Clinical Director

Description

Cumberland Youth & Family Services works to keep children safe, preserve families, empower young adults, and provide behavioral health support that strengthens our communities. We serve youth in foster care, young adults transitioning from care, biological and foster families, single-parent families, and community members. We believe trauma does not define a person’s future and that healing happens through safety, connection, choice, and consistent support.

Position Summary:

The Clinical Director provides agency-wide leadership, oversight, and continuous improvement of trauma-informed clinical services across all programs. The Clinical Director is responsible for the development, implementation, maintenance and evaluation of the clinical aspects of all agency programs and supervises staff therapists and other clinical staff, contractors or interns as assigned.

The Clinical Director collaborates with various program directors, case managers and therapists to ensure that the clinical goals of the departments are achieved. The Clinical Director ensures that Cumberland residents, foster families and community clients are receiving quality therapeutic services through programmatic components and direct services by the therapist staff.

The Clinical Director will meet the applicable licensing and contract requirements and job duties for the Treatment Director as defined in the HHSC Minimum Standards for a General Residential Operations and a Child Placing Agency for the treatment services program.

This position is responsible for maintaining the standards of Texas Child Centered Care (T3C), Basic Foster Family Home Support Services, Mental and Behavioral Health Support Services, and Kinship Caregiver Support Services.

Key Expectations/Responsibilities:

Clinical Strategy, Treatment Quality & Program Integration

• Lead the design, implementation, evaluation, and refinement of clinical services that meet the needs of children, adolescents, young adults, and families impacted by trauma.
• Ensure consistent, appropriate use of trauma-informed care, Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI), play therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT), and other agency-approved evidence-based interventions within staff qualifications and training.
• Collaborate with program directors, case managers, caregivers, and Care Team to integrate therapeutic goals into individualized plans of service and ensure timely access to indicated services.
• Provide clinical consultation on complex cases, safety concerns, behavioral support plans, placement referrals, placement stability, and permanency or reunification planning.
• Oversee clinical components of treatment services and support development of community-based counseling and services within residential and independent living programs.
• Maintain the standards required for Texas Child Centered Care (T3C) for Basic Foster Family Home Support Services, Mental and Behavioral Health Support Services, and Kinship Caregiver Support Services.

Clinical Supervision, Coaching & Team Leadership

• Supervise, coach, evaluate, and support staff therapists and other assigned clinical personnel; coordinate oversight of contract clinicians and counseling interns.
• Ensure clinical supervision arrangements comply with the supervisor’s license, board rules, and any applicable credentialing requirements.
• Provide regular case consultation, clinical feedback, and professional development focused on sound judgment, ethical practice, trauma-informed engagement, and culturally responsive care.
• Train and coach program staff in trauma-informed principles and practical interventions, including TBRI connection, empowerment, and correction strategies.
• Partner with program leadership to identify staffing, training, and clinical capacity needs and to foster a collaborative, accountable team culture.

Compliance, Documentation & Risk Management

• Perform the duties assigned to the Treatment Director under applicable HHSC General Residential Operations and Child Placing Agency minimum standards, contracts, and agency policies.
• Oversee quality and timeliness of intake assessments, therapy documentation, Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS 3.0) assessments, safety plans, behavior plans, and related clinical records.
• Ensure CANS findings guide service planning, treatment decisions, and reassessment of strengths and needs.
• Monitor implementation and documentation of Continued Stay Guidelines and related policies.
• Establish processes for clinical chart review, corrective action, risk escalation, and preparation for monitoring, licensing, and contract reviews.
• Oversee clinician credentialing and ensure therapy billing information is accurate, complete, and submitted on time.

Outcomes, Operations & Community Partnerships

• Establish and monitor clinical performance indicators aligned with agency priorities, including access to care, timely documentation, service delivery, treatment progress, and client or placement stability.
• Track and communicate clinical outcomes, trends, quality concerns, and improvement actions to the Chief Programs Officer and relevant program leaders.
• Help set and meet approved caseload, billable-session, and budget expectations while maintaining clinical appropriateness and service quality.
• Contribute to clinical policies, procedures, program design, and continuous quality improvement initiatives.
• Build relationships with external mental health providers, child welfare partners, CPS, and community resources to coordinate services beyond the agency’s capacity.

Requirements

Qualifications

• Independent clinical license (LPC-S, LPC, LCSW)
• LPC-S or LCSW-S preferred and required within six months of employment
• 3-years of experience providing treatment services for children with an emotional disorder
• Experience with youth in foster care preferred
• Experience in a residential setting preferred
• Supervision of agency therapists, and other clinical staff and interns as assigned

Working Conditions/Physical Requirements:

• Position includes exposure to parents, foster parents, guardians, and conservators as well as to youth with behavioral problems, including possible verbal or physical aggression.
• The employee is regularly required to speak or hear, may bend, stoop, reach and grasp as necessary.
• May lift and carry up to 10 pounds frequently, up to 25 pounds occasionally, up to 40 pounds infrequently.
• Performs tasks that may involve standing or walking 25% of the day; sitting 75% of the day.
• Physically perform moderate physical activity including: Stepping backward Grasping Bending at the waist and knees Twisting at the waist Side-stepping Have the ability to shifting direction quickly-180 degrees Must be able to do a reverse lunge Lower 30-50 pounds to the ground Get up and down from the floor