Senior Clinician

Step Into Leadership and Shape the Future of Care

For more than 75 years, we’ve been a trusted pillar of support, beginning as BCFS (Baptist Child and Family Services) and evolving into the First Day Foundation. Today, Compass Connections continues delivering life‑changing services to vulnerable children and families nationwide.

We provide comprehensive shelter, residential care, foster care, adoption, and community-based services — and we don’t just offer jobs. We offer purpose. Join a mission-driven team that empowers communities, transforms lives, and builds brighter futures every day. Learn more at CompassConnections.org.

Position Summary

We are seeking a compassionate, experienced, and bilingual Lead Clinician to guide our clinical team while ensuring trauma‑informed, culturally responsive, and evidence‑based care. This role blends leadership with hands‑on clinical work—overseeing practice standards, mentoring clinicians, coordinating interdisciplinary care, and maintaining compliance with federal and state guidelines. If you are bilingual (Spanish/English), clinically skilled, and ready to lead with integrity, we encourage you to apply.

🔑 Role Details

• Salary: $87,048.00
• Department: Medical Services
• Location: Robstown, TX
• Employment Type: Full-time / Permanent
• Language Requirements: Must be fluent in Spanish and English.
• Travel: Required for assigned work location, scheduled trainings, and conferences
• Benefits: Company‑paid health, vision, and dental insurance (employee). Optional voluntary life (including spouse/child), short‑term disability, etc. PTO, quarterly personal days, vacation. Twelve (12) paid holidays. 403(B) retirement plan. Plus additional perks!

✅ Minimum Qualifications

Academic Requirements (one of the following):

• Master’s degree in Social Work and two (2) years of postgraduate direct service delivery experience; OR
• Master’s or Ph.D. in psychology, sociology, or other relevant behavioral science with clinical experience as a program requirement, and two (2) years of postgraduate direct service delivery experience; OR
• Bachelor’s degree plus five (5) years of clinical employment experience in the behavioral sciences.

Work Experience:

• Required: Two (2) years related experience and/or training, including supervisory experience, plus experience as outlined above. Preferred: Four (4) years related experience and/or training, including supervisory

🧭 Key Responsibilities:

Leadership & Clinical Operations

• Provide coaching, supervision, and routine consultation to clinicians; support onboarding, training, and professional development.
• Oversee clinical services, ensuring compliance with evidence‑based practices, licensing, contract standards, and all applicable federal and state regulations.
• Lead case reviews, interdisciplinary team meetings, and coordination with medical staff, case managers, and other departments.
• Maintain an on‑call schedule to support children and staff; serve as a clinical resource during critical incidents.

Client Care & Documentation

• Provide counseling, crisis management, evaluations, and other clinical functions as needed.
• Participate in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of children when necessary.
• Ensure goal‑oriented psychosocial diagnostic assessments, service plans, progress reports, and weekly children’s groups on specific topics are completed by the clinical team.
• Maintain accurate, timely, and HIPAA‑compliant documentation; prepare and maintain reports per agency policies, licensing, and contract standards.
• Provide data and support to staff for admission/discharge processes; assist in discharge planning.

Quality Assurance, Compliance & Outcomes

• Actively engage in quality assurance plans necessary for compliance.
• Ensure the clinical department meets all state and federal requirements and predetermined deadlines required by the chain of command and federal partners.
• Meet deadlines that support the timely processing and reunification of unaccompanied children, per federal guidance.
• Maintain current knowledge of community resources; communicate effectively with referral sources and providers.

Collaboration, Safety & Ethics

• Attend scheduled meetings and participate in team decisions and operations.
• Implement Compass Connections safety protocols, including evacuations with children and staff during emergencies.
• Maintain confidentiality in all areas of service population and program operations.
• Uphold Compass Connections' professional and ethical standards (including dress code and respectful conduct with staff, children, and community members).
• Foster Care Programs: Support, encourage, and assist with recruiting foster parents.

🌟 Core Competencies

• Advanced clinical expertise in behavioral health and trauma‑informed care
• Strong leadership, mentorship, and team‑building abilities
• Effective communicator in Spanish and English
• Sound clinical judgment, problem‑solving, and decision‑making skills
• Highly organized; able to manage competing priorities and ensure timely deliverables
• Empathy, cultural sensitivity, and commitment to equitable, client‑centered care
• Integrity, professionalism, and adherence to confidentiality and compliance standards

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