Clinical Director

Clinical Director (LCSW, LAC, LPC) – Job Posting

Youth Zone serves more than 1,500 youth and families each year across Colorado’s Western Slope through a continuum of evidence-informed, trauma-responsive services. Our work spans youth assessment and screening, individual and family counseling, parental guidance and support, restorative justice, court-involved programming, educational workshops, and coordinated community interventions. Founded in 1976, Youth Zone has grown into a stable, systems-driven organization with clearly defined roles, strong internal structure, and a deep commitment to family-first, youth-centered care.

Over the past several years, Youth Zone has intentionally strengthened its clinical infrastructure. We are a Medicaid and Behavioral Health Administration (BHA)-qualified provider, with established clinical policies, documentation standards, supervision structures, and cross-program coordination. Our clinical team works within clear frameworks while maintaining flexibility and responsiveness to the complex realities facing youth and families. This role is well-supported by experienced leadership, operational systems, and an organization that values clarity, collaboration, and professional integrity.

We are seeking an experienced Clinical Director (LCSW, LPC, or LAC) who is both deeply committed to this work and confident in their clinical practice. The ideal candidate brings demonstrated experience working with youth and families, strong clinical judgment, and comfort supervising, assessing, diagnosing, and supporting treatment planning across varying levels of need. This is a role for a clinician who values thoughtful systems, ethical practice, and steady leadership—and who wants to contribute meaningfully to a mission-driven organization that is past the start-up phase and continuing to refine and mature.

Youth Zone offers a reasonable and sustainable four-day hybrid work week, with one day per week eligible for remote work, reflecting our belief that strong clinical work is supported by balance, trust, and clear expectations.

• Provide clinical leadership and strategic direction for all behavioral health and clinical programming across the organization, ensuring alignment with Youth Zone’s mission, values, and long-term goals.
• Oversee and support clinical staff, establishing clear supervision structures, performance expectations, and professional development pathways.
• Serve as the organization’s primary authority on clinical practice standards, ethical decision‑making, and clinical risk management.
• Ensure organizational compliance with Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) requirements, Medicaid regulations, licensing standards, and applicable state and federal laws, including HIPAA and Colorado Revised Statutes 27-10.
• Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of clinical policies, procedures, and documentation standards to support quality care, audit readiness, and sustainable operations.
• Partner with executive and operational leadership to integrate clinical services with court programs, diversion services, restorative justice, and community-based interventions.
• Provide oversight of clinical quality assurance, including chart audits, utilization review, outcome tracking, and corrective action planning when needed.
• Guide program design and clinical service delivery to ensure services are evidence-informed, trauma-responsive, culturally responsive, and appropriate to the risk levels and needs of youth and families served.
• Support high-level clinical consultation on complex cases, critical incidents, mandated reporting, and systems-level decision-making, while avoiding routine case management responsibilities.
• Collaborate with finance and operations staff to support Medicaid billing integrity, service authorization, and appropriate use of clinical resources.
• Represent Youth Zone in high-level partnerships with community providers, healthcare systems, courts, county agencies, and regulatory bodies.
• Contribute to organizational planning, grant development, and program…