an LCSW, LMFT, LPCC, or equivalent
- Minimum 2 years of post-licensure experienceproviding clinical supervisionbyan appropriatelicensingboard
- Experience providing supervision within Medi-Cal or Specialty Mental Health settings
- Experience working with immigrant, refugee, and BIPOC communities
- Demonstratedexpertise in trauma-informed, culturally responsive care
- Strong understanding of:
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- Delivering evidenced basedmental health services that are trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and linguistically appropriate
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- SMHS documentation standards
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- Medical necessity criteria
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- Medi-Cal billing compliance
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- Productivity tracking
Preferred:
- Experience supervising non-licensed or peer-based mental health staff
- Bilingual/bicultural preferred (Arabic,Farsi, or Dari)
- Familiarity withCaliforniasBehavioralHealth Services Act (BHSA) andthe local behavioralhealth system