Clinical Director - LMFT, LCSW, LPCC
Listed compensation
$112k-$126k
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
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Job Description
$2,000 sign on bonus for all new Seneca employees!
The Assistant Director of Clinical Services works in collaboration with the Program Director and/or Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program (STRTP) Administrator to oversee and implement the overall mental health treatment program in their assigned STRTP. Together, they are responsible for creating a safe, welcoming and sustainable environment for youth and staff.
About Monterey Compass
Seneca's Monterey County's COMPASS Program provides short-term residential treatment for children and youth (ages 12-17) experiencing crises, ensuring timely support when it's most needed. Upon enrollment in the program, the Seneca teams work with the youth and support networks to assess the needs and strengths of the youth in order to develop the foundation goals that will drive treatment.
Comprehensive services include timely mental health assessment, crisis counseling, and linkage to long-term, sustainable support based on each client's unique strengths and needs. The ultimate goal is to provide mental health / crisis services, suicide prevention, decrease in placement changes and reduction of unnecessary psychiatric hospitalization.
About Seneca
Seneca Family of Agencies has been nominated among the Bay Area’s Top Workplaces for several consecutive years. We’re committed to providing traditionally marginalized communities with a network of excellent mental health, community-based, and educational services. We are committed to building a diverse staff. Our programs deeply engage in conversations and training on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to bring equity and justice to the youth and families we serve.
Responsibilities
- Assistant Director of Clinical Services will serve as the STRTP Head of Service.
- Maintain a safe, healthy, and therapeutic environment at the STRTP.
- Ensure that each youth admitted to the program has a mental health assessment.
- Ensure that each youth in the STRTP has commonality of needs with other youth in the STRTP.
- Ensure the mental health services identified on each treatment plan are provided and appropriate to meet the individual needs of the youth.
- Ensure that documentation and recordkeeping requirements are met.
- Provide direct supervision to licensed and unlicensed board registered clinical staff.
- Work with program leaders to perform personnel functions for all staff, including overseeing hiring, professional development, evaluation, and termination.
- Cultivate effective partnerships with applicable county offices, school districts, law enforcement agencies, emergency services, and other community providers. Facilitate effective training for partners, as requested.
- Engage in data-based program assessment activities to evaluate effectiveness and guide improvement.
- Utilize crisis communication and de-escalation techniques as per Seneca's Equilibrium model training.
Qualifications
- One of the following California licenses in good standing: LMFT, LCSW, LPCC, licensed psychologist, or board-certified psychiatrist.
- At least 2 years post-licensure; must be eligible to provide clinical supervision per the California Board of Behavioral requirements.
- Prior experience working with children/youth and families with intensive mental health needs.
- At least 21 years of age.
- TB test clearance, fingerprinting clearance, and any other state/federal licensing or certification requirements.
Schedule
- Full-time, Hybrid,
- Monday - Friday, 9am - 5:00pm
- Administrator for on-call pool
Benefits
- Starting at $111,594 - $125,594 per year
- Actual salary dependent on creditable experience above the minimum
Qualifications
- Salary increases each year
Comprehensive Employee Benefits Package
- Medical, dental, vision, chiropractic, acupuncture, and fertility coverage
- Short and long-term disability, family leave, and life insurance
- Partially paid premiums for dependents
- 403b retirement plan
- Employer-Paid Assistance Plan
- 5 weeks of flexible paid time off, 11 paid holidays
- Seneca is a Public Service Loan Forgiveness certified employer
- Relocation assistance may be available
- Abundant promotional opportunities across California
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Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Clinical Director - LMFT, LCSW, LPCC at Seneca Family of Agencies a 6.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Social Work — ranked against 6,456 active Social Work listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, remote work flexibility.
Social Worker Career Context
In California, the Social Work weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$96k (934 salary observations; 1,754 listings), vs ~$81k nationally (6,623 salary observations; 20,649 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 50% are remote, 30% have no call, 64% require no weekends — this position is remote.
The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$119k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $107k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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