Director of Clinical Services

Director of Clinical Services

LiftED Horizons

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Program Area

Clinical Programs

Reports To

Senior Director, Clinical Programs

Salary Range

$85,000 – $100,000 per year

About the Colorado LiftED Foundation

The Colorado LiftED Foundation is a long-term partner to youth. We believe that when we make a deep, long-term commitment to youth and their families, our whole community thrives. We walk side-by-side with youth and their families as they navigate school and life, offering academic, social, and emotional support as they learn, grow, and work toward their dreams.

No one should have to take this journey alone. Since our founding in 1988, we have leveraged proven methods to give youth equal access to the resources they need to succeed and ignite their innate potential. When we keep our promises, anything is possible.

Our Vision

A Colorado where every young person has equal access to educational and career opportunities that will ignite their innate potential.

About the Position

The Director of Clinical Services (DCS) is the senior clinical and operational leader of CLF’s direct therapy program within LiftED Horizons. The DCS translates CLF’s clinical vision — set by the Senior Director of Clinical Programs — into an exceptional, well-run therapy program that is accessible, culturally affirming, trauma-responsive, and healing-centered for every youth, adult, and family CLF serves.

The DCS owns clinical execution: licensed clinician caseloads, supervision quality, client flow, site presence, crisis response, Medicaid billing, and the referral pipelines that sustain the program. Interns and Fellows are supervised by the Director of Clinical Education; the DCS coordinates closely on caseload integration, documentation compliance, and shared crisis response. This role also maintains an active caseload of 3–5 clients — staying close to the work, sustaining clinical credibility, and modeling CLF’s commitment to being present with the people we work alongside.

This Role Lives All Five CLF Values

• A Seat at the Table —
  You build the operational structures that let clients and families shape the care they receive through feedback systems, intake practices, and program decisions that take their voice seriously.
• Once a Dreamer, Always a Dreamer —
  You hold continuity of care as a design principle, ensuring transitions between clinicians, sites, and life stages don’t sever CLF’s relationship with the people we walk alongside.
• An Inch Wide, A Mile Deep —
  You design caseloads and supervision rhythms that let clinicians know their clients fully, protecting that depth against institutional and financial pressures.
• Whatever It Takes —
  You model persistence in the face of access barriers, system failures, and the moments when standard answers aren’t enough.
• We Not Me —
  You cultivate the partnerships with site teams, schools, healthcare providers, the Director of Clinical Education, and organizational leadership that make CLF’s clinical work possible.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Clinical Leadership & Quality

• Program Vision in Practice: Operationalize the Senior Director’s clinical direction into daily standards, workflows, and team culture across the therapy program.
• Clinical Policy Review: Own formal quarterly and annual reviews of CLF’s clinical policies and procedures — ensuring standards remain current, ethically grounded, and ahead of emerging best practice. Bring recommendations to the Senior Director and implement in coordination with the Director of Clinical Education.
• Quality Improvement: Lead continuous clinical quality improvement using session data, supervision findings, and client/family feedback. Embed client and family voice into operational quality systems.
• Clinical Education Partnership: Coordinate with the Director of Clinical Education to co-design and deliver clinical education for the licensed clinician team and the broader organization — contributing field intelligence about what clinicians are encountering so training is grounded in the actual work.
• Direct Clinical Practice: Maintain an active caseload of 3–5 clients alongside the clinical team, sustaining clinical credibility and staying close to the work CLF exists to do.

Program Operations & Service Delivery

• Operational Oversight: Direct daily operations of therapeutic services across all sites — clinician caseloads, scheduling, coverage, client flow, intake, waitlist, and service quality.
• Records & Compliance: Own data integrity, documentation compliance, and regulatory reporting for the licensed clinician team; coordinate with the Director of Clinical Education on intern and fellow documentation.
• Caseload Coordination: Coordinate with the Director of Clinical Education on integration of intern and fellow caseloads within the therapeutic services program.

Clinician Supervision & Team Development

• Direct Supervision: Provide clinical and administrative supervision to 3–5 provisionally and fully licensed clinicians through reflective, consistent supervision rhythms that foster excellence, growth, and wellbeing.
• Supervision Model Fidelity: Implement CLF’s supervision model in partnership with the Director of Clinical Education, who holds primary ownership of model design.
• Culture-Building: Shape a therapy team culture defined by psychological safety, equity, reflective practice, and shared commitment to clients.

Site Presence, Crisis Response & Partnerships

• On-Site Leadership: Maintain visible, consistent presence across CLF’s therapy spaces as the senior on-site clinical authority for clinicians, site partners, and families.
• Crisis Response: Lead CLF’s on-the-ground crisis response, partnering with the Director of Clinical Education (when interns or fellows are involved) and the Senior Director to ensure safe, ethical, timely intervention.
• Partnerships & Referrals: Cultivate site partner and community referral relationships; lead workforce planning for the licensed clinician team in coordination with the Director of Clinical Education and Senior Director.

Data & Finance

• Performance Monitoring: Track and analyze KPIs related to service access, utilization, caseload health, and session quality; provide regular data-driven reporting to the Senior Director.
• Budget & Billing: Manage the therapeutic services budget, Medicaid billing, and coding oversight — ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and financial sustainability of clinical services.

Skills & Qualifications

• Education & Licensure: Master’s degree in Social Work, Counseling, MFT, or related field. Active Colorado clinical licensure required (LCSW, LPC, LMFT, or equivalent). ACS credential preferred; ACS coursework required.
• Experience: Minimum five years in behavioral health including at least two in a clinical supervisory or leadership role within school-based, community mental health, or nonprofit settings.
• Clinical & Supervisory Expertise: Deep knowledge of child, youth, and family development, trauma-responsive care, and evidence-based modalities. Demonstrated strength as a clinical supervisor of provisionally and fully licensed clinicians.
• Operations & Finance: Skilled in operational program management, Medicaid billing and coding oversight, data-driven decision-making, and clinical budget management.
• Collaborative Leadership: Demonstrated ability to work in a peer director relationship with shared accountability across a complex clinical program.
• Requirements: Valid Colorado driver’s license; flexibility to work evenings/weekends as needed; ability to pass a comprehensive fingerprint background check.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary: $85,000 – $100,000 per year, commensurate with experience.
• Benefits: Full health, dental, vision, and life insurance; 401(k) matching; paid time off including holidays and birthdays.
• Growth: Professional development opportunities, clinical consultation support, and a leadership culture grounded in reflection and continuous learning.

Intent and Function of Job Description

This description illustrates the job functions and basic duties, including “peripheral tasks” considered “other duties as assigned.” This list is not all-inclusive; supervisors may assign additional responsibilities as deemed appropriate.

Commitment to Equity

Colorado LiftED Foundation is dedicated to equal employment opportunities and fair labor practices. We provide equal employment opportunities to all individuals based on job-related qualifications and the ability to perform a job without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, religious creed, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, legally protected medical condition, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other basis made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. Our policy is to maintain a non-discriminatory environment free from intimidation, harassment, or bias. We invite all qualified candidates who share our mission to apply.