Clinical Program Manager - Circle Program

JOB SUMMARY: The Sycamores Program Manager for our CIRCLE Program is a management-level position responsible for planning, implementing, and evaluating the overall program, human and financial resources associated with our agency CIRCLE program. 

Sycamores is a contracted provider with The City of Los Angeles, Mayor's Office of Community Safety, to operate the CIRCLE program, which stands for Crisis and Incident Response through Community-led Engagement, throughout the San Fernando Valley. This is a 24/7 unarmed response program that deploys trained teams to address non-urgent LAPD calls related to unhoused individuals. 

CIRCLE aims to create positive outcomes for unhoused individuals through rapport-building and connections to services and provide LAPD officers with more time to focus on traditional law enforcement efforts. For consumers that are evaluated to need more intensive and immediate support, CIRCLE is integrated with the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (LACDMH) network of Field Intervention Teams (FIT), which is the County’s behavioral health crisis responder system served by Mobile Crisis Outreach Teams (MCOT) and Psychiatric Mobile Response Teams (PMRT), who can provide an in person assessment to determine if psychiatric hospitalization is necessary.

This position will be involved in all areas of recruiting, hiring, and supervising employees, utilizing data, forecasting, planning, and organizing program structures and processes to ensure efficient operations and sound outcomes, and developing, monitoring, and evaluating revenue and expenses to ensure effective operations. This position will be called on, to work collaboratively with other Managers as well as with Executive level staff and outside stakeholders. The Program Manager will be available for consultation during and following crisis calls, as needed, as well as to fill in when back up is needed in the field.

Starting Pay Range:

$95,000 - $100,000 per year for Full-Time employment (starting pay will be based on previous work experience and educational background.)

Shift Schedule:

Monday to Friday 2pm to 10pm

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• Masters or Doctoral degree in related field required.
• A current license: MFT and/or LCSW, LPCC from the Board of Behavioral Sciences in the current state of employment required.
• 1 year post license or licensed practitioner required.
• Two years of supervisory experience and managerial experience preferred.
• Experience working with unhoused populations.
• Preferred experience with mobile crisis or unarmed response.
• Maintains all required licenses and certifications.
• Valid California Driver License and a driving record acceptable to the Agency’s insurance carrier.

All candidates who are presented with a conditional offer of employment must satisfy a pre-employment background check, drug, and health screen.

Sycamores is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state, or local protected class.

Further, Sycamores is a Fair Chance employer and complies with California Government Code Section 12952, Employment Discrimination: Conviction History.