Social Worker Program Supervisor
Location: On-Site – Turlock, CA
Schedule: Full-Time Exempt
Department: Residential Division – STRTP Program
Reports to: Director
Pay Range: $83,600
Shift: Monday to Friday from 8 AM to 5 PM; OnCall
The salary range for this position is $83,600 per year for employees hired in the Central Valley, CA. The pay range provided in this job posting represents the typical range or starting rate of candidates hired within the Central Valley region. Candidates hired in Southern California or Bay Area locations may have higher starting salaries due to cost of living and market data differences. Factors that may be used to determine your actual starting salary may include your education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, the market data for your work location, and internal comparison to other employees who hold a similar role.
Why Aspiranet?
Founded in 1975, Aspiranet is a mission-driven social services agency with locations across California. Our six divisions Foster Care & Adoption, Transitional Aged Youth, Residential, Intensive Home-Based Services, Behavioral Health, and Family & Community provide holistic supports for children, families, and communities. Every role contributes to something greater: building brighter futures where opportunity, hope, and healing are within everyone’s reach.
Position Summary
Aspiranet is seeking an experienced, trauma-informed leader to serve as a Social Work Program Supervisor within our Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program (STRTP).
The Social Work Program Supervisor provides leadership, consultation, and oversight to Program Social Workers serving youth across multiple residential cottages. This position supports consistent, high-quality social work practice and ensures that assessments, case planning, family engagement, documentation, care coordination, and transition planning meet the individualized needs of each youth.
The ideal candidate is an experienced social services professional who can coach and develop staff, collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams, and balance compassionate practice with accountability and regulatory compliance.
Lead social work practice. Strengthen teams. Improve outcomes for youth and families.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide ongoing supervision, coaching, consultation, and performance feedback to Program Social Workers.
- Support staff in developing sound professional judgment and trauma-informed social work practices.
- Facilitate individual supervision, team meetings, case consultations, and professional development.
- Monitor workloads, assignments, documentation responsibilities, and required case-management activities.
- Promote a positive, culturally responsive, collaborative, and accountable team environment.
- Assist with hiring, onboarding, training, performance evaluations, and corrective action when necessary.
- Provide leadership and consultation during urgent situations and participate in the program’s on-call rotation.
- Oversee the completion and ongoing review of assessments, needs and services plans, treatment goals, and transition plans.
- Ensure case plans are individualized, strengths-based, trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and consistent with each youth’s placement goals.
- Support social workers in coordinating services with youth, families, caregivers, county representatives, schools, behavioral health providers, attorneys, and other community partners.
- Promote meaningful youth and family participation in Child and Family Team meetings and other case-planning processes.
- Monitor progress toward placement stability, family engagement, permanency, and successful transition or discharge.
- Provide direct case-management support or caseload coverage when program needs require it.
- Review social work documentation for accuracy, quality, timeliness, and compliance with agency and regulatory requirements.
- Monitor completion of assessments, case notes, incident follow-up, progress reports, court or county reports, and discharge documentation.
- Identify documentation or service-delivery concerns and provide timely coaching and corrective guidance.
- Support internal reviews, audits, licensing visits, accreditation surveys, and corrective-action processes.
- Use program data and case trends to identify service gaps and opportunities for improvement.
- Model and reinforce trauma-informed, relationship-based, and culturally responsive practices.
- Apply and support staff in utilizing ARC, CRM, ProAct, and other agency-approved approaches.
- Collaborate with residential, behavioral health, education, nursing, administrative, and leadership teams to provide coordinated care.
- Participate in case conferences, crisis reviews, debriefings, and multidisciplinary team meetings.
- Help social workers navigate complex cases, placement challenges, family dynamics, and barriers to successful transition.
- Promote practices that support youth voice, choice, dignity, safety, and connection to family and community.
- Ensure social work services comply with Community Care Licensing, mental health program requirements, Joint Commission standards, contractual obligations, and agency policies.
- Maintain effective working relationships with placing agencies, county partners, families, community providers, and other stakeholders.
- Represent the program professionally during meetings, reviews, audits, and collaborative planning processes.
- Respond promptly to concerns involving youth safety, service quality, documentation, or compliance
Qualifications
- Master’s Degree in an approved discipline, or with approval from the funder and/or regulatory body, a Bachelor’s Degree in a related field, and two years of casework experience. For programs governed by Community Care Licensing, a formal exception must be granted by CCL.
- Meets all state-required conditions of employment as set forth by the funder and regulatory body, i.e. fingerprint and Child Abuse Index Clearance, TB/health physical, valid CDL, and clean driving record.
Work Environment & Schedule
- On-site role in Turlock, CA.
- Occasional flexibility required to meet program and client needs.
The Leadership Mindset We Value
We are seeking leaders who:
- Understand trauma-informed environments
- Can remain calm and solution-focused in a crisis
- Balance accountability with empathy
- Understand documentation and regulatory oversight
- Are culturally responsive and inclusive
- Recognize compassion fatigue and actively support staff wellness
- Can step into direct support roles when needed
This is a hands-on leadership role — not a desk-only position.
Why Aspiranet?
- Growth potential.
- 14 paid holidays (including birthday and diversity holidays).
- 10 vacation days + 10 sick days annually.
- 100% employer-paid medical and dental plans.
- 403(b) retirement plan with employer match.
- Life, AD&D, and disability insurance.
- Wellness, commuter, and mileage reimbursement benefits.
- Employee Assistance Program (24/7 support + counseling).
- Professional development, training, and advancement opportunities.
- Supportive, inclusive, and mission-aligned culture.
- Operate at a leadership level where you impact multiple cottages and teams.
- Be a key player in building consistency, structure, and excellence across programs.
- Work in a beautiful country environment with new facilities and innovative resources.
- Small-group model (max 4 youth per cottage) allows for meaningful, individualized care.
Physical Demands: The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.
This position typically operates in a standard office environment. The noise level is generally quiet and remains within OSHA’s established safety levels at all times.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Aspiranet is an equal opportunity employer that recognizes the value of diversity. We believe a diverse workforce within a culture of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) increases creativity, innovation, problem-solving, and teamwork for the youth and families that we serve and the organization as a whole. Aspiranet strives to provide our employees with a workplace that is welcoming, inclusive of differing world views, cultures, and lived experiences.
How to Apply
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