Clinical Supervisor — School-Based Mental Health Services
Position Title: Clinical Supervisor / Clinical Director
Location: Barrow County, Georgia / hybrid administrative and school-based oversight
Employment Type: Contract or part-time/full-time leadership role
Reports To: Program Director / Executive Leadership
Start Date: Upon contract award and district approval
Service Setting: School-based mental health program serving grades 6–12
Position Summary
We are seeking an experienced licensed clinician to serve as Clinical Supervisor for a school-based mental health services program serving Barrow County middle and high school students. The Clinical Supervisor will provide clinical oversight, supervision, quality assurance, crisis consultation, documentation review, compliance support, and guidance to site-based and float/crisis clinicians.
This role is responsible for ensuring that services are ethical, clinically appropriate, trauma-informed, culturally responsive, properly documented, and aligned with district and contract expectations.
Primary Responsibilities
The Clinical Supervisor will:
- Provide clinical supervision and consultation to site-based clinicians and float/crisis clinicians.
- Review clinical documentation for quality, timeliness, medical necessity, service appropriateness, and compliance.
- Provide guidance on risk assessments, safety planning, mandated reporting, crisis response, and referral decisions.
- Support clinicians in managing school-based caseloads, referral flow, group services, and student follow-up.
- Ensure services are delivered using evidence-based, trauma-informed, culturally responsive practices.
- Support compliance with FERPA, HIPAA, professional ethics, district confidentiality expectations, and agency policies.
- Assist with onboarding, credential review, training, and performance feedback for clinicians.
- Participate in district-facing meetings when clinical leadership is needed.
- Develop or support clinical protocols for intake, consent, documentation, crisis response, discharge, referral, and outcome tracking.
- Coordinate with the Program Director regarding staffing needs, coverage gaps, referral trends, service quality, and contract performance.
- Assist with aggregate reporting and program evaluation as needed.
- Ensure associate-level clinicians receive appropriate supervision consistent with Georgia licensure requirements and ethical standards.
- Maintain accurate supervision records and quality assurance notes.
Required Qualifications
Applicants must have:
- Active, unrestricted Georgia clinical license, such as LPC, LCSW, LMFT, licensed psychologist, or equivalent approved independent behavioral health credential.
- Master’s degree or doctoral degree in counseling, social work, marriage and family therapy, psychology, or related behavioral health field.
- Minimum of 3–5 years of post-licensure clinical experience preferred.
- Prior supervisory, program leadership, or clinical quality assurance experience.
- Experience working with children, adolescents, families, schools, crisis services, community mental health, or outpatient behavioral health.
- Strong knowledge of documentation standards, confidentiality, mandated reporting, suicide risk assessment, safety planning, and professional ethics.
- Ability to pass all required background checks and district clearance procedures.
- Ability to provide supervision, consultation, and documentation review in a timely manner.
Preferred Qualifications
- Approved Clinical Supervisor credential or board-recognized supervision training, if applicable.
- Experience supervising APCs, LMSWs, AMFTs, interns, or associate-level clinicians.
- Prior school-based mental health program leadership.
- Experience developing clinical protocols, documentation templates, QA systems, or service outcome reports.
- Training in trauma-informed care, CBT, DBT skills, solution-focused therapy, suicide prevention, youth mental health, or crisis response.
- Experience with FERPA/HIPAA issues in school-based or youth-serving settings.
- Experience managing high-volume referrals and multi-site clinical teams.
- Bilingual ability preferred but not required.
Required Application Documents
Applicants must submit:
- Current resume or CV.
- Copy of active Georgia clinical license.
- License verification information, including license number and expiration date.
- Copy of graduate transcript showing degree conferral.
- NPI number and NPPES profile information.
- Proof of professional liability/malpractice insurance, if independently insured.
- Documentation of supervision credential, supervision training, or supervisory experience, if applicable.
- Copies of relevant clinical certifications, including trauma-informed care, suicide prevention, crisis intervention, clinical supervision, CBT, DBT, or youth mental health trainings.
- Three professional references, including at least one who can speak to clinical supervision or leadership experience.
- Consent to background check and school district clearance process.
- Copy of government-issued ID, upon conditional offer.
- Documentation of eligibility to work in the United States, upon conditional offer.
- Current CPR/First Aid certification, if available.
- Mandated reporter training certificate, if available.
Work Schedule
Flexible schedule based on clinician supervision needs, school coverage, crisis consultation, documentation review, and district/program meetings. Some in-person availability in Barrow County is required.
Compensation
Compensation will be based on licensure level, supervisory experience, scope of responsibility, availability, and contract funding.
Pay: $75.00 - $90.00 per hour
Work Location: In person
