Clinical Supervisor

Job Description

Job Description

Overview

 

Now Hiring: Clinical Supervisor

D.A. Blodgett – St. John’s | Family Preservation Services
???? Grand Rapids, Michigan Area
???? Beginning Salary: $60,000 – $62,500
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Lead Clinicians. Strengthen Families. Make a Lasting Impact.

Are you an experienced clinician who is ready to take the next step into a leadership role?

D.A. Blodgett – St. John’s is seeking a Clinical Supervisor to provide clinical leadership, coaching, and oversight to therapists serving children, youth, and families across schools, homes, community settings, and residential programs .

This is an opportunity to combine your clinical expertise with meaningful leadership—supporting therapists in delivering high-quality, trauma-informed care while helping strengthen outcomes for the children and families we serve.

Our work is grounded in the belief that children thrive best within their families whenever safety can be maintained. Through counseling, family preservation, foster care, adoption, residential treatment, and other services, we help create safer, more supportive futures for children and families.

Why This Role Matters

As Clinical Supervisor , you'll play a key role in ensuring therapists have the guidance, resources, and support they need to do their best work. You'll help lead services addressing a wide range of behavioral health needs, including:

• Anxiety and depression
• Trauma and emotional distress
• Self-harm and safety concerns
• Aggression and behavioral challenges
• Family and relationship concerns
• Complex emotional and behavioral needs

You'll also help strengthen connections between therapists, schools, residential programs, child welfare services, community providers, and other important support systems.

What You'll DoLead & Develop Clinical Staff

• Provide ongoing clinical supervision, coaching, and reflective supervision
• Review clinical skills, performance, and professional development needs
• Conduct formal performance evaluations at three months and annually in collaboration with clinical leadership
• Identify competency gaps and provide targeted support to help clinicians succeed
• Assist with hiring and onboarding new team members
• Promote staff wellness, psychological safety, and a trauma-responsive work environment

Provide Clinical Oversight

• Ensure clinicians follow evidence-based practice models and agency clinical standards
• Review clinical documentation, reports, and correspondence for quality and compliance
• Monitor assessments and treatment plans to ensure they are comprehensive, strengths-based, trauma-informed, and responsive to each family's needs
• Monitor caseloads, outcomes, documentation, and program performance
• Participate in continuous quality improvement and case record reviews
• Support compliance with contractual, licensing, and regulatory requirements

Build Strong Community Partnerships

• Develop collaborative relationships with school personnel and Kent School Services Network partners
• Work effectively with behavioral health, medical, human service, and educational professionals
• Help strengthen coordination between school, residential, child welfare, and community-based services
• Support creative approaches that expand and improve services for children and families

Stay Connected to Clinical Work

• Maintain a clinical caseload as program needs and staffing levels require
• Provide guidance around assessment, treatment planning, crisis intervention, and family engagement
• Participate in the supervisor on-call rotation to help provide 24/7 clinical and administrative support
• Model healthy professional boundaries, flexibility, and sustainable work practices

What We're Looking ForMinimum Qualifications

• Master's degree in Social Work or a related field
• Current Michigan clinical license such as LMSW, LPC, or LMFT
• Strong knowledge of common diagnoses and treatment approaches for school-aged children
• Experience with individual and/or group counseling, family assessment, interviewing, and crisis intervention
• Ability to supervise, develop, and motivate clinical professionals
• Strong understanding of child development and child management
• Ability to work effectively with schools, behavioral health providers, human service agencies, and medical professionals
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Valid driver's license, good driving record, adequate insurance, and reliable access to a vehicle

Experience That Will Set You Apart

• Clinical supervision or team leadership experience
• School-based mental health
• Family preservation or community-based behavioral health
• Foster care or adoption services
• Experience working with children and families with complex behavioral health needs
• Experience collaborating across multiple agencies and systems of care
• Training or experience in trauma-responsive practices and culturally responsive care

The Leader We're Looking For

You don't have to have every answer—but you should be someone who can help others find them.

The ideal Clinical Supervisor is someone who:

• Leads with empathy while maintaining clear expectations and accountability
• Builds people up through coaching, feedback, and professional development
• Stays calm under pressure and approaches difficult situations constructively
• Communicates openly and respectfully with staff, families, and community partners
• Embraces creativity and innovation when traditional approaches aren't enough
• Values cultural humility and respects the diverse identities and experiences of the people we serve
• Adapts easily as program needs and priorities change
• Takes ownership of decisions, outcomes, and professional responsibilities
• Believes in the power of family-centered, trauma-responsive care

A Culture Built Around People

At D.A. Blodgett – St. John’s, our mission is simple:

To help children and empower families by providing safety, advocacy, and support.

Our vision is equally powerful:

A safe, nurturing home for every child. A supportive community for every family.

Our culture is built on:

• Exceptional service
• Equity, diversity, and inclusion
• Excellence and continuous learning
• Integrity and accountability
• Creativity and innovation
• Passion for our mission

We also embrace Sanctuary principles that emphasize nonviolence, emotional intelligence, social learning, open communication, growth and change, cultural humility, trauma-responsive practices, identity safety, and anti-racism.

Join a Team That Makes a Difference

If you're ready to use your clinical experience to develop other clinicians, strengthen programs, and improve outcomes for children and families , this could be the leadership opportunity you've been looking for.

At D.A. Blodgett – St. John’s, your work won't just be about supervising staff. You'll help shape the quality of care families receive and create the conditions for clinicians to thrive. Apply today and help make DABSJ stronger—together, for children and families.

 

 

D.A. Blodgett – St. John’s is an equal opportunity, at-will employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We welcome individuals with different backgrounds, perspectives, beliefs, identities, and lived experiences.