What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Supervisor, Functional Family Therapy Foster Care (FFT FC) position at The Children's Community Programs of Connecticut?
Children placed into foster care have already lost something most of us never have to think about — the simple expectation that home is safe. The question CCP's Functional Family Therapy Foster Care team works on every day is whether that loss has to be permanent. As Clinical Supervisor, you'll lead the clinicians whose work answers that question — for one family at a time.
Why You'll Love Working Here
If you've spent the last few years doing the clinical work and quietly wondering what's next, this is the role designed for that question.
CCP runs one of Connecticut's specialized Functional Family Therapy Foster Care programs — a model-adherent, evidence-based intervention used across the country to support children and families through reunification and permanency. As Clinical Supervisor, you don't just oversee that work. You go through the model with the team, certify in it, and build a level of clinical authority most supervisor roles never offer.
What that looks like in practice:
• Direct, tangible impact. Your supervision quality is what determines whether therapists deliver clean FFT FC interventions in real homes — and whether biological and foster families get the kind of treatment that actually changes outcomes.
• A team that operates as one. Daily contact with your clinicians, weekly peer consultation, and a Program Director who is accessible, organized, and committed to keeping the work sustainable.
• Leadership that protects your time and your team's. Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage; quarterly wellness experiences; Summer Fridays; and a culture that treats work/life balance as a leadership responsibility, not a perk.
• FFT Supervisor Certification, fully funded. CCP pays for your FFT training and certification. You'll work alongside the program's FFT Clinical Consultant until you certify, then run team consultation independently. We also regularly provide professional development opportunities on a variety of skills and topics.
What You'll Do
You'll own the clinical quality, model fidelity, and team development of CCP's FFT FC clinicians.
• Lead the team day-to-day. Maintain daily contact with your clinicians, provide immediate feedback on cases, and hold the team accountable to consistent, model-adherent practice.
• Hold the clinical bar. Review session notes, treatment progress reviews, behavior change plans, phase plans, and assessments. Address skill deficits in collaboration with the FFT Clinical Consultant.
• Build clinicians, not just oversee them. Co-create professional development plans for each team member. Track outcomes and use them to grow the team's clinical capability over time.
• Drive model fidelity. Facilitate weekly team peer consultation. Pursue and complete FFT Supervisor Certification, after which you'll independently lead consultation and complete model-aligned performance assessments.
• Carry a reduced therapist caseload. Stay close to the work. Conduct the duties of an FFT FC Therapist for a small caseload so your supervision stays grounded in current practice.
• Coordinate across the system. Ensure clean communication with DCF regional offices and contribute to annual agency performance measures.
• Run the documentation system with precision. Complete and monitor required EHR documentation — progress notes within 2 business days, treatment reviews at 14/30/60-day intervals, and ongoing thereafter.
What You'll Bring To The Table
Required:
• Master's degree in Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, Psychology, or a related Behavioral Health field.
• Active Connecticut clinical license: LMFT, LCSW, or LPC. Supervisory experience is prioritized over post-licensure tenure — clinicians with strong direct supervisory backgrounds are encouraged to apply, regardless of how recently they obtained licensure.
• Prior direct clinical experience with children and/or families.
• Prior experience providing clinical supervision.
• Valid driver's license, current auto insurance, and a clean driving record.
Preferred:
• Continuing education or working knowledge in Family Systems Theory, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies, traumatic stress reactions, child development research, parental substance use, intimate partner violence, racial disparities in behavioral health, and Adverse Childhood Experiences.
• Familiarity with FFT or other manualized evidence-based family therapy models.
Compensation: $70,000 – $78,500 annually.
Children's Community Programs is a nonprofit organization and does not offer visa sponsorship or relocation assistance. Candidates relocating independently are welcome to apply. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Each year, CCP staff directly support more than a thousand Connecticut families. Employees work within interdisciplinary teams alongside clinicians, educators, and advocates to address real-world challenges affecting safety, education, and long-term independence.
We believe effective services require supported employees. CCP emphasizes supervision, professional development, and teamwork so staff can perform confidently and sustainably in challenging but meaningful roles.
Salary : $70,000 - $785,000